Sam See

Sam See (born 30 September 1993) is a Singaporean stand up comedian and improvisor.

Sam See
Born (1993-09-30) 30 September 1993
Singapore
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • Voice Actor
  • Host
Years active2012–present
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life

Sam had his Primary and Secondary education at Saint Andrew's School, Singapore. After, he studied at Temasek Polytechnic, and was awarded The Integrated Infocomm Scholarship from the Infocomm Media Development Authority in 2010.[1][2][3]

Career

Comedy

In 2012, Sam started performing stand-up comedy in Singapore at an open mic called Talking Cock. He had previously discovered comedy online, performed by Kumar (Singaporean entertainer) and Eddie Izzard while schooling. He had also started to perform publicly as an openly gay man during this time.[4][5] He has also worked as a showrunner and producer, and was the director of The Comedy Club.[6]

In 2019, See brought his stand-up comedy show Coming Out Loud to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[7] In August 2020, he released Coming Out Loud online.[8]

In 2022, See returned to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a second show Government Approved Sex.[9] During that same year, See was also one of ten writers long-listed for the 2023 Epigram Books Fiction Prize.[10]

He also performs improv with the troupe The Latecomers.[11][3]

Television

In 2016, Sam was a performer on OK Chope!, a weekly live comedy panel show in Singapore where he appeared in all thirty episodes as a panelist and an on-location reporter. The show was cancelled after a joke made by another panelist about Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak.[4][12]

In 2019, See appeared on Comedy Central Stand-Up, Asia! for its fourth season.[13] He also appeared on The Jim Jefferies Show in an interview segment about Singaporean civil liberties.[14] He also appeared on BBC World Service to discuss performing stand-up in Singapore.[15]

In 2022, See provided the voice for various characters on Channel 5's Puberteens, including Winston, Marco & Benji.

Online streaming

In 2020, Sam started streaming online in March on Facebook and YouTube, before moving to Twitch under the username 'MrSamSee'. Besides streaming video game content, he also ran a tabletop roleplaying series called Red Dot Wrestling, which featured various profesional wrestlers like Singapore Pro Wrestling Champion Da Butcherman, Malaysia Pro Wrestling Champion Cornelius LOW, Jake De Leon, and NXT wrestler Dante Chen.[16][17]

Filmography

Television
Year Programme Role Notes
2016–2017 OK Chope! Self - Panelist 30 episodes
2019 The Jim Jefferies Show Self - Interviewee Episode: "The Cost of Trading Away Freedom"
2019 Comedy Central Stand-Up, Asia! Self - Comedian, Millennial Retiree
2022 Puberteens Winston / Marco / Benji / Tomas / Yusuf / Tape Monkey / Chad / Cole / Boon-Nam (voice) 14 episodes

Podcasts
YearPodcastRoleNotes
2015–2019 Dumb White Guy With Brendon Burns Himself Episodes: #49, #146, #232
2016 BFM's That Time of Night Himself 26 September 2016
2017 The School of Hard Knock Knocks Himself Episode: #3
2017–2020 Not Again Podcast Himself Episodes: #1, #66, #104, #131
2018The Doug Stanhope PodcastHimselfEpisode: #249
2019 The Stephen K. Amos Talk Show Himself Episode: #20
2020 Steven Bones Everything Podcast Himself Episode: #45
2020 What's Next? Himself Episode: #10
2021 The Wrestling-Wrestling Podcast Himself Episode: #387
2021The Class Clown Podcast With Chino LiaoHimselfEpisode: #32

References
  1. "32 Students Awarded Integrated Infocomm Scholarship for Polytechnic and University Studies". Infocomm Media Development Authority. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. "LIST OF INTEGRATED INFOCOMM SCHOLARSHIP 2010 RECIPIENTS" (PDF) (Press release). IMDA. 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  3. yodamo (15 February 2019). "An Interview with Sam See". Mumble Comedy. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  4. "Singaporean comedian Sam See: "The whole point of comedy is that it's open to all"". NME. 3 September 2020.
  5. "Stand-up Singapore: Interview with comedian, Sam See". The Phuket News. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  6. "Uncovering humour with local stand-up comedian Sam See". Augustman Singapore. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  7. "Sam See: Coming Out Loud". Edinburgh Festival. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  8. "Local stand-up comedian Sam See to perform a live LGBTQ+-themed special". Time Out Singapore. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  9. Guide, British Comedy. "Sam See: Government-Approved Sex". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  10. "PRESS RELEASE - 2023 EBFP Longlist" (PDF). Dropbox. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  11. Kaur, Gurveen (1 May 2017). "See, I was the weird kid in school". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  12. OK Chope! - meWATCH, retrieved 9 October 2021
  13. "COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP, ASIA! SEASON 4 PREMIERES ON 12 NOVEMBER IN ASIA". ViacomCBS Networks Asia newsroom. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  14. "The Jim Jefferies Show takes stab at reporting on civil liberties in S'pore, provides sympathetic take". mothership.sg. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  15. "BBC World Service - The Cultural Frontline, Sam See: The comedian that changed me". BBC. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  16. MrSamSee - Twitch, retrieved 9 October 2021
  17. Arias, Jackie. "Smark Henry: Meet Sam See: the Comedian-Streamer Behind Wrestling RPG Series, Red Dot Wrestling". Smark Henry. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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