Lim Yu-Beng photo

Lim Yu-Beng

Acting
1965-11-20
Yu-Beng is a familiar face on stage and screen. He won Best Actor in 2005 for The Lover, and The Dumb Waiter, Best Supporting Actor in 2004 for Bent, and was in the Best Acting Ensemble in 2002 for Animal Farm, all for the Life! Theatre Awards.

He has played leads in the acclaimed local films Singapore Dreaming, and Solos, as well as the soon to be released Universe; and internationally in Kung Fu Killers, and The Great Wall; and supporting roles in numerous international films, including Anna and the King, and HBO Asia’s Grace. For Singapore television he has played leads in Firasat, Do Not Disturb, 9 Lives, The Second Singapore Short Story Project, and The New Home; and all four seasons of the hit series Triple 9.

Theatregoers know him from shows like Another Country, Animal Farm, Members Only, Doubt, The Lover and The Dumb Waiter, Bent, Lear, The First Emperor's Last Days, The Blue Room, The Yang Family and As If He Hears.

In the last few years he wrote and directed It’s My Life, an original teen musical, as well as 2 Houses, and Pearl of the Eastern & Oriental, both sell-out successes specially commissioned by the Georgetown Festival in Penang. In 2018, he performed an evening of his original songs as part of the Writers’ Festival. Yu-Beng’s latest television projects include 20 Days (2018), Warrior (2018), Lion Mums S3 (2019), After Love (2019), Raksasa (2019) and In The Wind (2019).

He continues to explore new ground, and works extensively as an actor, director, writer, acting coach, lighting designer, fight choreographer and whatever it takes to get the show up.

Yu-Beng is represented by FLY Entertainment.
Known For 17 titles
Blood & Treasure (2019) subtitle poster
Blood & Treasure
2019 TV
as Woo-Ping
Subtitles
Anna and the King (1999) subtitle poster
Anna and the King
1999 Movie
as Scarfaced leader
Subtitles
The Lost Empire (2001) subtitle poster
The Lost Empire
2001 TV
as Skeleton Demon
Subtitles
Kung Fu Killer (2008) subtitle poster
Kung Fu Killer
2008 TV
as Bai
Subtitles
Marco Polo (2007) subtitle poster
Marco Polo
2007 TV
as Burmese Priest
Subtitles
2000 AD (2000) subtitle poster
2000 AD
2000 Movie
as Colonel Ng
Subtitles
Mr. Midnight: Beware the Monsters (2022) subtitle poster
Mr. Midnight: Beware the Monsters
2022 TV
as Uncle Tan
Subtitles
Kung Fu Killer (2008) subtitle poster
Kung Fu Killer
2008 Movie
as Bai
Subtitles
Marco Polo (2007) subtitle poster
Marco Polo
2007 Movie
as Burmese Priest
Subtitles
Worth the Wait (2025) subtitle poster
Worth the Wait
2025 Movie
as Yun-Han
Subtitles
Singapore Dreaming (2006) subtitle poster
Singapore Dreaming
2006 Movie
as C.K.
Subtitles
Afterimages (2014) subtitle poster
Afterimages
2014 Movie
as Agent Chai
Subtitles
Solos (2007) subtitle poster
Solos
2007 Movie
as Man
Subtitles
Alienated (2023) subtitle poster
Alienated
2023 Movie
as Humpty
Subtitles
As You Like It (2021) subtitle poster
As You Like It
2021 Movie
as Duke Fredrick / Duke Senior (voice)
Subtitles
Threshold (2009) subtitle poster
Threshold
2009 Movie
as Omega
Subtitles
Moving House (2025) subtitle poster
Moving House
2025 Movie
as Jimmy
Subtitles