Dwayne Tan is a Singaporean
actor and singer.
Tan graduated from the
American Musical and
Dramatic Academy in New York. He began his training at the
Singapore Armed Forces Music and Drama Company (SAF MDC). He is
also a
Singapore Repertory
Theatre Young Company (SRT YC) alumnus and a proud member of
the Association of Singapore Actors.
He began acting in Singapore with Theatreworks' musical, Beauty
World and has worked with many other theatre companies like Action
Theatre, The Necessary Stage, Imaginarts, luna-id, Wildrice and
Igor's: The Main Event, in musicals and plays alike. For over a
year, he sang at the comedy cabaret club, the Boom Boom Room.
His work occasionally extends into TV and radio. Tan was one of the
top 30 contestants in the 1st season of
Singapore Idol. Tan has also lent his voice
to many characters in cartoons like
One
Piece, the second
Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series
(
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters), and
Machine Robo Rescue. For 5 years,
he hosted the Sunday morning show on the arts radio station Passion
99.5FM.
He became a finalist on
Singapore
Idol; due to this he produced his
Moments Alone, an
EP.
He also released his novel, "My Cup of Teh-O: A Singaporean Boy's
Search for Home in America", which is a narrative loosely based on
his life in New York City. On his
official
website, there are links to sample chapters of his work.
On film, Tan has appeared in
Cyber
Wars (starring Joan Chen) and was involved in a scene as a
New York tourist with
Susan Sarandon,
in Disney's Enchanted.
Tan fulfilled his Disney dreams when he sang
for the opening of Disney On Ice in Kuala Lumpur
.
Tan has been trained in puppeteering by fellow voice actor
Brian Zimmerman.
Voice acting credits
(For Singaporean dubs only)
- Joey Wheeler (Katsuya Jonouchi)
in Yu-Gi-Oh!.
- Mr. 2, Mr. 3, Dalton and Portgas D. Ace
in One Piece
- Katsutoshi Hayashibara in Zipang
- Makoto Fujitani in Karin
(American dub)
- Dylan Yuki, Sasuke, Peter, Jirou, Shirou, Chai, Mr. Tsuchida
and Otome in Mirmo!
- Ace, Jay, Ken, Sasaki, SubmarineRobo and GyroRobo in
Machine Robo
Rescue
- Noda in Gokusen
- Satoshi Horio in The Prince
of Tennis
Television acting credits
Performance credits
Musical credits
References
- " Dwayne Tan." Beauty World The Musical. Accessed
17 July 2008.
- " Beauty World Biographies." Meet The
Creative Team. Accessed 23 July 2008.
- " Straits Times article." Want to publish a
novel? Just click. Accessed 08 Nov 2009.
- " Channel 5, MediaCorp TV." Behind Closed
Doors episodic synopsis. Accessed 23 July 2008.
- " Magicbox 1 April 2008." Magic of Lawrence and
Priscilla. Accessed 20
July 2008.
- " Singapore Repertory Theatre homepage. Accessed
5 July 2009."
- " Thoroughly Modern Millie" Post-Standard
Critics. Accessed 23
July2008.
- " A Very Merry Millie" Ithaca Times.
Accessed 23
July2008.
- " Beauty World reveals a new beauty."
Channel News Asia. Accessed
17 July 2008.
- " Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" Straits
Times Online. Accessed 27 October2008.
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