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Phanya Nirunkul (, born 24 March 1955) nickname Ta () is a Thai actor, host and businessman. He is one of the co-founders and chairman of
Workpoint Entertainment Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited is a Thai media company. The company and its subsidiaries do business in television production, film making, event management, animation, publishing, event marketing and recording. The company was fo ...
Public Company Limited.


Early life

Phanya Nirunkul had the real name is Phanya Kitinirunkul but later the word "Kiti" was removed and had nickname is Piang () currently is now known as Ta () or Sia Ta (). He was born on March 24, 1955, into a Thai-Chinese family. His mother, Amphan Nirunkul, was the 2003 National Outstanding Mother. Graduated with a bachelor's degree from the
Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University Chulalongkorn University in Thailand comprises nineteen constituent faculty (division), faculties, as well as six schools and colleges, which form the university's teaching units. Together, they offer 76 undergraduate and 375 postgraduate programmes ...
in 1977.


Family

Panya is married to Aew Wasana Nirandkul and has four children and five grandchildren (the Workpoint TV channel number comes from his wife's birthday, which is the 23rd).


Entertainment industry


Movies and Television dramas

Phanya first entered the entertainment industry by acting in the Thai film Sueb Yat Sai () in 1978 as an extra actors. In the same year, he acted in his first leading role in the drama Sri-thanonchai () on Channel 3, directed by Phatrawadi Sritrairat or Meechuthon, a National Artist in Performing Arts, a famous actor, director and acting teacher. He also had the opportunity to act in leading roles in many films and television dramas, famously paired with Orapan Watcharapol (née Panthong, currently the president of Polyplus Entertainment) and Penphisut Kongsamut (wife of Winij Lertratanachai, a famous former DJ, who she has now retired from the entertainment industry).


Television shows

In 1984, Phanya joined the founding members of the show Stress Killer (, a show who produced by the alumni of the Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, under the name of the group Sumo Sam-ang) on Channel 9, using the name Sumo Ta. His most memorable role was as a host of the show Pasa Thai Kham La Wan (ภาษาไทยคำละวัน), a parody of the show, Pasa Thai Wan La Kham (ภาษาไทยวันละคำ) of Prof. Kanchana Naksakul, a Royal Academician. Later in the same year (from 1984–1989), after Phanya started worked as an employee of JSL, he became a host of JSL shows such as Phlik Lock (followed by Koo hoo Phlik Lock, Phlik Lock Petch, and Phlik Lock Nuea Mek), Concert Contest, etc., before resigning from being an employee of JSL to establish his own television production company.


Establishment of Workpoint Entertainment

On September 11, 1989, Phanya joined forces with Prapas Cholsaranon, a Phanya's junior at the Faculty of Architecture who used to work as a TV program producer for JSL company to establish Workpoint Entertainment Co., Ltd. with an initial registered capital of 2 million baht to produce TV programs and TV dramas. Then on February 26, 2004, Workpoint Company registered to transform into a public limited company and
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during September 20–22, 2004. On September 29, 2004, the Company began trading on the
Stock Exchange of Thailand The Stock Exchange of Thailand (, ; SET) has been the sole stock exchange operator in Thailand since its establishment on 30 April 1975. As of 8 April 2025, with a market capitalization of US$380.19 billion (excluding mai) at an exchange rate ...
for the first day.


References

{{reflist 1955 births Living people Thai people of Chinese descent Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University alumni Thai billionaires Thai business executives Thai male film actors Thai male television actors Thai television personalities Thai television presenters Thai businesspeople Thai film producers Thai Theravada Buddhists People from Bangkok