Thitipoom Techaapaikhun (; also known as New () or Newwiee, born 30 January 1993) is a Thai actor and host. He is known for his main roles as Apo in
GMMTV
GMMTV ( th, จีเอ็มเอ็มทีวี ), acronym for Grammy Television (which was its former name), is a television production and talent agent subsidiary to the Thai entertainment conglomerate GMM Grammy, under The One Enterpri ...
's ''
Water Boyy: The Series'' (2017), and Kao in ''
Kiss: The Series'' (2016), ''
Kiss Me Again'' (2018), ''
Our Skyy'' (2018), and ''
Dark Blue Kiss'' (2019).
Early life and education
Thitipoom was born in Bangkok, Thailand. At age 3, he moved to
Yala Province where he completed his lower secondary education in . He later moved to
Hat Yai
Hat Yai ( th, หาดใหญ่, , also Haad Yai or Had Yai) is a city in southern Thailand near the Malaysian border. It is south of Bangkok, and has a population of 156,802 (2019) in the city itself and an urban population of about 400,0 ...
,
Songkhla Province where he completed his secondary education at
Hat Yai Witthayalai School. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in
electrical engineering from the Faculty of Engineering and a master's degree in
business administration from the Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy, both at
Chulalongkorn University
Chulalongkorn University (CU, th, จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย, ), nicknamed Chula ( th, จุฬาฯ), is a public and autonomous research university in Bangkok, Thailand. The university was originally fo ...
.
Career
Thitipoom started as a model and became one of the new hosts of
Bang Channel's
Five Live Fresh in 2014. He made his acting debut in ''
Room Alone 401-410'', a 2014 television series by GMMTV. He later got the support role of Kao alongside
Tawan Vihokratana for ''
Kiss: The Series'' and ''
Kiss Me Again'' and as Em in ''
SOTUS: The Series''.
In 2017, he got the main role of Apo in ''
Water Boyy: The Series'', a TV remake of a film with the
same name
''Same Name'' is an American reality television series in which an average person swaps lives with a celebrity of the same first name and surname. It premiered on July 24, 2011 on CBS. The series received low ratings, and CBS pulled it after fou ...
and reprised his role as Em in
SOTUS S: The Series.
In 2019, he reprised his role as Kao, this time as a main role, in the third installment of ''
Kiss The Series'' titled ''
Dark Blue Kiss,'' alongside Tawan.
He also starred in ''Classic Again'', a
Thai remake of the 2003 South Korean romantic drama ''
The Classic''
and is working on ''I Need Romance 3''.
Filmography
Film
Television
Music video appearances
Discography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
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