Lim Yu-Beng

Born: 1965-11-20

Yu-Beng is a familiar face on stage and screen. He won Best Actor in 2005 for The Lover, and The Dumb Waiter, Best Supporting Actor in 2004 for Bent, and was in the Best Acting Ensemble in 2002 for Animal Farm, all for the Life! Theatre Awards. He has played leads in the acclaimed local films Singapore Dreaming, and Solos, as well as the soon to be released Universe; and internationally in Kung Fu Killers, and The Great Wall; and supporting roles in numerous international films, including Anna and the King, and HBO Asia’s Grace. For Singapore television he has played leads in Firasat, Do Not Disturb, 9 Lives, The Second Singapore Short Story Project, and The New Home; and all four seasons of the hit series Triple 9. Theatregoers know him from shows like Another Country, Animal Farm, Members Only, Doubt, The Lover and The Dumb Waiter, Bent, Lear, The First Emperor's Last Days, The Blue Room, The Yang Family and As If He Hears. In the last few years he wrote and directed It’s My Life, an original teen musical, as well as 2 Houses, and Pearl of the Eastern & Oriental, both sell-out successes specially commissioned by the Georgetown Festival in Penang. In 2018, he performed an evening of his original songs as part of the Writers’ Festival. Yu-Beng’s latest television projects include 20 Days (2018), Warrior (2018), Lion Mums S3 (2019), After Love (2019), Raksasa (2019) and In The Wind (2019). He continues to explore new ground, and works extensively as an actor, director, writer, acting coach, lighting designer, fight choreographer and whatever it takes to get the show up. Yu-Beng is represented by FLY Entertainment.


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Anna and the King

as Scarfaced leader
Released: 1999-12-16

The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school...

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Marco Polo

as Burmese Priest
Released: 2007-04-06

Assigned to accompany two priests on a mission to convert the court of Kublai Khan to...

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Kung Fu Killer

as Bai
Released: 2008-08-17

China is in unrest, as the Republic falls prey to Warlords like Kahn Xin, who holds an entire...

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Kung Fu Killer 2

as Bai
Released: 2008-08-17

This is the second part of the kung fu killer. China is in unrest, as the Republic falls prey...

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2000 AD

as Colonel Ng
Released: 2000-02-03

The Y2K Bug. Real Warfare vs Electronic Gaming. Peter Tong, a carefree Hong Kong youngster,...

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Afterimages

as Agent Chai
Released: 2014-09-11

A group of film students burn paper effigy cameras for the wandering spirits during the ghost...

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Singapore Dreaming

as C.K.
Released: 2006-09-07

Disappointed by his failed dreams, Loh Poh Huat visits his frustrations on his family. So when...

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As You Like It

as Duke Fredrick / Duke Senior (voice)
Released: 2021-11-18

An animated adaptation of the famous play by William Shakespeare. It transposes the setting to a...

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Solos

as Man
Released: 2007-04-18

Inspired by true events, Solos explores relationships among three individuals who are struggling...

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Threshold

as Omega
Released: 2009-10-08

In a dingy motel room that is as hot and clammy as the jungle painted on its walls, a sexual...

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Blood & Treasure

as Woo-Ping
First aired: 2019-05-21

An antiquities expert teams up with an art thief to catch a terrorist who funds his attacks...

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The Lost Empire

as Skeleton Demon
First aired: 2001-03-11

American journalist Nick Orton is caught up in the world of Chinese gods and monsters while on a...

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Marco Polo

as Burmese Priest
First aired: 2007-03-19

Assigned to accompany two priests on a mission to convert the court of Kublai Khan to...

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Mr. Midnight: Beware the Monsters

as Uncle Tan
First aired: 2022-10-24

A once-average teen and his friends become paranormal detective and document their adventures in...

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