
Chen Tian Wen
Born: 1963-05-28
Place of birth: Singapore
Chen was educated at the now defunct Serangoon Garden Secondary Technical School. He joined the SBC after completing the 5th artiste drama training class and made his debut in 1984. He holds a black belt in taekwondo and his martial arts background led him to being cast in many wuxia dramas in the 1990s and as characters with fight scenes in other drama series. He is also a member of the Singapore Celebrity Soccer Team. The Straits Times remarked that Chen's "much-praised understated turn" in the Cannes Film Festival award-winning Ilo Ilo put him in the spotlight once again. Chen hit the headlines again when two parody music videos he starred in, went viral. The first, titled "Unbelievable", was 'lauded' for the nonsensical line 'I so stunned like vegetable' (sic), drawing the attention of TIME, while the second, "Sandcastle in My Heart", in which Irene Ang also starred in, did not become as popular as the previous one. Both videos are a parody of popular Chinese MVs in the 1970s, particularly the work of Singaporean singer Huang Ching Yuan.
Filmography

The Lion Men: Ultimate Showdown
2014

The Lion Men
2014

Ah Boys to Men 3: Frogmen
2015

The Legendary Swordsman
2000

Life Less Ordinary
2017

Ilo Ilo
2013

Ah Boys To Men 2
2013

It's a Great, Great World!
2011

Ah Boys To Men
2012

Mr. Unbelievable
2015

One Last Dance
2007

Take 2
2017

Lulu the Movie
2016

Kopitiam Days
2025

Sunny Side up
2022

My Guardian Angels
2020

VIC
2018

Mind Matters
2018