Sam See (born 30 September 1993) is a Singaporean

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and

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Early life

See had his primary and secondary education at

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. After, he studied at

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, and was awarded The Integrated Infocomm Scholarship from the

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in 2010.

Career

Comedy

In 2012, See started performing

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in Singapore at an open mic called ''Talking Cock''. He had previously discovered comedy online, performed by

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and

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while schooling. He had also started to perform publicly as an openly gay man during this time. He has also worked as a showrunner and producer, and was the director of The Comedy Club. In 2019, See brought his stand-up comedy show, ''Coming Out Loud'', to the

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. In August 2020, he released ''Coming Out Loud'' online. In 2022, See returned to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a second stand-up show, ''Government Approved Sex''. The show was based on See's experience of being approached by the

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to run a panel course about sex and romance education. During that same year, See was also one of ten writers long-listed for the 2023 Epigram Books Fiction Prize. In 2023, See brought ''Government Approved Sex'' to the

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and back again to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He performed the show in Singapore at the Drama Centre Theatre, before moving to London. In December, See performed for the

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's ''Stand-Up for Human Rights'' in

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, in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the

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. In 2024, See brought a comedy-storytelling show ''And I Can't Feel At Home In This World Anymore'' to the Melbourne and Edinburgh Comedy Festivals. He also started making appearances with ''No Rolls Barred'', a

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channel that creates

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content, known for their Blood On The Clocktower videos. He also performs improv with the troupe The Latecomers.

Television

In 2016, See was a performer on ''OK Chope!'', a weekly live comedy

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in Singapore where he appeared in all thirty episodes as a panelist and an on-location reporter. The show was cancelled after a joke made by another panelist about

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. In 2019, See appeared on ''Comedy Central Stand-Up, Asia!'' for its fourth season. He also appeared on ''

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'' in an interview segment about Singaporean

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. He also appeared on ''

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'' to discuss performing stand-up in Singapore. In 2022, See provided the voice for various characters on Channel 5's ''Puberteens'', including Winston, Marco & Benji.

Online streaming

In 2020, See started streaming online in March on

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and

, before moving to

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under the username 'MrSamSee'. Besides streaming

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content, he also ran a tabletop roleplaying series called ''Red Dot Wrestling'', which featured various professional wrestlers like Singapore Pro Wrestling Champion Da Butcherman, Malaysia Pro Wrestling Champion Cornelius LOW, Jake De Leon, and NXT wrestler

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Filmography

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:See, Sam Singaporean comedians 1993 births Living people Singaporean LGBTQ comedians Gay comedians Singaporean gay actors Singaporean people of Chinese descent