Gurmit Ottawan Singh (born 24 March 1965; Punjabi: ਗ੠ਰਮੀਤ
à¨"ਤ੠ਤਵਨ ਸਿੰਘ; Chinese: è'›ç±³æ˜Ÿ; pinyin: GémÇ
XÄ«ng) is a Singaporean actor, comedian and television personality. He
was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1994 to 2014. In
November 2014, Gurmit announced that he would leave Mediacorp 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. A former artiste of Mediacorp, he is best known for his role
in Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, 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. From 2004 to 2005, he won the Highly Commended
prize.Born to a Punjabi Indian father Chainchal Singh Virk and an East
Asian (Chineseâ€"Japanese) mother, Gurmit was brought up as a Sikh,
but converted to Christianity in 1985. Gurmit Singh studied in Outram
Secondary School during his secondary school years.Gurmit is married
to Melissa, a Cantonese Chinese. He has three children, Gabrielle
(Gabbi Wenyi Ayane Virk, born 1998), Elliot (born 2002) and Mikaela
(born 2013). Gurmit is an alumnus of National Police Cadet Corps,
Singapore and held the rank of Cadet Inspector.
à¨"ਤ੠ਤਵਨ ਸਿੰਘ; Chinese: è'›ç±³æ˜Ÿ; pinyin: GémÇ
XÄ«ng) is a Singaporean actor, comedian and television personality. He
was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1994 to 2014. In
November 2014, Gurmit announced that he would leave Mediacorp 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. A former artiste of Mediacorp, he is best known for his role
in Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, 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. From 2004 to 2005, he won the Highly Commended
prize.Born to a Punjabi Indian father Chainchal Singh Virk and an East
Asian (Chineseâ€"Japanese) mother, Gurmit was brought up as a Sikh,
but converted to Christianity in 1985. Gurmit Singh studied in Outram
Secondary School during his secondary school years.Gurmit is married
to Melissa, a Cantonese Chinese. He has three children, Gabrielle
(Gabbi Wenyi Ayane Virk, born 1998), Elliot (born 2002) and Mikaela
(born 2013). Gurmit is an alumnus of National Police Cadet Corps,
Singapore and held the rank of Cadet Inspector.
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