Tanapon Sukumpantanasan (Thai: ธนพนธ์ สุขุมพันธนาสาร; born 20 March 2001), better known by his nickname Perth (Thai: เพิร์ธ), is a Thai actor and singer. He made his acting debut with his role in Soul Call (2017) and rose to prominence through portraying Ae in Love by Chance (2018).
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Born | (2001-03-20) 20 March 2001 (age 21) Bangkok, Thailand |
Education | Srinakharinwirot University |
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Years active | 2017–present |
Notable work | Ae in Love By Chance (2018) Krit in The Stranded (2019) |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Tanapon was born on 20 March 2001 in Bangkok, Thailand with the zodiac sign Pisces, born in the year of the snake and is an only child. He was given the name Wang Junyong (Chinese: 王隽永, pinyin: Wáng Jùnyǒng) by his Chinese fans and his nickname Perth came from a city in Australia.
He's a Christian and he graduated from Saint Dominic School and is currently studying at Srinakharinwirot University, majoring in Innovative Media Arts and Acting and Director Training. His special talents are playing tennis, electone, ukulele, badminton, acoustic and electric Guitar, Taekwon-Do, Thai Boxing, drums and bass but he claims that his favorites are playing tennis and electric guitar.[1][2][3][4][5]
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Tanapon made his acting debut as Breeze in the 2017 drama series Soul Call. In 2018, he became widely known for his portrayal of Ae Intouch, the male lead in the Thai BL series Love By Chance alongside Suppapong Udomkaewkanjana who played the role of Pete Pitchaya. Their performance in the series help them gain fame and fans all over East and Southeast Asia and parts of Europe, America, and Latin America.
TEMPT, a six membered boy-group was introduced on 5 January 2019. All six members acted in the series Love By Chance and the original line-up consisted of Katsamonnat Namwirote, Rathavit Kijworalak, Kirati Puangmalee, Napat na Ranong, Siwat Jumlongkul, and Tanapon. The meaning of their group-name is to attract, convince and captivate: convince others with their talents, attract the attention and captivate the love of people. Due to schedule conflicts TEMPT proceeded to debut without Katsamonat and Siwat on 24th July 2019 with their first single ใช่...ใช่ไหม (Tell Me... Is This Love). They made their first comeback on March 18th with their second single Be With Me Tonight. The band is being managed by AttractorTH.[1]
In November 2019, he played the role of Krit in The Stranded Produced by GMM Grammy's Bravo Studios and H2L Media Group in association with Netflix Studios, He starred the series together with Papangkorn Lerkchaleampote, Chutawut Phatrakampol and Oabnithi Wiwattanawarang.
In 2020, Tanapon relived his character as Ae Intouch on Love By Chance 2: A Chance to Love as the supporting role giving the highlight to the first season’s second couple “TinCan” or Phiravich Attachitsataporn and Rathavit Kijworalak.
On 13 July 2020, Tanapon left his management AttractorTH along with Rathavit Kijworalak and Napat na Ranong due to an "internal matter" though insisted there were no hard feelings behind the decision. The three became independent since then.
He is also currently in a 10 member collaboration boy group under MBO called "Boyfriends", which consist of him, Kanawut Traipipattanapong, Noppakao Dechaphatthanakun, Talay Sanguandikul, Rueangrit Siriphanit, Sapol Assawamunkong, Sittichok Pueakpoolpol, Gavin Duval, Nontanun Anchuleepradit and Wanarat Ratsameerat. He was paired up with Rueangrit Siriphanit and they released their first single called "อาการงี้ (Hello Doctor)" in September 2020.[6]
In October 2020, it was announced that he will star in the movie “Tell the World I love you” together with Suradet Piniwat. It was supposed to be released on Valentines Day 2021 but was later moved back to 27 January 2022.
On 4 April 2022, Tanapon was announced as the newest GMMTV's talent through its official Instagram and Twitter.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2019 | Love: Must Fight | Main | |
2022 | Tell the World I Love You | Boang | Main |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | Please... Seiyng Reiyk Wiyyan (Soul Call) | Breeze | Supporting |
2018 | Love by Chance | Ae Intouch | Main |
2019 | Reminders | Pin | Main |
Kao Waan Hai Noo Pen Sai Lub | Young Sia Ha | Guest | |
Until We Meet Again | Somkrit | Guest | |
The Stranded | Krit | Main | |
2Wish | Pin | Guest | |
2020 | Love by Chance 2: A Chance to Love | Ae Intouch | Supporting |
2021 | Seven Project | Beam | Main |
A Summer Odyssey | Ah Wu | Supporting | |
2022 | My Coach | Jon | Main |
Vice Versa | Mek | Guest | |
Never Let Me Go | Chopper | Supporting |
Year | Song Title | English Title | Artist | Notes |
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2018 | ไม่ว่าอะไร | Wish This Love | Arunpong Chaiwinit | OST Love by Chance |
หวัง | Hope | Sirintip Hanpradit | ||
ขอ | Wish | Boy Sompob | ||
นา นา นา | Na Na Na | Boy Sompob | ||
2020 | บังเอิญรัก | Perth, Title, Mark, Mean & Plan | OST Love by Chance: A Chance to Love | |
2021 | เหตุผลที่ฉันไม่กลับมา | The reason I didn't come back | Tanapon Sukumpantanasan | OST Tell the World I Love You |
Songs
Year | Song Title | English Title | Artist | Ref. |
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2019 | ใช่...ใช่ไหม | Tell Me Is This Love | TEMPT | [7] |
2020 | โชว์เพลง | Be With Me Tonight | TEMPT | [8] |
2020 | อาการงี้ | Hello Doctor | RITZ x PERTH | [9] |
2020 | บังเอิญรัก | Perth, Title, Mark, Mean & Plan | [10] | |
2021 | เหตุผลที่ฉันไม่กลับมา | The reason I didn't come back | Tanapon Sukumpantanasan | [11] |
Year | Award | Category | Result | Nominated work | Ref. |
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2019 | 2nd LINE TV AWARDS[12] | Best Couple (with Suppapong Udomkaewkanjana) | Won | Love by Chance | |
Best Kiss Scene (with Suppapong Udomkaewkanjana) | Won | ||||
13th Kazz Awards[13] | Young Boys of the Year | Won | — | ||
2020 | 16th Kom Chad Luek Award | Popular Vote | Won | Love by Chance | |
Most Popular TV Series – Drama | Nominated | ||||
14th Kazz Awards[14] | Popular Male Teenage | Won | — | ||
Popular Vote | Nominated | — | |||
Trending Artist Award (with TEMPT) | Nominated | — | |||
6th MAYA AWARDS | Charming Boy | Won | — |