Gurmit Ottawan Singh (born March 24 1965; Chinese: 葛米•星; pinyin: Gémǐ Xīng) is a popular Singaporean actor, host and comedy performer. Most notable for his role in Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, he is one of the leading artistes in Mediacorp.

Life

Born to a Punjabi father and a Chinese–Japanese mother, Gurmit was brought up as a Sikh, but converted to Christianity in 1985 under the inspiration of Reinhard Bonnke. Gurmit Singh studied in Outram Secondary School during his secondary school years.

Gurmit is married to Melissa, a Cantonese Chinese. He has an eight-year-old daughter, Gabrielle; and a three-year-old son, Elliot. Gurmit is also an alumnus of National Police Cadet Corps, Singapore and held the rank of Cadet Inspector.

Career

Making his debut in the variety show Live On 5, he then became the host and lead actor of the comedy Gurmit's World. The second season of Gurmit's World, in which Gurmit portrayed his 'relatives' in a series of skits (unlike the first season where he played a wide assortment of mostly non-recurring characters), featured the first appearance of a character named Phua Chu Kang. The Singlish-based spin-off sitcom Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd in 1996 made Gurmit a popular icon in the recent years, not only in Singapore, but also in neighbouring countries. This factor led him to be the host in the Singapore Idol variety show. In the past few years, Gurmit has also won the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes at the Star Awards.

Filmography

Film

Year	Name of Drama	Role
2000	Fire-Eater	TBA
2001	One Leg Kicking	Tai Po
2005	We Are Family	Phua Chu Kang (guest appearance)
2007	Just Follow Law	Ah Zui
	Sumolah	Akira

Television

Year	Name of Drama	Role
1996-2007	Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd	Phua Chu Kang
1997	Can I Help You	TBA
1998	Shiver	Father
2001	The Hotel	Phua Chu Kang (guest appearance)
2002	The Amazing Race 3	Phua Chu Kang (guest appearance)
2003	Living with Lydia	Phua Chu Kang (guest appearance)
	My Sister Harmie	Rani Kaur's brother
	Brothers 4	Tony Chung
2004	Living with Lydia Season 4	Himself (guest appearance)
2005-present	Lifeline	CPT Daniel De Souza
2006	ABC DJ	Phua Chu Kang (guest appearance)
2007	80's Rewind	Larry Goh
2008-present	Calefare	Andy Lau Hong

Variety

Year	Name of Drama	Role	Notes
1994	Live on Five	Host
	Gurmit's World	Host and lead actor
1995	Family Fun Show
	Toa Payoh Roadshow
	TCS 1st Anniversary
1996	'Gotcha!''	Host
	Courtesy Show		1996-1997
	TCS 2nd Anniversary
	Singapore National Day Parade	Host	1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006
1997	A National Day Special	Host
	Anti-Smoking Show
	Terry Fox Run
	A Nation Connects
	Anti-Drug Show		1997-1999
	Disney Fest
1998	Tonight With Gurmit	Host	1998-2000
	Fame Awards
	Courtesy Campaign 20th Anniversary
	Asian Television Awards Show
	SingTel Hello Concert
	High On Life
	Swing Singapore Party
	President Star's Charity		1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006
1999	MediaCorp All Star Charity
	Millennium Swing
2001	2MM
	National Crime Prevention Show
2002	Miss Singapore/Universe 2002
	The Amazing Race 3	Phua Chu Kang	Guest appearance
	Health Matters
2003	Gurmit's Small Talk
2004, 2006	Singapore Idol	Host
2005	Our Makan Places Lost & Found	Host	2005-present
	A Blessed Christmas	Phua Chu Kang
	Sky Symphony Countdown 2006	Host
2006	Coffee Talk & Hawker Woks Season 3		Guest appearance
	Countdown 2007 at VivoCity	Host
2007	Countdown 2008 at VivoCity	Host

Others

Year	Name of Drama	Role
1998	Beauty World: The Musical	TBA
2000	My Lonely Tarts	TBA
2005	Phua Chu Kang - The Musical	Phua Chu Kang

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)

Compilations

• The PCK Sar-vivor Rap (2003)
• Love, No Boundaries: "Into the House" (2001) album single

External links

• Gurmit Singh at the Internet Movie Database
• Gurmit Singh's MediaCorp TV Celeb Bio