Rayson Tan (; born 12 January 1965) is a Singaporean actor.

Career

Before joining

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, Tan worked as a flight attendant with

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. In 1990, he emerged as the 2nd Runner-Up in Singapore's

Star Search Singapore ''Star Search'' () is a television show from 1988 to 2019 organised by MediaCorp to scout for Chinese language-speaking acting talent. History Star Search started out as a Singapore local talent show, restricted to residents of Singapore. Aft ...

talent competition. He has worked on many different roles and hosted many TV programmes, including the role of Singaporean

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in the 1997

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drama series ''

The Price of Peace ''The Price of Peace'' is a Singaporean television drama set in Japanese-occupied Singapore during World War II. It starred Rayson Tan, Xiang Yun, Chen Shucheng, Jacintha Abisheganaden, James Lye, Lina Ng, Christopher Lee, Ivy Lee, Carole Lin ...

'' and the host for ''PSC Night'' in 2006. Tan has also been nominated multiple times in the annual

Star Awards The Star Awards (Chinese: 红星大奖) are awards for artistic and technical merit in the media organisation Mediacorp of Singapore where Mediacorp recognises entertainers under their employment for outstanding performances of the year. The ...

, especially for the "Best Supporting Actor" award category. He has wrapped up a long form drama, Life Less Ordinary. Tan has gotten 1 out of 10 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes from 1997 respectively.

Personal life

Tan married fellow MediaCorp actress

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in 1998. They have a son named Xavier, who was born in 2002. Tan and his wife are

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Slim 10 saga

In 2003, Tan was sued by fellow actress

Andrea De Cruz Andrea Heidi De Cruz (; born 24 June 1974) is a Singaporean actress and psychologist. She left Mediacorp when her contract ended, but continues to work on an ad hoc basis. Career De Cruz was a psychologist before going into show business. Alth ...

in the

Slim 10 Slim 10 () was a popular dieting pill produced by Yuzhitang Health Products of Guangdong, People's Republic of China. In 2002, the product gained notoriety for cases of thyroid problems, liver failure, and deaths in Asia as a result of its consum ...

pills saga. De Cruz began her court battle against the importers and distributors of diet pills that she says nearly caused her to die of liver failure. De Cruz was seeking damages for injuries she alleged were caused by the drug and to cover the cost of her liver transplant surgery and treatment against the pill's against Health Biz, the importer and distributor of Slim 10 diet pills and also Tan, who sold the pills to her. Tan was later cleared while the distributors were forced to compensate her. He was acquitted of the charges in the lawsuit.

Filmography

Chinese/Dialect Series

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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