Henry Thia
Born (1952-02-25) 25 February 1952
NationalitySingaporean
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
Years active1990s–present
AgentKing Kong Media Production
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese程旭輝
Simplified Chinese程旭辉
Hanyu PinyinChéng Xùhuī
Wade–GilesCh'eng2 Hsu4 Hui1
Hokkien POJThiâⁿ Hiok-hui

Henry Thia (born 25 February 1952), also known as Alamak and Hui Ge (Chinese: 辉哥; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hui-ko), is a Singaporean actor and comedian.

Career

Thia was a member of the main cast of Comedy Nite throughout its run,[1] having the opportunity to work with both Jack Neo and Mark Lee. The trio also acted in movies together such as Money No Enough, That One No Enough, Money No Enough 2 and Where Got Ghost?[1] He also made a transition to English television between 2004 and 2010 from Seasons 1 to 6, where he played the recurring role of Georgie Gan in Police & Thief alongside Mark Lee once again, where his character is the main rival of Lee's protagonist character named Lee Tok Kong.[1]

Thia is also known to the public for his strikingly similar looks to Singaporean politician Khaw Boon Wan, a fact he often acknowledges by jokingly referring to Khaw as his twin.[2]

Controversy

In March 2023, Thia appeared in an online video that allegedly promotes a Malaysian gambling website.[3] He was subsequently asked to assist in police investigations.[3] His agency, King Kong Media Production, claimed that the Malaysian advertising company had filmed the advertisement not related to gambling and added on the gambling content after they approved the video.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref
1998 Money No Enough
Hitman in the City Chen Lai Shun TV movie [4]
1999 Liang Po Po: The Movie
That One No Enough
2002 I Not Stupid
2005 I Do, I Do
One More Chance Goh Chun Hwee [5]
2006 I Not Stupid Too
The Vietnamese Bride
2007 Just Follow Law
2008 Money No Enough 2
Pulau Hantu TV movie
2009 Love Matters
Where Got Ghost?
2010 Old Cow vs Tender Grass
Phua Chu Kang The Movie
Lelio Popo
2011 The Ghosts Must Be Crazy
It's a Great, Great World
Fist of Dragon
2012 Greedy Ghost
2013 Judgement Day
Firefly
Red Numbers
Everybody's Business Ah Gu
2014 A Fantastic Ghost Wedding
Kiasu
2015 My Papa Rich
2016 Long Long Time Ago
Young & Fabulous
Let's Eat
2017 Take 2
2018 Wonderful! Liang Xi Mei
2019 Red Storm
2020 Number 1
The Diam Diam Era
2021 The Diam Diam Era Two
Late Night Ride 开夜车
2022 Reunion Dinner
2023 What! The Heist
The King of Musang King Hui [6]
Seven Days Lao Gui
2024 Money No Enough 3 Ah Hui
Fat Hope

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2002 Beautiful Connection
2005 Zero to Hero
2005 Folks Jump Over The Wall 飞越佛跳墙
World of Laughs 搞笑至尊
2009 Sayang Sayang

2010

2012

2016

2017

2018

2022

  • I Want to be a Tow Kay 亲家冤家做头家

[7] [8]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef
1998Star AwardsTop 10 Most Popular Male ArtistesTop 10
2000Star AwardsTop 10 Most Popular Male ArtistesTop 20
2001Star AwardsTop 10 Most Popular Male ArtistesTop 20
2005Star AwardsTop 10 Most Popular Male ArtistesTop 20
2007Star AwardsTop 10 Most Popular Male ArtistesTop 20
2009Star AwardsTop 10 Most Popular Male ArtistesTop 10
Asia Pacific Film FestivalBest Supporting ActorMoney No Enough 2Won [9]
2021Star AwardsTop 10 Most Popular Male ArtistesTop 30

References

  1. 1 2 3 "XinMSN Celebrity Bio - Henry Thia". Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  2. "Photo of Khaw Boon Wan lookalike on the train goes viral | The Independent News".
  3. 1 2 3 Hamzah, Aqil (11 March 2023). "Police report filed after local actor Henry Thia appears in ad promoting gambling site". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  4. Lee, Shu Hui (28 September 1998). "Hitman No Enough for Neo". The Straits Times. pp. L3.
  5. Ngiam, Ying Lam (9 September 2005). "More of the same in One More Chance". The Business Times. Singapore.
  6. "Jack Neo's The King Of Musang King Sets July 27 Launch On Amazon Prime Video". 8days. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  7. "Henry Thia". hkmdb.com.
  8. "Henry Thia Movies - Actor - Singapore – Filmography – MoviePosters - Comedy Film - Film Awards -Henry Thia Movie List - Best Films - Chinese Movies".
  9. "Singapore's Henry Thia named Best Supporting Actor at Asia Pac Film Fest". Channel NewsAsia. 21 December 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2010.


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