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Utt Panichkul

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Utt Panichkul
อัษฎา พานิชกุล
Panichkul at MTV Asia Awards press conference in 2006
Born
Greg Uttsada Panichkul

(1973-09-03) 3 September 1973 (age 51)
California, United States
Other namesVj Utt
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
  • VJ
  • television presenter
Years active1998–present

Greg Uttsada Panichkul (Thai: อัษฎา พานิชกุล; RTGS: Atsada Phanitchakun; born September 3, 1973)[1][2] is an American-born Thai actor, television presenter and model. He was a VJ for MTV Asia for over 15 years, making him one of Asia's longest running hosts and cementing his star status. Most recently Panichkul was the Director of Entertainment at IN Channel in Thailand[3] and also a directorship at Beam Artistes in Singapore[4]

Early life

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Panichkul was born and raised in California in a Thai Chinese household.[2] His father was a professor in social science. Panichkul studied at California State University, Northridge majoring in Biology and transferred to Assumption University majoring in Communication Arts.[2] While at Assumption, he did some modeling on the side, although, initially to earn enough for a plane ticket back to California.[5]

Career

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Fluent in both English and Thai, Panichkul acted in several Thai television series while in Thailand, one of his notable roles very early on was in Song Klam Doag Rak (1997), where he acted as an HIV-positive sex worker. Panichkul received a nomination for Best Actor at the Thailand Television Awards.[2]

Panichkul was previously the spokesperson for the Giordano, Pepsi and Brand's Essence of Chicken. He is the Director of Beam Artistes Singapore and also the owner and director of his own Singapore-based Artiste Management company, Seven95ive Artistes.

Together with former model Thúy Hạnh, Panichkul is a permanent judge of MTV VJ Hunt for MTV Vietnam.[6] He is also one of the regular guest judges on Supermodel Me.[7] In Linkin Park's Burning In The Skies music video, Panichkul got a small role as the guy who broke a sweat and jumped out from fire.

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role
1995 Khue Hattha Khrong Phiphop [th] Poj
1996 Baan Soi Dao Aer Tawan
Raboet Thoet Thoeng Guest Role
1997 Kularb Tee Rai Nam Support Role
1998 Krapong Baan Kah San Zax
1999 Khun Chai
2000 Narm Sai Jai Jing Tatpoom / Thad / Teddy
2001 Songkram Dok Ruk Tak
2003 Kularb Len Fai [th] Thipatai
2004 Rattamanee Daniel
2006 Choolamoon Woon Rak Apichai
2014 Woon Nuk Ruk Tem Barn Guy
Hormones: The Series Season 2 Pin
2015 Jad Rak Wiwa Luang [th] Kim
Rak Rae Nikolai
2016 Patiharn Angel
Chai Nai Sai Mok Arm
2018 Wake Up Ladies Boss (Guest)
2019 Wolf Patrick
Aruna 2019 Yang
2020 My Name Is Busaba Kim
2021 Girl2K Mr. Prom
2022 Unforgotten Night Evan
Club Friday Love & Belief Top
2023 Past-Senger Kiao
Shadow Brother Anurak

Film

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Year Title Role
2016 Fathers Phoon

Host

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Year Title
2004-2015 Incredible Tales
2007 Miss Earth 2007
2013 Miss Grand International 2013
2014 The Face Thailand season 1

References

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  1. ^ California Birth Index, 1905-1995
  2. ^ a b c d TC, Ria (Feb 4, 2011). "VJ Utt Exclusively On DA MAN". DA MAN.
  3. ^ Poso, Maripet. "The 'It' Guy – VJ Utt". Ezy Health. Ezy Health. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  4. ^ Tan, Trevor. "What's In... Utt's office". The Straits Times. The Straits Times. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Confessions of a former male model" (PDF). Today, p.T2. 13 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Kênh truyền hình MTV tìm kiếm VJ". 24 April 2012.
  7. ^ Supermodel Me - Guest judge profile - Utt Panichkul
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