Pierre Png

Born: 1973-10-29

Pierre Theodore Png Tiang Huat, is a Singaporean actor of Peranakan descent. He is known for starring in multiple Singaporean MediaCorp's Channel 5 and Channel 8's dramas, with recent works include The Gentlemen and When Duty Calls. Early in his career, he was known for playing the comedic role of Phua Chu Beng in the long-running sitcom Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd. He is also known for his role as a troubled and unhappy husband in the 2008 year-end blockbuster period drama The Little Nyonya, and as a villain in 2013 drama The Journey: A Voyage. He co-starred in Hollywood film Crazy Rich Asians (2018). Png was born on 29 October 1973 in Singapore, and was educated at St Gabriel's Primary School and Holy Innocents' High School. Png first encountered acting shortly after National Service in his role in the 1998 film Forever Fever. The role piqued his interest in acting, and he enrolled in an acting course. The same year, Png won the Channel 5 talent competition The Fame Awards. Png made his television debut on Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, and starred in several other Channel 5 productions. He later began acting in Chinese language dramas on Channel 8 and was nominated for the Most Popular Newcomer Award at the 2001 Star Awards. In 2006 he received his first Best Actor award nomination at the Star Awards 2006 for his role in The Shining Star. Png won the coveted award on his fourth nomination in 2014 for his vicious role Hei Long in MediaCorp's year-end mega-blockbuster The Journey: A Voyage. In 2014, he snared a leading role in the Channel 5 blockbuster drama Zero Calling and clinched the "Best Actor" award at the 19th Asian Television Awards (ATA). He co-starred in the Warner Bros. film Crazy Rich Asians, with Constance Wu and Henry Golding. The film marked his Hollywood feature film debut. Png has gotten 3 out of 10 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes from 2012, 2018-2019 respectively.


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Crazy Rich Asians

as Michael Teo
Released: 2018-08-15

An American-born Chinese economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best...

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The Eye

as Dr. Eak
Released: 2002-05-09

A blind concert violinist gets a cornea transplant allowing her to see again. However, she gets...

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Forever Fever

as Richard
Released: 1998-05-28

Hock, a Bruce Lee-worshipping grocery boy, falls in love with disco after a screening of his...

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Rise

as Johnny
Released: 2016-05-28

A young female ex-convict tries to put her life back together again and keep her anger...

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Nothing To Lose

as Somchai
Released: 2002-09-27

Somchai, a debt-ridden gambling addict, goes to the top of a building to commit suicide and...

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Chicken Rice War

as Fenson Wong
Released: 2000-11-16

Frivolous Singapore adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet by Baz Luhrmann. Two rival...

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May and June

as Coach Michael
Released: 2018-10-18

May knows how to fence, what she doesn't know is how to make a friend. Especially now when she...

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Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd

as Anthony Phua Chu Beng
First aired: 1997-09-25

The sitcom centres on an eccentric contractor with his trademark yellow boots, curly afro hair...

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Best of Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd

as uncredited
First aired: 1997-09-25

A building contractor navigates the ups and downs of life and work with his eccentric family...

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The Little Nyonya

as Chen Sheng
First aired: 2008-11-25

A biographic flashback of an extended Peranakan family in Malacca; set in the 1930s, the story...

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The Journey: A Voyage

as Black Dragon
First aired: 2013-11-25

Beset with foreign threats and internal turmoil, China's concoction of woes compels its citizens...

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The In-Laws

as Xiao Jian Hai (2011)
First aired: 2011-04-12

Lin Bao Zhu lost her husband at a young age, forcing her to run a food stall left behind by her...

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Pillow Talk

as He Tingkai
First aired: 2012-04-02

What is the true meaning of marriage? Qiu Xue (Joanne Peh), a believer in romance, marries Ting...

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This Land Is Mine

as uncredited
First aired: 2021-08-09

After the end of World War II, when Singapore returns to British rule after four years of...

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The Score

as Luo Shun'an
First aired: 2010-10-04

The Score is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air...

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A Tale of 2 Cities

as Lin Wen Tao
First aired: 2011-02-14

A Tale of 2 Cities is a Singaporean Chinese drama which a co-produced by Media Prima Berhad and...

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Yours Always

as Caleb Zhang (2006)
First aired: 2006-03-21

When she was still a little girl, Qiao Shan (Joanne Peh) would pour her heart out to her father...

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My Guardian Angels

as Su Dong Yu
First aired: 2020-04-06

Mandy (Zoe Tay), Miao Miao (Kym Ng) and Si Jin (Somaline Ang) come from different backgrounds...

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VIC

as Gordon
First aired: 2018-04-19

Vicky (Carrie Wong) is an aspiring model entering a modelling reality show, while Victoria...

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Soul Doctor

as 郝泽聪
First aired: 2022-04-05

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Beyond

as Xu Wenbin
First aired: 2012-12-24

Welcome to the realm of the unexplained, where things are not exactly what they seem and where...

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Rescue 995

as Shi Zeming
First aired: 2012-02-06

Rescue 995 is a 20-episode drama serial which debuted on Singapore's free-to-air Chinese...

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Holland V

as Mo Yangyang
First aired: 2003-11-28

Holland V is a 2003 Singaporean drama series produced by MediaCorp. It was the third...

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When Duty Calls

as Chen Jinbao
First aired: 2017-07-31

Xu Long Bin is a reservist officer who saved Chen Jin Bao's life during a military exercise....

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Home Again

as uncredited
First aired: 2022-01-18

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A Jungle Survivor

as Jiang Yongxi
First aired: 2020-11-11

Tang Ruo Qi is a housewife who has always led a simple life. Besides her husband Jiang Yong Xi...

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The Gentlemen

as Zhang Nailiang
First aired: 2016-08-09

The story revolves around three brothers who grew up in a male-dominant family and all inherited...

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嫁给不同世界的你

as uncredited
First aired: 2023-12-21

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A Lonely Fish

as Tim
First aired: 2018-03-01

Jing Xuan (Ying Ying He) locks herself in the world of dancing to escape her often quarreling...

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Zero Calling

as David
First aired: 2014-02-16

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