Hong Kong actor
Gill Mohindepaul Singh (Chinese: 喬保羅; Cantonese Yale: Kìu Bóulò), better known by his Chinese stage name Q Bobo (Chinese: 喬寶寶; Cantonese Yale: Kìu Bóubóu), is an Indian–Hong Kong actor working under TVB. He is fluent in Punjabi (mother tongue), Cantonese, English and Mandarin, despite his inability to read and write in Chinese.[2]
Career
Singh became an actor for TVB after participating in the TVB game show Minutes to Fame hosted by Hacken Lee and Joey Leung. He worked for the Correctional Services Department before becoming an actor.
The first Indian actor signed by TVB, Gill played one of the regular cast on the TVB sitcom Welcome to the House. In an in-depth interview with Muse magazine in 2007, Singh discusses his cultural identity and confesses to seeing himself "like an ambassador for my people".[3]
In July 2012, after the Immigration Department notified that his wife's February 2011 application for naturalisation as a Hong Kong citizen had been rejected, he announced that he would depart from the Hong Kong entertainment industry and emigrate to Scotland.[4][5] Singh left Hong Kong early 2013 and would not return until 2019, where he began acting for TVB again.[6] As of 2021, Singh has moved back to Scotland to be with his family, as his eldest son was having a child.[7]
Filmography
TV series
Films
References
http://hk-magazine.com/city-living/article/identity-crisis
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