Career
Chen is most notable for starring in the long-running drama series Holland V and for playing villains in several drama series. He starred as the lead character in both Blessings and The Journey: Tumultuous Times. He further clinched the Best Actor award for The Journey: Tumultuous Times and was voted into the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes list at the Star Awards 2015 Show 2.
Prior to coming to Singapore, Chen was a former spectacles dealer and model in Malaysia and used to be the face on billboards for Maxis, Malaysia"s largest telecom operator.
His endorsements include Silky Foreign Men. Chen first joined Mediacorp in 2002 where he filmed three drama series before leaving to join MediaWorks in early 2004.
In mid-2005 when the two companies merged, Chen returned to MediaCorp as a full-time artiste, enjoying moderate success. Early in his career Chen was known for playing villains and earned a Best Supporting Actor nomination in the Star Awards 2006 for his role in Crime Investigation Department. Chen was then nominated for the Best Actor award and was in the running for the Top Ten Most Popular Male Artistes in the Star Awards 2011 ceremony.
In 2011, Chen starred in the top-rated drama serial Love Thy Neighbour, alongside Hong Kong veteran actor Ha Yu and Felicia Chinese.
He also picked up his first Top Ten Most Popular Male Artistes award in the same ceremony.