Hanjin Tan (born 27 January 1976) is a Singaporean record producer, songwriter, singer, and actor based in Hong Kong.
Life and career Hanjin Tan was born on 27 January 1976 in Singapore in a conservative Hainanese family of two siblings. His father worked in the shipping industry and his mother is a housewife. At age 12, he was diagnosed with only half of his hearing in his right ear and 75% in his left. While attending Anglo-Chinese School, Tan sang in the choir and picked up some vocal basics. He started learning guitar at 19, playing in pubs at 20, and writing songs at 21. Tan graduated from the National University of Singapore with a degree in Economics. While there, he got opportunities to write and produce songs for Jacky Cheung and Eason Chan which helped kickstart his music career. Tan moved permanently to Hong Kong in 2009. With over 400 songs to his songwriting credit, he has also worked with various other artistes, including Coco Lee, Sammi Cheng, Joey Yung, and Christina Aguilera over the years. In 2022, Tan had a coaching role on TVB's singing competition show Stars Academy 2.
Discography Studio albums
Raw Jazz (2009) Contradiction (矛盾) (2013) 不求人大樂隊 (2016) Buy 1 Get 1 Free (買一送一) (2017) Who Is Hanjin Tan (誰是陳奐仁) (2017) Clouds In My Coffee (差不多人生) (2017) He Is Hanjin Tan (他是陳奐仁) (2017) Afterthought (2018) Little Song (小小歌) (2019)
Concerts Happiness Can Be Simple (2012) Hanjin & Harris – Little Soldiers Concert (2019)
Filmography
Television series Year Title Role Notes 2011–2012 Til Love Do Us Lie Ng Ngok-yan Sitcom 2014 Come On, Cousin Himself Guest star 2015 Young Charioteers Mucci Lai Ye Lim 2016 Fashion War Man Chi Wai-man 2020Ken Host 2022 Stars Academy 2 Coaching supervisor Singing competition
Film Year Title Role Notes 2010 Bruce Lee, My Brother Skinny Wang2011 The Fortune Buddies 2012 I Love Hong Kong 2012 Himself2013The Best Plan Is No Plan2015Imprisoned: Survival Guide for Rich and Prodigal Lo Chai2016From Vegas to Macau III2019MissbehaviorDada Chan Ching
Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Results 2010 Hong Kong Film Awards Best Newcomer Bruce Lee, My Brother
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