
Lim Yu-Beng
Biography
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

TV
Blood & Treasure
Woo-Ping
2019

TV
The Lost Empire
Skeleton Demon
2001

Film
Anna and the King
Scarfaced leader
1999

TV
Kung Fu Killer
Bai
2008

TV
Mr. Midnight: Beware the Monsters
Uncle Tan
2022

TV
Marco Polo (2007)
Burmese Priest
2007

Film
2000 AD
Colonel Ng
2000

Film
Worth the Wait
Yun-Han
2025
TV
Triple Nine
1995

Film
Marco Polo
Burmese Priest
2007

Film
Kung Fu Killer
Bai
2008

Film
Singapore Dreaming
C.K.
2006

Film
Alienated
Humpty
2023

Film
Afterimages
Agent Chai
2014

Film
Solos
Man
2007

Film
Threshold
Omega
2009

Film
As You Like It
Duke Fredrick / Duke Senior (voice)
2021

Film
Moving House
Jimmy
2025
Filmography
2025FilmWorth the Waitas Yun-Han2025FilmMoving Houseas Jimmy2023FilmAlienatedas Humpty2022TVMr. Midnight: Beware the Monstersas Uncle Tan2021FilmAs You Like Itas Duke Fredrick / Duke Senior (voice)2019TVBlood & Treasureas Woo-Ping2014FilmAfterimagesas Agent Chai2009FilmThresholdas Omega2008FilmKung Fu Killeras Bai2008TVKung Fu Killeras Bai2007FilmSolosas Man2007FilmMarco Poloas Burmese Priest2007TVMarco Polo (2007)as Burmese Priest2006FilmSingapore Dreamingas C.K.2001TVThe Lost Empireas Skeleton Demon2000Film2000 ADas Colonel Ng1999FilmAnna and the Kingas Scarfaced leader1995TVTriple Nine