Chase Tang

Chia-Hao Tang[1] (Chinese: 唐嘉壕; born August 24, 1988), professionally known as Chase Tang, is a Taiwanese-Canadian actor,[2][3] mental health advocate,[4] and philanthropist.[5]

Tangs appears as Baryon in the Netflix series, Jupiter's Legacy.[5] He is also a former Nova Scotia AAA hockey player.[6][7] Tang lives in Toronto, Canada.[8]

Early life and education

Tang was born to in Taipei, Taiwan.[9] He has two elder brothers. In 1994, Tang's family immigrated to Bedford, Nova Scotia.[10] He grew up in Bedford and Upper Tantallon, playing hockey.,[11] Tang played for the Halifax MacDonald's Hockey Midget Triple 'A' league for two years.[5]

Tang attended Sir John A. Macdonald High School.[12] He received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Guelph in Ontario.

In 2016, for mental issues, Tang left his corporate job in Toronto to pursue modeling and acting.[5] Tang began his first acting class in May 2016, and in August 2018 joined Actra.[13]

Career

Tang's acting career began in 2017 with uncredited roles. His debut professional acting started with a POM Wonderful.[14] Since then, he has worked in several short films[2] and TV series.[15] His movie, View, was viewed at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

In 2020, Tang became the global spokesman of Presotea, a bubble tea brand in Taiwan.[16][17] He is an ambassador for TITIKA Active Couture.

Tang appears in the Run (American TV series),.[18]

Activism

Tang utilizes his celebrity platform to raise mental health awareness.[4] He talked on mental health for The Asian Mental Health Collective,[19] and was featured in the UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) "World Is In Our Hands" campaign, a UN's Act Now initiative for climate change awareness.[20]

Awards and recognition

Tang was placed second on the top 10 rising Asian actors in Hollywood by Internet Movie Database.[5]

Filmography
Year Title Role Ref
Actor
2020 Jupiter's Legacy (TV series) Episode #1.2 – Baryon [5][21]
2019 Slasher (TV Series) Episode: 6am to 9am – Sexy Young Man (uncredited) [21][22]
2018 Time, Space & Lee (Short) Cody [21][15]
2018/II View (Short) Zong
2018 Scariest Night of My Life (TV Series documentary) Her Own Strength + Fright Or Flight –  Christoper
2017 See No Evil (TV Series documentary) Watch Me Disappear (2017) –  Reporter [21]
Kim's Convenience (TV Series) Uncredited [8]
Suits  (TV Series) Uncredited
Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments (TV Series) Vampire
2016 Designated Survivor (TV Series) Background performer uncredited [14]
Producer
2017/II The Filmmaker (Documentary) Producer [21]
Self
2017/II The Filmmaker (Documentary) Chad / John [21]

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  2. "Halifax actor lands role on Netflix superhero show". Global News. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  3. 林淑娟. "華裔帥哥唐嘉壕揚名好萊塢 爆國際巨星熱情友善「攏是假」". 娛樂 - 中時新聞網 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-10-08.
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  9. O'Flanagan, Rob (September 2019). "U of G Has a "Supervillian" Grad". Portico. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  10. Levi, Joel (July 29, 2020). ""A Day in the Life" with Toronto Actor Chase Tang". Toronto Guardian. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
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  12. "Tension Over Open Net Farm Fishing Erupts at Council Meetings" (PDF).
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  14. Robins, Mark (2019-11-20). "From Bedford to Netflix and the world environmental stage, Chase Tang's star continues to rise". Halifax Presents. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  15. "U of G Has a "Supervillian" Grad -". 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
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  22. "Netflix Summer Preview: 'Stranger Things,' 'What/If,' 'Designated Survivor' and More". Decider. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
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