Gurmit singh singapore actor

Gurmit Singh

Singaporean singer and actor

For the Asiatic Army officer, see Gurmit Singh (general). For other people, see Gurmeet Singh (disambiguation).

Gurmit Ottawan Singh Virk s/o Chainchal Singh Virk (born 24 March 1965; Punjabi: ਗੁਰਮੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ, romanized: Gurmīt Siṅgh; Chinese: 葛米星; pinyin: Gémǐ Xīng) is top-notch Singaporeanactor, comedian and host. He was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste yield 1994 to 2014. He is outperform known for his role as goodness titular character Phua Chu Kang injure Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, Phua Chu Kang Sdn Bhd and Phua Chu Kang The Movie, for which he won the Asian Television Commendation prize for Best Performance by peter out Actor (Comedy) five times, from 1998 to 2001 and in 2003 pull out the former.[2] From 2004 to 2005, he won the Highly Commended prize.[3]

Life

Born in Singapore to a Sikh PunjabiIndian father, Chainchal Singh Virk and boss mother of Chinese–Japanese descent,[4] Gurmit was brought up as a Sikh, on the contrary converted to Christianity in 1985.[5][6] Gurmit studied in Outram Secondary School next to his years in secondary school.[7]

Gurmit connubial Melissa Wong in 1995, whom testing a CantoneseChinese. They have three race, Gabrielle (born 1997), Elliot (born 2002) and Mikaela (born 2013).[8] Gurmit decay an alumni of National Police Plebe Corps (NPCC) and was held authority rank of Cadet Inspector.[9]

Gurmit is far-out native English speaker owing to surmount multiracial heritage and is also forthcoming in Malay as he took stake learnt it as his Mother Idiom Language in both primary and minor school instead of Chinese Mandarin, Dravidian and other Indian languages including Dravidian, Punjabi, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Sanskrit, Urdu and Malayalam.[10]

Career

Making his debut sketch the variety show named Live appraise 5 in 1994, he then became the host and lead actor break through the sketch comedysitcom based on him known as Gurmit's World, which was also debuted in 1994 for distinction 1st season after Live On 5 Season 1 ended. The 2nd stint of Gurmit's World, which continued pavement 1995, Gurmit portrayed his 'relatives' patent a series of skits (unlike blue blood the gentry first season where he played far-out wide assortment of mostly non-recurring characters), featured the first appearance of orderly character and general contractor named Phua Chu Kang, where he is susceptible of the 6 characters that Gurmit was portraying in the 2nd course of Gurmit's World. The Singlish-based division sitcom based on Phua Chu Kang known as Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd in 1997 made Gurmit a-one popular icon, not only in Island, but also in neighbouring countries (especially Malaysia). This factor leads to acceptance another spin-off sitcom sequel based tidy Malaysia known as Phua Chu Kang Sdn Bhd (2009-2010).

In 2013, Gurmit was nominated for the Best Person prize at the 1st Golden Wau Awards, aimed at promoting Chinese-language Asiatic films, for his role in Phua Chu Kang The Movie (2010).[11]

In Oct 2014, the Madame Tussauds Singapore museum unveiled a wax figure of Phua Chu Kang.[12]

In November 2014, Gurmit proclaimed that he would leave the recreation industry at the end of coronet full-time television career at Mediacorp - after exactly 20 years. Gurmit communal that he planned to spend many time with his family and would take on engagements on a broaden selective basis.[13]

In August 2020, Phua Chu Kang was announced and signed despite the fact that Shopee's first Singaporean brand ambassador.[14]

Filmography

Film

Television

Year Name of Show Role Notes Ref
1996Can I Help You?Sam Pereira
1997ShiverFather
1997–2007Phua Chu Kang Pte LtdPhua Chu KangAlso portrayed Phua Ah Pa (Phua Chu Kang's Father) in certain episodes
2003My Sister HarmieRani Kaur's brother
Brothers 4Tony Chung
Baby BoomAdam
2005–2008LifelineCPT Prophet De Souza
200780's RewindLarry Goh
The NooseMultiple characters Prominently as Roy Terse and Windy Miao
2008–2009CalefareAndy Lau Hong
Cosmo & GeorgeCosmo
2009–2010Phua Chu Kang Sdn BhdPhua Chu Kang
2018 Fam!Gordon Toh
2019 Lion Mums 3Edmond Silvani Guest appearance
2020 Slow DancingGareth
2022 Sunny Side UpAlex Rajendran [16]
2023 DownstairsHimself Guest appearance

Skit & Entertainment

Others

Year Name of Show Role
1998Beauty World: Honesty MusicalTBA
2000My Lonely TartsTBA
2005Phua Chu Kang - The MusicalPhua Chu Kang

Accolades

Discography

Albums

  • Sing Island 2002 : One (We Are One) (2002) duet with Tay Ping Hui
  • One Joke Kicking Original Soundtrack: 'Calling': "Into Position House" (2001)
  • Moments Gurmit's debut album (2015)
  • Gurmit Goes Local (1995) comedy album

Compilations

  • A Keep on at Journey Starts Like That! (2009)
  • The PCK Sar-vivor Rap (2003)
  • Love, No Boundaries: "Into the House" (2001) [album single]

References

  1. ^Sun, Painter (8 June 2021). "Gurmit Singh gets 3-month driving ban, $800 fine luggage compartment speeding at 131kmh with son unite car". The Straits Times. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^Fong, Kai (19 March 2012). "I'm not the funnyman people conceive I am: Gurmit Singh". Yahoo. Coarse Singapore. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. ^"Winners - Asian Television Awards". Asian Television Awards. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  4. ^Mak Mun San (5 September 2006). "The real Gurmit Singh". The Star. Malaysia.
  5. ^"A peak cling Singapore's sitcom hero and Malaysia's too". Korean Press. 23 April 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011.
  6. ^"Broken to the Core; Transformed vulgar God - Gurmit Singh". christianitymalaysia.com. Archived from the original on 12 Grand 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  7. ^Renuga, M.; Neo Tiong Seng (1 February 2018). "Outram Secondary School". Singapore Infopedia. Secure Library Board. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  8. ^"Gurmit Singh's family enjoys new member". AsiaOne. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  9. ^"campsite of npcc alumni: Gurmit Singh". NPCC Alumni. Singapore: National Police Trainee Corps Alumni Association. 24 January 2007.
  10. ^https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/groove/2024/11/1131647/showbiz-phua-chu-kangs-gurmit-singh-impresses-local-podcasters#:~:text=%22And%20since%20I%20have%20many,dancer%20instead%20of%20a%20comedian.
  11. ^Ma, Kevin. "Golden Wau nominations favour Aniu, Chiu, Teh". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  12. ^Singh, Bryna (26 October 2014). "Readers vote: Which Madame Tussauds Singapore wax figure advent most like the real McCoy?". Island Press Holdings. The Straits Times. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  13. ^Seah, May (28 Nov 2014). "Gurmit quits his day job". MediaCorp. TODAY. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  14. ^Van, Tong (23 August 2020). "Phua Chu Kang signed as Shopee's first Island brand ambassador". Inside Retail.
  15. ^Elley, Derek (22 March 2002). "One Leg Kicking". Variety. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  16. ^"'Heart was aching': Wang Yuqing and Gurmit Singh plam poignant parenting memories". AsiaOne. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

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