“Santi” – Michael New (Mike) / “สันติ” – ไมเคิล นิว (ไมค์)

Born to a Thai/Chinese mother and an English/Australian father, Michael grew up in both Canada and Thailand. He speaks both English and Thai fluently. Michael has always had a love for the arts, and has been acting in plays and musicals since childhood. In academia, Michael studied civil engineering in Canada.

After completing his studies, he moved back to Thailand to enter the entertainment business. He’s had film and TV roles, as well as doing voice acting for cartoons and dramatic shows (dubbed five different characters for STRIKE BACK, and got killed off-screen about fifteen times), modeling for commercials, acting in stage productions, and reading the news for radio Thailand.

The beginning of 2015 saw Michael filming as one of the lead characters in a Hollywood production of the movie, GHOST HOUSE.

Some of his other efforts include:

FEATURE FILMS & TV MOVIES

2014 Strike Back              Various Characters (ADR only)           Left Bank Pictures (UK)
2013 Clinic in Tents          Wayan (support)                 Teamworx Film Productions (Ger)

SHORT FILM CREDITS

2014  Lucid                                  Kit (Lead )                                     Moustache Films
2014   Wonderland                     Boxer                                             Wonderland Studios

TELEVISION CREDITS

2014 Max Astios          Kane (Villain & various)        Philippines/UK  3D Animation Series
2013 Fill My Tank           The Engineer                        Singapore       Factual (Episode 4)
2014 เพลิงฉิมพลี (Pleung Chim Plee)      romantic foil           เป่าจินจง (Pao Chin Chong)            Thai drama series (Episode 13)

TV COMMERCIALS CREDITS

2014 Real Motorsports Kawasaki Rider (Lead)
2014 Bangkok Tourism (Lead)
2014 Nivea (Support)

STAGE CREDITS

2013 The Story of Gaki & Garuda   Demi-God/Bodyguard  Royal Commission
2013 Various charity shows for Channel 7 (Thailand)

OTHER VOICE CREDITS

Clients include Nakhonchai Air, Paleomind,  Andovar and New Siam.

PRESENTING & HOSTING CREDITS

2014  Present Yourself        Presenter (recurring)   Cambridge University Press
Two 6-part series.
March 2014 – Present              News Anchor            Radio Thailand  88 FM
MC for various lvd events.