Gurmit Singh

Acting

Gurmit Singh

Born 1965-03-24 · Singapore

Gurmit Ottawan Singh 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.

Acting credits

Captive Audience poster
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Rejected by the music industry, a disenchanted jazzman decides to perform his music to a different audience — animals at the zoo.

Captive Audience

The Chosen One poster
7.0

A tale of forbidden love that defies the limitations of existence.

The Chosen One

2024

Sumolah poster
NR

Ramlee (Afdlin Shauki) is a Malay boy doomer who can't seem to settle job, much to his Mother's (Kartina Aziz) disappointment. Out of a job and out of money, he stumble upon across a sushi challenge by restaurant owner Honda (Patrik Teoh) Hungry and desperate, Ramlee attempts the challenge, and fails. In compensation, Honda lets Ramlee take a job at the restaurant to pay off his due. Ramlee becomes a member of the shop staff, along with Haris (Awie) and Andy (Radhi Khalid). He learns that a part of his obligation is to participate in the Malaysia Sushi Association Amateur Sumo Wrestling Championships held by Japanese sushi restaurant owners.

Sumolah

2007

Ah Beng VS Liang Po Po poster
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Ah Beng’s daughter, Xiao Yun, is kidnapped by a human trafficking syndicate. As police investigations hit a dead end, a devastated father teams up with a group of unlikely yet uniquely skilled individuals — including Liang Po Po — to form a makeshift rescue squad. Together, they infiltrate criminal hideouts and navigate a shadowy underworld filled with deception, violence, and moral grey areas, embarking on a pursuit that is both absurd and perilous. This journey is not only a fight against fate, but a desperate, all-out mission to protect family, dignity, and love.

Ah Beng VS Liang Po Po

2026

When Ghost Meets Zombie poster
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An expressionless zombie allows a free-spirited female ghost to possess him so she can use his body to enter a male beauty pageant.

When Ghost Meets Zombie

2019

Taxi! Taxi! poster
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"Taxi! Taxi!" is a social comedy set in the metropolitan city-state of Singapore, told through the encounters of two characters who are in what is widely perceived as the most sociable profession on the island taxi drivers. Inspired by famed blogger Dr Cai Mingjie's real life accounts as a taxi driver in his bestseller "Diary Of A Taxi Driver: True Stories From Singapore's Most Educated Cabdriver", the movie follows the trials and tribulations of a retrenched microbiology scientist, Professor Chua, as he turns to taxi driving after several failed job attempts. Along the way, he befriends (although they didn't quite start off as friends from the get-go) a veteran taxi driver, Ah Tau. The two men, who appear to be polar opposites of each other in every aspect from educational levels, personalities, attitudes toward life and even the languages that they speak, eventually find themselves interdependent and influencing each other in ways that they probably had never imagined

Taxi! Taxi!

2013

Just Follow Law poster
6.1

A technician and a senior manager swap bodies after an accident and soon experience each other's struggles within a strictly rule-abiding bureaucracy.

Just Follow Law

2007

Everybody's Business poster
6.0

Everybody's Business is a light-hearted satire on Singapore and Singaporeans from different walks of life. When Singapore is hit with a widespread bout of food poisoning – with at least fifty victims – everyone is sent into a tizzy. How on earth could something like this happen in Singapore? And who’s responsible?

Everybody's Business

2013

Young & Fabulous poster
8.0

The coming-of-age story of a group of teenage friends—Royston, Violet, and Hao Ren—who strive against all challenges and obstacles to pursue their dreams.

Young & Fabulous

2016

Phua Chu Kang The Movie poster
6.0

More than a decade after his yellows boots first kicked up big laughs on TV, Singapore's favourite contractor has finally made the big leap to the silver screen. Now based in Kuala Lumpur, Phua Chu Kang and wife Rosie get a visit from Kang's beloved Ah Ma. But even before she unpacks her luggage, Ah Ma disappears. What happened to her? Did she run away? Why? Or was she kidnapped? Kang's desperate search for Ah Ma leads him in an old folks home and its smarmy CEO, Lim Lau Pek, who offers Kang a lucrative contracting job. But first, he has to beat his arch nemesis, Frankie Foo, who is after the same job. Things take a surprising turn at the old folks home when Lim takes an amorous interest in Rosie, then Kang is accused of killing one of the elderly residents. Is Frankie behind this? What is Lim Lau Pek really up to?

Phua Chu Kang The Movie

2010

Lawak Ke Der 2018 poster
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This year, Sin­ga­pore co­me­dian Gur­mit Singh of Phua Chu Kang fame will be tak­ing part, while a show reg­u­lar, the award-win­ning ac­tor-cum-co­me­dian Afdlin Shauki, also re­turns. Also ap­pear­ing is singer Zainal Abidin, who is pre­sent­ing a mu­si­cal com­edy show­ing his funny side. An­other well-known par­tic­i­pant is Kumpu­lan Shiro, com­pris­ing funny duo Shahrol and Ajak, who are also the win­ners of sea­son six of the hit com­edy show, Raja Lawak. Play­ing hosts are co­me­di­ans Sherry Al-Hadad and Shuk.

Lawak Ke Der 2018

2018

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10.0

A newly appointed Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ravinder Singh, questions terrorists' related deaths of his dad, Sarpanch Jaswant Singh; his mother; married sister, Satho Kapoor and her husband, Mitha; look after his new-born son, and wife, Jeeto; as well as deal with the fact that his younger brother, Harjinder, had raped and then killed a village woman, and was shot dead while trying to escape from police custody.

Sardari

1997

One Leg Kicking poster
7.0

A group of underdogs form an amateur football team to play in a local league. The prize for the winners: a trip to the 2002 World Cup Finals. The team include a common man's hero who raises his two children single-handedly after his wife passes away, an ex-con with major anger management problems, a lounge singer struggling against his deadly nemesis - the karaoke machine, and a tender but tough tomboy. The story is built around the team struggle against the odds from no-hopers to title contenders. Through the game of football, the team learns not just sportsmanship, but life lessons that help them to mature as individuals, and ultimately, help each other to become better human beings.

One Leg Kicking

2001

Imperfect Journeys poster
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Watch Gurmit Singh's imperfect journey towards his goals, as told by acclaimed director Royston Tan.

Imperfect Journeys

2018