Benjamin Kheng

Benjamin Kheng is a Singaporean musician, actor and writer, largely known as the vocalist in his pop outfit The Sam Willows, who recently landed a coveted spot on Forbes' annual 30 Under 30 Asia list.

The band has performed globally and amassed nearly 15 million streams on Spotify. Their award-winning album, Take Heart, hit No.1 on the Singapore iTunes and Spotify charts, and made it to the top 10 of Spotify Viral in Malaysia, Taiwan, Philippines and Hong Kong.

Last year, Benjamin was approached by Channel News Asia in his capacity as a singer-songwriter to be featured in their 2019 National Day special titled ROAR! – this documentary follows 4 musical artists, in their journey to write honest songs about Singapore and real issues in society today.

Benjamin’s body of work stretches beyond music, into the world of acting across all mediums – theatre, television and film.

His onscreen acting debut saw Benjamin as the lead “Pete” in Channel 5’s three-part telemovie Love is Love – Fat Hope, as a guy who sees through the superficial to find love. Benjamin’s recent work on film includes the titular character of the biopic, Wonderboy. He was also nominated for Best Actor at the Raindance Film Festival for his work in the Toggle series The Breakup List. In the last year, Benjamin appeared in several local production such as, Dead Lucky (Toggle), FAM (Mediacorp Channel 5), The Intruder (Toggle), After Love (Toggle) and She’s A Terrorist and I Love Her (HOOQ).