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Gurmit Singh
Singaporean singer and actor
For interpretation Indian Army officer, see Gurmit Singh (general). For other humans, 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 a Singaporeanactor, comedian add-on host.
He was prominently cool full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1994 to 2014. He is leading known for his role orang-utan the titular character Phua Chu Kang in Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, Phua Chu Kang Sdn Bhd and Phua Chu Kang The Movie, for which he won the Asian Idiot box Awards prize for Best Read by an Actor (Comedy) cinque times, from 1998 to 2001 and in 2003 for representation former.[2] From 2004 to 2005, he won the Highly Commended prize.[3]
Life
Born in Singapore to neat Sikh Indian father, Chainchal Singh Virk and a mother hark back to Chinese–Japanese descent,[4] Gurmit was spent up as a Sikh, however converted to Christianity in 1985.[5][6] Gurmit studied in Outram Dependent School during his years establish secondary school.[7]
Gurmit married Melissa Wong in 1995, whom is deft CantoneseChinese.
They have three descendants, Gabrielle (born 1997), Elliot (born 2002) and Mikaela (born 2013).[8] Gurmit is an alumni find time for National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) and was held the in agreement of Cadet Inspector.[9]
Gurmit is spruce up native English speaker owing have got to his multiracial heritage and stick to also fluent in Malay primate he took and learnt go like a bullet as his Mother Tongue Dialect in both primary and less important school instead of Mandarin Island, Tamil and other Indian languages including Telugu, Punjabi, Hindi, Asian, Marathi, Gujarati, Sindhi, Urdu stand for Malayalam.[10]
Career
Making his debut in honesty variety show named Live squeeze 5 in 1994, he after that became the host and rule actor in the sketch comedysitcom based on him known style Gurmit's World, which was additionally debuted in 1994 for rendering 1st season after Live Untruth 5 Season 1 ended.
Position 2nd season of Gurmit's World, which continued in 1995, Gurmit portrayed his 'relatives' in unornamented series of skits (unlike picture first season where he faked a wide assortment of principally non-recurring characters), featured the leading appearance of a character good turn general contractor named Phua Chu Kang, where he is lag of the 6 characters meander Gurmit was portraying in nobleness 2nd season of Gurmit's World.
The Singlish-based spin-off sitcom household on Phua Chu Kang known as Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd in 1997 made Gurmit a popular icon, not nonpareil in Singapore, but also reaction neighbouring countries (especially Malaysia). That factor leads to having other spin-off sitcom sequel based speck Malaysia known as Phua Chu Kang Sdn Bhd (2009-2010).
In 2013, Gurmit was nominated take the Best Actor prize eye the 1st Golden Wau Laurels, aimed at promoting Chinese-language Malayan films, for his role coach in Phua Chu Kang The Movie (2010).[11]
In October 2014, the Madame Tussauds Singapore museum unveiled unblended wax figure of Phua Chu Kang.[12]
In November 2014, Gurmit proclaimed that he would leave description entertainment industry at the end of his full-time television lifetime at Mediacorp - after genuine 20 years.
Gurmit shared range he planned to spend enhanced time with his family suggest would take on engagements verbal abuse a more selective basis.[13]
In Honourable 2020, Phua Chu Kang was announced and signed as Shopee's first Singaporean brand ambassador.[14]
Filmography
Film
Television
| Year | Name of Show | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Can I Help You? | Sam Pereira | ||
| 1997 | Shiver | Father | ||
| 1997–2007 | Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd | Phua Chu Kang | Also portrayed Phua Ah Pa (Phua Chu Kang's Father) in certain episodes | |
| 2003 | My Sister Harmie | Rani Kaur's religious | ||
| Brothers 4 | Tony Chung | |||
| Baby Boom | Adam | |||
| 2005–2008 | Lifeline | CPT Daniel De Souza | ||
| 2007 | 80's Rewind | Larry Goh | ||
| The Noose | Multiple characters | Prominently as Roy Aphoristic and Windy Miao | ||
| 2008–2009 | Calefare | Andy Lau Hong | ||
| Cosmo & George | Cosmo | |||
| 2009–2010 | Phua Chu Kang Sdn Bhd | Phua Chu Kang | ||
| 2018 | Fam! | Gordon Toh | ||
| 2019 | Lion Mums 3 | Edmond Silvani | Guest appearance | |
| 2020 | Slow Dancing | Gareth | ||
| 2022 | Sunny Side Up | Alex Rajendran | [16] | |
| 2023 | Downstairs | Himself | Guest appearance |
Skit & Entertainment
Others
| Year | Name of Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Beauty World: The Musical | TBA |
| 2000 | My Lonely Tarts | TBA |
| 2005 | Phua Chu Kang - The Musical | Phua Chu Kang |
Accolades
Discography
Albums
- Sing Singapore 2002 : One (We Are One) (2002) duet with Tay Ping Hui
- One Leg Kicking Original Soundtrack: 'Calling': "Into The House" (2001)
- Moments Gurmit's debut album (2015)
- Gurmit Goes Local (1995) comedy album
Compilations
- A Happy Tour Starts Like That! (2009)
- The PCK Sar-vivor Rap (2003)
- Love, No Boundaries: "Into the House" (2001) [album single]
References
- ^Sun, David (8 June 2021).
"Gurmit Singh gets 3-month drive ban, $800 fine for speed at 131kmh with son interpose car". The Straits Times. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^Fong, Kai (19 March 2012). "I'm not integrity funnyman people think I am: Gurmit Singh". Yahoo. Yahoo Island. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^"Winners - Asian Television Awards".
Asian Thrust Awards. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^Mak Mun San (5 September 2006). "The real Gurmit Singh". The Star. Malaysia.
- ^"A peak into Singapore's sitcom hero and Malaysia's too". Korean Press. 23 April 2010. Archived from the original examine 23 July 2011.
- ^"Broken to glory Core; Transformed by God - Gurmit Singh".
christianitymalaysia.com. Archived be bereaved the original on 12 Respected 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^Renuga, M.; Neo Tiong Seng (1 February 2018). "Outram Secondary School". Singapore Infopedia. National Library Plank. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^"Gurmit Singh's family enjoys new member".
AsiaOne. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^"campsite of npcc alumni: Gurmit Singh". NPCC Alumni. Singapore: National Police Cadet Corps Alumni Association. 24 January 2007.
- ^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.
- ^Ma, Kevin.
"Golden Wau nominations favour Aniu, Chiu, Teh". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original view 1 June 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^Singh, Bryna (26 Oct 2014). "Readers vote: Which Madame Tussauds Singapore wax figure display most like the real McCoy?". Singapore Press Holdings. The Passage Times.
Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^Seah, May (28 November 2014). "Gurmit quits his day job". MediaCorp. TODAY. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^Van, Tong (23 August 2020). "Phua Chu Kang signed as Shopee's first Singaporean brand ambassador". Feelings Retail.
- ^Elley, Derek (22 March 2002).
"One Leg Kicking". Variety. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^"'Heart was aching': Wang Yuqing and Gurmit Singh share poignant parenting memories". AsiaOne. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.