Jeremy Chan

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chan.

Jeremy Chan
Born	Chan Ming Yuew (1981-07-17) 17 July 1981 (age 43) Singapore
Nationality	Singaporean
Alma mater	ITE College West
Occupations	Actor host
Years active	2007–present
Spouse	Jesseca Liu ​ (m. 2017)​
Awards	Best Comedy Performance – Asian Academy Creative Awards 2018 My Agent Is A Hero – Bert Tan Best Male Lead – Star Awards 2024 All That Glitters – Huang Jintiao
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	田銘耀
Simplified Chinese	田铭耀
Hanyu Pinyin	Tián Míngyào

Jeremy Chan Ming Yuew (born 17 July 1981)^[1] is a Singaporean actor and host.

Early life

Chan was educated in Zhangde Primary School and Saint Thomas Secondary School. He graduated from ITE College West (Dover Campus). At the age of 25, before participating in the second season of Project SuperStar, he was a bartender. He was known through his versatile singing in the show. Though he was eliminated in the revival round, he remained employed in the entertainment industry.

Career

Chan was talent-spotted from Project SuperStar. In 2006, Chan made his hosting debut in On the Beat, a MediaCorp Channel U variety show. He was then subsequently the host for On the Beat II, III, IV, V. In 2009, Chan made his acting debut in Table of Glory, a MediaCorp Channel 8 drama. In 2010, Chan made his film debut in Being Human, a Jteam Productions movie.

Personal life

Chan married Jesseca Liu on 16 July 2017.^[2][3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	Being Human			[4]
2019	When Ghost Meets Zombie	Lai Lai

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2011	C.L.I.F.	Ye Ziqiang
	On the Fringe 2011	Ah Dang
2014	Who Killed the Lead	Mickey Chow
	The Journey: A Voyage		Uncredited
	The Recruit Diaries (阿兵新传)	Ye Laixiang
	World at Your Feet	Alex Lim
2015	Super Senior	Zhu Decong
2016	I Want to Be a Star	Jeremy
	Hero	John
2017	My Teacher Is A Thug	Gao Xiaoming		[5]
	Eat Already 2? (吃饱没2？)	Curry Puff
	118 II	Asia Liu Yazhou
2018	My Agent Is A Hero (流氓经纪)	Bert Tan		[6]
	Love at Cavenagh Bridge (加文納娇的约定)	Zhang Danfei
2019	Jalan Jalan (你去走走)	Zhang Weile
	My Agent Is A Hero II (流氓经纪 II)	Bert Tan
	A Whole World Difference (都市狂想)	Jimmy Siew
2020	Super Dad (男神不败)	Li Zhengyi
2021	Crouching Tiger Hidden Ghost (卧虎藏鬼)	Ma Da
2022	Soul Detective (灵探)	Feng Kangkai /4896
2023	Mr Zhou's Ghost Stories@Job Haunting II (周公讲鬼@行行都撞鬼 II)	Oscar
	All That Glitters (金色大道)	Huang Jintiao
2024	Once Upon A New Year's Eve (那一年的除夕夜)	Cai Yiming

Variety series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2006–2007	Project SuperStar (season 2)	Contestant
2006	On the Beat	Host
2007	On the Beat II
2008	On the Beat III
2009	On the Beat IV
2010	On the Beat V
2012–2014	Weekend Gateway
2013	Laughing Out Loud	Multiple Characters
2014	Project SuperStar (season 3)	Host
	Body SOS S3	Guest Host
2015	Body SOS S4
2016	Star Awards 2015	G-Dragon & Co-Host
2019	The Destined One	Guest Matchmaker

Discography

• 《乱掉》:OST of "Crouching Tiger Hidden Ghost"
• MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 22 新传媒群星旺虎泰哥迎春乐

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2018	Asian Academy Creative Awards	Best Comedy Performance	My Agent Is A Hero (as Bert Tan)	Won	[7]
2021	Asian Television Awards	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Crouching Tiger Hidden Ghost (as Ma Da)	Nominated
		Best Theme Song	Crouching Tiger Hidden Ghost (乱掉)	Nominated
2022	Star Awards	Best Actor	Crouching Tiger Hidden Ghost (as Ma Da)	Nominated
		Favourite CP		Nominated	[8]
		The Male Show Stealer		Nominated
		Best Theme Song	Crouching Tiger Hidden Ghost (乱掉)	Nominated
2023	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Won
		Favourite Male Show Stealer (as Feng Kangkai/4896)	Soul Detective	Nominated
2024	Star Awards	The Show Stealer	All That Glitters	Nominated
		Best Actor		Won	[9]
		Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Won	[10]

References

1. 洪亿隽 (17 July 2021). 刘子绚晒“偷拍照”放闪田铭耀 庆祝结婚4周年！. 8world Entertainment Lifestyle (in Chinese (Singapore)). Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
2. Auto, Hermes (14 June 2017). "Wedding bells for Jesseca Liu and Jeremy Chan within the year | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.
3. "Not at first sight, Jesseca Liu and Jeremy Chan share how they fell in love". AsiaOne. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
4. "Being Human 做人". Asian Film Archive. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
5. Ng, Gwendolyn (30 October 2017). "Jeremy Chan wants to work harder to narrow gap between him and wife Jesseca Liu". The Straits Times. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
6. "Asian Academy Creative Awards 2018". Mediacorp. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
7. "Jeremy Chan, Singapore big winners at Asian Academy Creative Awards 2018". AsiaOne. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
8. "Star Awards 2022: Chantalle Ng and Xu Bin nominated for Favourite CP, Top 40 Most Popular Artistes revealed". AsiaOne. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
9. "Star Awards 2024: Jeremy Chan gets emotional over first time Best Actor win". The Straits Times. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
10. "Jesseca Liu Yelled "Don't Cry!" When Jeremy Chan Went On Stage To Accept His Best Actor Award". AsiaOne. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.