Krissada Sukosol Clapp (also known as Krissada Terrence, Noi S. Clapp or Noi Pru; born December 26, 1970) is a Thai pop singer, actor and a member of the

Thai pop Thai pop or T-pop, is a genre of Thai music roughly equivalent to western pop. It emerged in the 1970s–80s, during which it was known as string music ( th, เพลงสตริง), before gaining mainstream popularity during the 1990s and ...

band Pru. His film roles include '' Bangkok Loco'', '' The Adventure of Iron Pussy'' and '' 13 Beloved''.

Early life

Clapp was born to an American father, Terrence H. Clapp, and a Thai mother, Kamala Sukosol, a jazz singer and heiress of the Siam City Hotels and Resorts chain. He studied

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and waited tables in

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while auditioning for theater roles.

Career

Music

In 2001, he formed the band Pru with his older brother, guitarist-producer Kamol Sukosol. The band releases records on

BEC-TERO Tero Entertainment Public Co. Ltd., formerly known as BEC-Tero, is a mass media and entertainment company in Thailand. It organizes and promotes concerts, owns record labels and produces films and television shows. BEC-Tero was formed on March 27, ...

's Bakery Music label, distributed through BMG Sony Music Entertainment (Thailand). Pru received the favorite band (Thailand) award at the 2002

MTV Asia Awards The MTV Asia Awards was the Asian equivalent of the European MTV EMA. Held from 2002 to 2008, the show gave recognition and awards to Asian and international artists in achievement, cinema, fashion, humanitarian, and music. Just like the EMAs, mos ...

. The band built its reputation on its live shows, which feature the lanky, active Noi as lead singer. He dances athletically around the stage, and in one incident, he jumped up to a giant speaker, fell, and broke his leg. The band still performed while Noi's leg was in a cast, however. Noi still danced, sitting on a chair and using just his upper body to dance the same routines. Noi was among the Thai artists performing in ''The Ramakien: A Rak Opera'' on July 28–30, 2006 at the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts, a

rock opera A rock opera is a collection of rock music songs with lyrics that relate to a common story. Rock operas are typically released as concept albums and are not scripted for acting, which distinguishes them from operas, although several have been ad ...

adaptation of the ''

Ramakien The ( th, รามเกียรติ์, , ; ; sometimes also spelled ) is one of Thailand's national epics, derived from the Buddhist Dasaratha Jataka. Fundamentally, it is a Thai version of the Hindu epic Ramayana. Ramakien is an importa ...

'' national epic.

Film

He broke into film acting in 2003, playing a leading role in '' The Adventure of Iron Pussy'', co-directed by Michael Shaowanasai and

Apichatpong Weerasethakul Apichatpong Weerasethakul ( th, อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล; ; ) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system ...

. The film was a parody and an homage to the Thai action films and musicals of the 1970s that starred Mitr Chaibancha and Petchara Chaowarat. In 2004, he starred in the musical-

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

, '' Bangkok Loco'', playing a musician endowed with mystical rock-drumming powers. In 2006, he portrayed salesman who must undertake a series of 13 degrading and dangerous stunts to win 100 million

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in '' 13 Beloved'' (13 เกมสยอง). He won best actor awards for the role, at the

Thailand National Film Association Awards The Suphannahong National Film Awards ( th, รางวัลภาพยนตร์แห่งชาติ สุพรรณหงส์, also known as the Thailand National Film Association Awards) is the primary film award of the Thai film ...

, the

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and from the

Bangkok Critics Assembly The Bangkok Critics Assembly Awards is a film award based in Thailand. It is given by the Bangkok Critics Assembly ( th, ชมรมวิจารณ์บันเทิง, ), an association of professional film critics, to local feature film pr ...

.Thai Film Awards this year
, ThaiCinema.org, 2007-02-28.

Filmography

* ''My Teacher Eats Biscuits'' (1996) * '' The Adventure of Iron Pussy'' (2004) * '' Bangkok Loco'' (2004) * '' 13 Beloved'' (2006) * '' The Happiness of Kati'' (2009) * ''A Moment in June'' (2009) * ''The Holy Man III'' (2010) * '' Antapal'' (2012) * '' Khun Pan'' (2016)

Personal life

In 2003, Clapp married to Melanie Giles, a Hong Kong Briton teacher. The couple has two children together, Finn and Rosie.

References

External links

*
Krissada Sukosol Clapp profile
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