Pierre Png

Pierre Png

Nascimento : 1973-10-29, Singapore

História

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.

Perfil

Pierre Png

Filmes

May and June
Coach Michael
May knows how to fence, what she doesn't know is how to make a friend. Especially now when she needs one most. Will she let June in or will her ambition and her attraction to her coach get in the way?
Podres de Ricos
Michael Teo
Rachel Chu é uma professora de economia nos EUA e namora com Nick Young há algum tempo. Quando Nick convida Rachel para ir no casamento do melhor amigo, em Singapura, ele esquece de avisar à namorada que, como herdeiro de uma fortuna, ele é um dos solteiros mais cobiçados do local, colocando Rachel na mira de outras candidatas e da mãe de Nick, que desaprova o namoro.
Rise
Johnny
A young female ex-convict tries to put her life back together again and keep her anger management issues in check, by plunging headfirst into the adrenaline-pumping sport of MMA (Mixed Martial Arts).
Nothing To Lose
Somchai
Somchai, a debt-ridden gambling addict, goes to the top of a building to commit suicide and finds a young woman, Go-go, standing on the ledge ready to do the same. Rather than going through with the plans for death, the two talk and decide that there's nothing they can't do, since they had decided to die. So they embark on a crime spree, starting out by eating in a restaurant and not paying the bill, then stealing a car and crashing it for fun. They rob a convenience store, and are pursued by the police, and the gangsters Somchai pursue the couple as well.
The Eye: A Herança
Dr. Eak
Wong Kar Mun, é uma jovem chinesa levemente diferente da maioria: ela é cega desde os dois anos de idade. Acostumada ao breu que sempre impregnou sua vida como deficiente visual, ela decide fazer um transplante de córneas, para voltar a enxergar e, conseqüentemente, tornar-se mais independente. Entretanto, ela percebe que voltar a ver o mundo como ele realmente é pode não ser tão animador. Ainda não completamente adaptada à visão, ela enxerga formas e vultos que definitivamente não deveriam estar onde estão. Ela chega à conclusão, logo depois, de que o problema reside nas córneas e parte em busca do doador, ainda que burlando a ética da medicina.
Chicken Rice War
Fenson Wong
Frivolous Singapore adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet by Baz Luhrmann. Two rival families, owning adjacent restaurants, make life difficult for each other in any way they can.
Forever Fever
Richard
Kung Fu meets disco in Singapore. Hock is a grocery clerk longing for a motorbike. He lives with his parents and sister; they idolize his younger brother, Beng, a medical student calling himself Leslie. Hock loves Bruce Lee; he works out and imitates his moves. When Hock sees a cheesy local version of "Saturday Night Fever," he gets the disco bug, taking his pal Mei to nightly lessons in hopes of winning a contest and buying the bike. He's blind to Mei's falling in love with him, and, at the last minute asks another woman to be his partner in the contest. Meanwhile, Beng reveals a personal secret to his family and a crisis ensues. Hock, Beng, Mei and her rival: it's Night Fever.