Thomas Ong Thian Chai (born 1 February 1969) is a Singaporean actor, television host and businessman.
Career Ong was a flight steward with Singapore Airlines before entering the entertainment industry. He was spotted while doing modelling and was invited to join Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) in 1994. Immediately, he was offered the lead role and made his debut in Dr Justice. He won the Top 5 and Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes award thrice in the 1990s.
In April 1997, Ong left TCS at the end of his three years contract.
He left and returned to MediaCorp several times to concentrate on other projects. More recently he returned to MediaCorp for the fourth time and signed a three-year contract in early 2012.
In January 2020, Ong announced his retirement from the entertainment industry.Thomas Ong Announces "Retirement": "You'll Know I've Run Out Of Money If I Return To Acting Again"
Filmography Year Title Role NotesRef1994Dr Justice 法医故事 之《红颜裁决》Police Officer Ye 叶警官Love at Last 真心男儿Huang Jiawei 黄家伟1995Strange Encounters III 奇缘III 之《灶神》Gu Canglong 谷苍龙The Dragons Five 飞龙五将Zhao Tianbao 赵天豹The Last Rhythm 曲终魂断Li Yisheng 李怡生 1996 Waves of Courage 逐浪青春 Zhao Wei 赵威 Wild Orchids 再见萤光兰 Zhu Ziqing 朱子青 The Unbroken Cycle Zhang Hai 张海 / Zhou Xinghuan 周星寰 Full House 不速之客 Guo Jiaping 郭家平 Telemovie1997 Living By Night 都是夜归人 Shen Shaotang 沈绍棠 Love in a Foreign City 富贵双城 Yu Guotian 余国添 1999 Are You My Brother? 错体双宝 Chang Le 常乐 Coup de Scorpion 天蝎行动 Wang Chong Guang 王重光 2000 Master Swordsman Lu Xiaofeng Hua Manlou 花满楼 2004Oh Dad! 偶像爸爸Li Weimin 李为民2005 Beautiful Illusions Zhou Jiansheng 周健生 Love Concierge 爱的掌门人 Qian Jiekuan 钱杰宽 2006Family MattersGao Ming 高明2007MetamorphosisHu Xicun 胡希存2008Our Rice HouseFan Yihang 范一航Perfect CutDr. Alex Tan 陈毅杰2009Perfect Cut 2Dr. Alex Tan 陈毅杰2010The Illusionist 魔幻視界James Lee 李世彦2011Secrets for SaleStanley Chen 陈亮安Bountiful BlessingsTong Dafeng 童大风2012Pillow TalkZhang Qiuyu 张秋宇2013C.L.I.F. 2Zhou Zhiheng 周志恆Marry Me 我要嫁出去Bill2014The CaregiversYang Haotian 杨浩天Entangled 日落洞Yu Guangwei 于光威Three WishesZhao Yaozong 赵耀宗2016House of FortuneQian Renjie 钱仁杰Fire UpZhuang Yingxiong 庄英雄You Can Be An Angel 2Lin Bin 林彬2017Three Little WishesZhao Yaozong 赵耀宗Mightiest Mother-in-LawQi Hongzhe 齐宏哲Life Less OrdinaryCameo2018You Can Be An Angel 3 你也可以是天使3Lin Bin 林彬Cameo29th February 229明天见Ye Zhengfang 叶正方2018–2022KinSteven Loh2020Super Dad 男神不败Xu Wei Hao 许伟豪2025I Believe I Can Fly 青春小鸟Wang Shuntian 王顺天
Awards and nominations Organisation Year Award Nominated works ResultRefStar Awards 1995 Best Newcomer Love at Last Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes 1996 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes 1999 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes 2010 Favourite Male Character Perfect Cut 2 2013 Best Actor Pillow Talk Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes 2015 Best Actor Three Wishes Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes 2016 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes 2017 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes 2018 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes
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