Noah Yap Rong Yew (born 4 November 1993) is a Singaporean actor and singer.
Early life & Education Noah Yap was born to Tony Yap, a sports facilities construction firm owner, and Alice Ong Cheng Hui on 4 November 1993. Coming from a Christian family, Noah was given his biblical name, as he was born premature. He has a brother named Sean. Yap completed his secondary education at Bendemeer Secondary School and quit studying theatre studies at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 2013 to pursue his acting career which started in 2012.
Career Yap's entertainment career got kickstarted in 2012 when he appeared in Ah Boys to Men and started his YouTube channel. In the first Ah Boys to Men movie, he played a recruit, IP Man whose girlfriend broke up with him while he undergoes the three-month basic military training. Yap would continue to reprise the character in the subsequent sequels and the musical in the franchise.
In 2014, Yap enlisted in Singapore Armed Forces. Unlike his character in the Ah Boys to Men series, he suffers from asthma and was unable to serve his national service in a combat role. He eventually auditioned into the Music and Drama Company as an emcee. Sometime in 2015, Yap was arrested by the military police on suspicions of drug consumption. MDC took him out from his shows for eight months. On 2 March 2016, Yap was sent to the detention barracks for the consumption of cannabis.
After his sentence was served and on completion of his national service obligations, he partook in his agency's, Fly Entertainment's anti-drug campaign.
Filmography Film Year Title RoleNotesRef 2012 Ah Boys to Men Recruit In Ping a.k.a. IP Man 2013 Ah Boys to Men 22014 The Lion Men Zhang Bu Da The Lion Men: Ultimate Showdown 2017 Ah Boys to Men 4 Corporal First Class In Ping a.k.a. IP Man 2018 23:59: The Haunting Hour Recruit Tan Wonderful! Liang Xi Mei Kidnapper 2025 We Can Save The World!!! Ryan
Television Year Title Role Notes Ref 2014 World at Your Feet Guang Huo 2018 Happy Can Already! 4 Recruit 2019 Kin (TV series) Rickson Ang 2022 I Want to be a Tow Kay Lau Qing Han 流冷汗 Genie in a Cup Zhou Runfa 周潤發 Love at First Bite Gordon
Theatre Year Title RoleNotesRef 2014 Ah Boys to Men: The Musical In Ping a.k.a. IP Man
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