Art Supawatt Purdy Biography

Art Supawatt Purdy (born Supawatt Aumprasit (), on September 1, 1969, in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai-American actor, singer, TV host and model. Fluent in both Thai and English, Purdy acted in the leading role in several Thai language television mini-series (Lakorn) before starting his singing career in 2003.

Biography

At the age of 14, Purdy moved to America to live with his parents in Fort Walton Beach, Florida enrolling at Fort Walton Beach High School and then Florida State University completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering. He then enrolled in a masters course with the ambition of joining NASA. However, in the second semester, he left his course and heeded a friend's advice to try modelling in New York City and signed to Storm Model Management. He has described his time in New York City as 'the time of my life' and 'appearing in Vogue (magazine)' as the proudest moment in his life.

At the end of 1995, after being told of modelling opportunities in Thailand, he returned there and began modelling for magazines, runways and commercials. His break came in 1997 when he was chosen for a TV commercial for 'Hunter Whiskey'.

Career

His first acting role was in a feature film called Suea Chon Phan Suea in 1998. He followed this with the leading role in 3 TV mini-series in 1999 called Phettamaeo, Saphan Dao and Phiang Khae Chai Rao Rak Kan.

In 2003, he signed a recording contract with Warner Music Thailand and released his first solo album 'Art of Love'. After the launch of his CD, Purdy quite acting and began performing for Thai fans in cities around the world in many series of concert tours to Japan, USA and Europe.

In 2008, Purdy recorded 3 new songs, a cover version of a Southern gospel classic & 2 re-recorded new versions of the songs from his album 'Art of Love', to be included in the soundtrack of English Director Thomas Clay's Film " Award consideration, and for his effort on the soundtrack, Purdy received the same honor in the music category.

In 2016, after almost 14 years absent from the small screen, Purdy returned to primetime playing a paranoid schizophrenia treasure hunter in the mini-series Thong Sip.

Filmography

Films

Year	Work	Role	Distributed by	Notes
1998	Crime Kings (Suea Chon Phan Suea)	Suea Pao	Five Star Production
2008	Soi Cowboy	Himself	De Warren Pictures	Un Certain Regard Selection Credited as Music by Art Supawatt
2012	The Mark	Jock	Pure Flix Entertainment

Television

Year	Title	English Title	Role	With	Channel	Note
1999	Phettamaeo ()	"DiamondEye Cat"	Captain Khongyot	Worarat Suwannarat	CH 5	Leading role
1999	Sapan Dao ()	"Starbridge"	Chak	Sririta Jensen	CH 7	Leading role
1999	Phiang Khae Chai Rao Rak Kan ()		Nitti	Nusaba Wanichangkul (Noos)	CH 5	Leading role
2000	Khu Rak Khu Rop ()			Claudia Chakrapan	CH 5	Leading role
2000	Huachai Song Phak ()		Don	Sara Malakul Lane	CH 7	Leading role
2000	Sano Ban Chao Khatkhao Ban Yen ()			Ann Siream	CH 7	Leading role
2001	Fai Kammathep ()	"Fire of Desire"	Kenneth	Ning Kulasathree	CH 3	Leading role
2002	Khon Roeng Mueang ()		Bunchuai	Mai Charoenpura	CH 5	Leading role
2016	Thong Sip ()	"Gold 10"	John		CH 7	Supporting role
2017	Tulip Thong ()	"Goldentulip"	Marko		CH 7	Supporting role