Tay Ping Hui
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Tay Ping Hui (Simplified Chinese: 郑斌辉; pinyin: Zhèng Bīnghuī; born 10 November 1970) is a Singaporean Chinese actor. He is most known for his roles in television dramas on MediaCorp TV Channel 8, although he also appeared in a few movies, including Infernal Affairs 2 and Summer Holiday. After starring in his first drama, On the Edge - Mr Personality (边缘档案之 - 风度翩翩先生) in 1998, he rose rapidly to fame starring in drama Stepping Out (出路) in 1999, opposite leading actress Zoe Tay in My Home Affairs (家事) in 2000, and as a policeman in The Reunion in 2001. He made a foray into the English showbiz as the male lead in Channel 5's A War Diary, and also performed in stage performances such as Butterflies Are Free in 2001.
A former model, he has a mixed reputation in the local entertainment industry. Starting off strongly early in his acting career with a Star Awards win in the Best Supporting Actor category in 1999 for his role in Stepping Out, and earning enough public votes for a win in the Top 10 most popular male artist awards in 2000 and 2001. He failed to garner any nomination in 2002, and dropped out of the top 10 most popular award, not helped by reports of his arrogance.
Still, he came back strongly, returning to the list of top ten male artists in 2003, 2004 and 2005, and continues to get coveted roles in major productions by MediaCorp, such as The Unbeatables 3 (双天至尊III) in 2002, Love is Beautiful in 2003, A Child's Hope 2 in 2004 and Destiny in 2005. In 2003, he was the only male local actor to be nominated in Yahoo South-east Asia's Singaporean of the Year polls [1].
He was also one of the very few Senior Patrol Leaders in the respectable Catholic High Scout group that recently won the National Patrol Camp, NPC for year 2005. Also attaining for this year, Frank Cooper Sands award for its 12th consecutive year. He is sometimes known by the nickname Tik Tik.
