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Gurmit Singh (born 24 March 1965; ; ) is a Singaporeans actor, comedian and host. He was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1994 to 2014. He is best known for his role as 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 Television Awards prize for Best Performance by an Actor (Comedy) five times, from 1998 to 2001 and in 2003 for the former. From 2004 to 2005, he won the Highly Commended prize.
Gurmit married Melissa Wong in 1995, whom is a Cantonese people Chinese. They have three children, Gabrielle (born 1997), Elliot (born 2002) and Mikaela (born 2013). Gurmit is an alumni of National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) and held the rank of Cadet inspector.
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In 2013, Gurmit was nominated for the Best Actor prize at the 1st Golden Wau Awards, aimed at promoting Chinese-language Malaysian films, for his role in Phua Chu Kang The Movie (2010).
In October 2014, the Madame Tussauds Singapore museum unveiled a wax figure of Phua Chu Kang.
In November 2014, Gurmit announced that he would leave the entertainment industry at the end of his full-time television career at Mediacorp - after exactly 20 years. Gurmit shared that he planned to spend more time with his family and would take on engagements on a more selective basis.
In July 2017, Gurmit was announced by the Dover Park Hospice as the Hospice Ambassador.
In August 2020, Phua Chu Kang was announced and signed as Shopee's first Singaporean brand ambassador.
| Sam Pereira/Phua Chu Kang | Also portrayed Phua Chu Kang in only 1 episode known as Use Your Blain: The Return of Phua Chu Kang episode, reprising his role from Gurmit's World Season 2 | |||
| Father | ||||
| Also portrayed Phua Ah Pa (Phua Chu Kang's Father) in certain episodes | ||||
| Rani Kaur's brother | ||||
| Tony Chung | ||||
| Adam | ||||
| CPT Daniel De Souza | ||||
| Larry Goh | ||||
| Multiple characters | Prominently as Roy Terse and Windy Miao | |||
| Andy Lau Hong | ||||
| Cosmo | ||||
| Phua Chu Kang | ||||
| 2014 | Say It! | Himself | Season 2 | |
| 2018 | Fam! | Gordon Toh | ||
| 2019 | Lion Mums 3 | Edmond Silvani | Guest appearance | |
| 2020 | Slow Dancing | Gareth | ||
| 2022 | Sunny Side Up | Alex Rajendran | ||
| 2023 | Downstairs | Himself | Guest appearance |
| Host | |||
| Portrayed many different characters and also Phua Chu Kang as well | |||
| | rowspan="6" | 1999 || MediaCorp All Star Charity || | | |||
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| 2022 | Kin: The Farewell Special | Host |
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| Phua Chu Kang |
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