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    Lim Yu-Beng

    1965-11-20 (59 years old) in

    Yu-Beng is a familiar face on stage and screen. He won Best Actor in 2005 for The Lover, and The Dumb Waiter, Best Supporting Actor in 2004 for Bent, and was in the Best Acting Ensemble in 2002 for Animal Farm, all for the Life! Theatre Awards. He has played leads in the acclaimed local films Singapore Dreaming, and Solos, as well as the soon to be released Universe; and internationally in Kung Fu Killers, and The Great Wall; and supporting roles in numerous international films, including Anna and the King, and HBO Asia’s Grace. For Singapore television he has played leads in Firasat, Do Not Disturb, 9 Lives, The Second Singapore Short Story Project, and The New Home; and all four seasons of the hit series Triple 9. Theatregoers know him from shows like Another Country, Animal Farm, Members Only, Doubt, The Lover and The Dumb Waiter, Bent, Lear, The First Emperor's Last Days, The Blue Room, The Yang Family and As If He Hears. In the last few years he wrote and directed It’s My Life, an original teen musical, as well as 2 Houses, and Pearl of the Eastern & Oriental, both sell-out successes specially commissioned by the Georgetown Festival in Penang. In 2018, he performed an evening of his original songs as part of the Writers’ Festival. Yu-Beng’s latest television projects include 20 Days (2018), Warrior (2018), Lion Mums S3 (2019), After Love (2019), Raksasa (2019) and In The Wind (2019). He continues to explore new ground, and works extensively as an actor, director, writer, acting coach, lighting designer, fight choreographer and whatever it takes to get the show up. Yu-Beng is represented by FLY Entertainment.

    Movies

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    Kung Fu Killer
    49 %|Aug 17, 2008
    Action, Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
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    Worth the Wait
    0 %|Invalid Date
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    As You Like It
    0 %|Nov 18, 2021
    Animation
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    Afterimages
    47 %|Sep 11, 2014
    Fantasy, Thriller, Horror
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    Threshold
    0 %|Oct 8, 2009
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    Kung Fu Killer 2
    65 %|Aug 17, 2008
    Action, Drama, Thriller
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    Solos
    45 %|Apr 18, 2007
    Drama
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    Marco Polo
    62 %|Apr 6, 2007
    Adventure, Drama, TV Movie, History
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    Singapore Dreaming
    63 %|Sep 7, 2006
    Drama, Comedy
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    2000 AD
    63 %|Feb 3, 2000
    Action, Thriller
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    Anna and the King
    68 %|Dec 16, 1999
    Drama, Romance, History

    Series

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    Mr. Midnight: Beware the Monsters
    67 %|Oct 24, 2022
    Action & Adventure, Mystery, Drama
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    Blood & Treasure
    66 %|May 21, 2019
    Drama, Action & Adventure
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    Marco Polo
    67 %|Mar 19, 2007
    Drama, Action & Adventure
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    The Lost Empire
    48 %|Mar 11, 2001
    Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy