Thomas Ong
Thomas Ong Thian Chai 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 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.