Gary Sim

Gary Sim

A journalist by training, a photographer by accident and an actor by choice, Gary has performed before live audiences both in Singapore and Australia. He has also played several roles in MediaCorp productions such as Police and Thief, True Files, Without Warning, Behind Closed Doors, etc, and in Jack Neo’s film Being Human. His only (so far) international appearance was in Chatroom Chicks, a TV series by Nine Network, an Australian film company,

Gary has also featured in commercials for HSBC, Mocca.com, Starhub ADSL and more recently Singtel Data Roam - Are you a Roamaphobe? His experience as a journalist, a copywriter, a host and even a spin doctor has made him a journeyman of sorts. This experience has also helped him to be more effective in the various corporate roleplays (Philips, Home Team Academy, Civil Service College, Roffey Park etc).

Gary has also found time to host weddings and media conferences for the Singapore Sports Council and the Singapore Sun Festival 2007 and 2008; events like NTUC Eldercare Official Opening of its third centre, Silver Circle; dinners and luncheons like Singapore Children’s Society Staff Luncheon (Kachang Olympics) 2009; and roadshows for Burger King.

In 2008, he helped conceptualise and co-write a book commissioned by eduNet - Class Dismissed: Lessons Beyond the Classroom.

In 2010, Gary co-wrote and co-directed a series of performances for the Yellow Ribbon Prison Run 2010.

A regular face with City Harvest Drama Ministry, Gary is also constantly involved in their plays and musicals, performing to crowds of up to 20,000 people.

Always eager to explore different mediums, he has also hosted a radio show called Beauty and the Beasts on Cityradio (www.cityradio.sg), and still makes appearances on other programs on Cityradio.

Gary spent seven years touring the little red dot known as Singapore, performing in schools and corporate shows, as well as in community theatre. He also operated as an events and weddings photographer (www.facebook.com/gazproductions), copywriter, host and trainer (Kingmaker Consultancy) and drama trainer (with inwardBOUND and Play Inc). Gary has also been a Simulated Patient at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine.

After a year-long weekly stint doing children's theatre for The Polliwogs, Gary is now a mainstream English teacher at a local secondary school.