Utt Panichkul
อัษฎา พานิชกุล
Panichkul at MTV Asia Awards press conference in 2006
Born	Greg Uttsada Panichkul (1973-09-03) 3 September 1973 (age 50) California, United States
Other names	Vj Utt
Occupations	Actor model VJ television presenter
Years active	1998–present

Greg Uttsada Panichkul (Thai: อัษฎา พานิชกุล; RTGS: Atsada Phanitchakun; born September 3, 1973)^[1][2] is an American-born Thai actor, television presenter and model. He was a VJ for MTV Asia for over 15 years, making him one of Asia's longest running hosts and cementing his star status. Most recently Panichkul was the Director of Entertainment at IN Channel in Thailand^[3] and also a directorship at Beam Artistes in Singapore^[4]

Early life

Panichkul was born and raised in California in a Thai Chinese household.^[2] His father was a professor in social science. Panichkul studied at California State University, Northridge majoring in Biology and transferred to Assumption University majoring in Communication Arts.^[2] While at Assumption, he did some modeling on the side, although, initially to earn enough for a plane ticket back to California.^[5]

Career

Fluent in both English and Thai, Panichkul acted in several Thai television series while in Thailand, one of his notable roles very early on was in Song Klam Doag Rak (1997), where he acted as an HIV-positive sex worker. Panichkul received a nomination for Best Actor at the Thailand Television Awards.^[2]

Panichkul was previously the spokesperson for the Giordano, Pepsi and Brand's Essence of Chicken. He is the Director of Beam Artistes Singapore and also the owner and director of his own Singapore-based Artiste Management company, Seven95ive Artistes.

Together with former model Thúy Hạnh, Panichkul is a permanent judge of MTV VJ Hunt for MTV Vietnam.^[6] He is also one of the regular guest judges on Supermodel Me.^[7] In Linkin Park's Burning In The Skies music video, Panichkul got a small role as the guy who broke a sweat and jumped out from fire.

Filmography

Television

Shows