Alaric Tay
Alaric Tay (born Tay Liang Hoong, Alaric on 26 June 1979) is a Singaporean director, producer and actor.
Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Acting career
- 3 Film-making career
- 4 Other interests
- 5 Quote
- 6 References
- 7 External links
Early life
Tay was born in Singapore and raised in a strict Christian family. Tay would later p*ionately pursue entertainment as the career of his choice and graduated with a degree in film studies from Griffith University in Australia.
He began his career in the film and television scene as an actor at the age of seventeen. He was given a supporting role in a made-in-Singapore feature film called That's the Way I Like It, which was personally picked up for distribution in 1998 by Harvey Weinstein.
Acting career
Tay has taken on diverse roles over the years, including leads in tele-movies like Ang Tao Mui, Adventures of Holden Heng, and a well-received comic turn in the dramedy, Money. Alaric also played lead roles in the sitcom, The Yang Sisters Season 1 & 2 which ran on Mediacorp's Channel 5 as well as Random Acts, which was aired on Arts Central. His amusing physicality has provided shows like Whizzes of the Void Deck. He also played the role of a Chinese prisoner in a Lion TV production of The Great Wall of China and the role of Daniel in the film Carrot Cake Conversations.
He is also known for his role as nasal-voiced field reporter Andre Chichak in the MediaCorp Channel 5 satirical sitcom The Noose. He appeared as Kang in the 2013 HBO Asia presentation of Serangoon Road and as James in the Singapore Police Force-commissioned series C.L.I.F. 3 in 2014.
Film-making career
With various performance credits to his name, Tay is also an award-winning filmmaker. His film When We Were Bengs snagged 3 prizes at the 2007 ReelHeART International Film Festival, for Best Experimental Film, Best Sound and Best Editing, while his short do*entary Journey of Change has garnered critical acclaim from audiences at its special screenings in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, and the U.S.
In 2011, Tay started developing his first sci-fi action film, Final Defect. The 12-minute short film, a sci-fi tale about the dangers of playing God, stars his fellow Fly Entertainment artistes US-born actor Jimmy Taenaka and veteran actress Janice Koh and is slated for a 2012 release.
In 2018, Alaric co-produced Zombiepura with film director, Jacen Tan from Hosaywood Studios under the company, JAB films. It is Alaric's first major role in a horror themed movie and Zombiepura is slated for theatrical release in late Oct 2018 in Singapore.
Other interests
A student of the late John Spencer, and a former artiste of the Singapore Armed Forces Music and Drama Company (SAF MDC), Tay is an active member of the entertainment community. He is the Vice-President of the NP Film, Sound and Video Alumni Chapter to maintain his *ociation with Breaking into Hollywood.
Tay is also an orator. He has hosted a variety of road shows to Dinner and Dances, to high-profile banquets involving national statesmen, politicians and amb*adors.
Quote
- "The only obstacles I will truly face in this life are the ones I create for myself."