List of characters in The Noose

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Cast and characters

Characters played by Alaric Tay

Andre Chichak

  • Name: Andre Chichak
  • Age: 17 (he's so good at his job that you can't tell he's an intern)
  • Nationality: East Timorese
  • Race: TBC
  • Language: English, Indonesian, Malay
  • Education: Farquhar Polytechnic majoring in "Stage Choreography for Integrated Resort Cabarets"
  • Career: Never had one
  • Awards: Best Story Telling Award (consecutively from Pr 1 to Pr 8 Mono) in Pulau Ubin Primary School
  • Role: Field Reporter
  • Email: [email protected] ([email protected] in earlier episodes)
  • Seasons: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Description: Chichak speaks with a nasal sound. His surname refers to the Malay name ("cicak", pronounced chee-chak) for a common house gecko.

Nicholas Le Fong

  • Name: Nicholas Le Fong
  • Role: Taxi driver, interviewee
  • Seasons: 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Description: Nicholas was from Hong Kong. His catchphrase is "Stupiak", an amalgamation of "stupid" and "piak" (a slapping sound). In his first appearance, Nicholas was billed as Alvin Ong.


Richard Wang

  • Role: Cameraman ("Cheap Foreign Talent")
  • Seasons: 5, 6
  • Notes: His protest on working conditions is a satirical take on the Chinese construction worker crane protest in early 2013.

Xin Hua Hua

  • Role: News Co-anchor
  • Age: 31
  • Graduated from Beijing Technology University in 2003 with a Masters in Electronic Engineering
  • Career: Worked for Ping Guo Technologies (a parody of Apple, Inc) from 2004-2008. Joined CCTV in China in 2008 as a technology correspondent. Poached from CCTV by The Noose.
  • Hobbies: Hacking, copying, fiddling with electronic gadgets, taking part in nationalist movements
  • Seasons: 6
  • Notes: Born in Chongqing, 1982, moved to Beijing in 1990. Replaces Adrianna Wow as co-anchor. Poached from China Central Television. He is narcissistic. His name is a reference to the Chinese news network Xinhua.


Characters played by Chua En Lai

B. B. See

  • Name: See Beh Biang
  • Role: News Anchor
  • Seasons: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Note: B. B. See's name refers to BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) and speaks with a received pronunciation accent (better known as BBC English). His real name See Beh Biang is taken from local Hokkien slang; see beh means "very" and biang connotes dismay at something. B.B. replaced Roy Terse.

Esmond Wan Mo Peh

  • Name: Esmond Wan Mo Peh
  • Role: Minister at Large, Ministry Without A Portfolio
  • Seasons: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Note: The name is a play on the phrase "Want More Pay", a dig at the reported high salaries of Singapore politicians. Wan's dress style is a parody of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Wan originally spoke Standard Singapore English, but was given a new, more pidgin accent in later episodes, as a dig at politicians who speak "half-past-six " English.

Jacques Ooi

  • Name: Jacques Ooi
  • Age: 46 (looks very young, because apparently he's a good friend of plastic surgeon Woffles Wu)
  • Nationality: Singaporean on weekdays, Malaysian on weekends (dual citizenship)
  • Race: Pan-Asian (as he wants us to quote and unquote)
  • Language: Hainanese, Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, and other dialects of various provinces in China.
  • Education: MTUC University - Majored (but failed) in "Ass-tronomy" [astronomy]
  • Career: PR Manager of Rochor Canal Network, Hand Model for Crimewatch Season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7
  • Awards: Best Parrot Trainer Award (2001)
  • Role: Field Reporter
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Seasons: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Note: Jacques pronounces his name as "Jack-ass" and has a habit of wearing a very short tie. The only time he pronounced his name as "Jacques" is when he spoke in French during a report on taxi drivers.

Kim Johnny Un

  • Name: Kim Johnny Un
  • Role: Son of the North Korean leader
  • Seasons: 4
  • Note: He is a parody of Kim Jong Un and is commonly known only as "Johnny". During interviews, he speaks in hip hop slang.

Pornsak Sukhumvit

  • Name: Pornsak Sukhumvit
  • Role: Thai correspondent
  • Seasons: 5, 6
  • Note: It is implied that he is a kathoey due to his effeminate mannerisms. There is a running gag where he tries to recite Bangkok's full ceremonial name, but stops and simply calls the city Bangkok (with the exception of his debut appearance in which he did announce its full name). His character has featured on two Scoot commercials for its Gold Coast route and on Channel 5 game show We Are Singaporeans.

Channel 5 held a talent search programme, Are You Noose Enough, for a cameo in The Noose 6. Pornsak explained the eligibity requirements, and cameos featured include Alaric Tay, Darin Law, Chris Brownie and Diablo Tay.


Characters played by Gurmit Singh

Roy Terse

  • Name: Roy Terse
  • Age: 48
  • Nationality: Singaporean
  • Race: Often mistaken as Sikh, but is truly a Eurasian
  • Language: English (in various accents)
  • Education: S&M University - PhD in Numerology, Master in Home Economics, Bachelor in Singapore Rock Music History
  • Career: Child actor in Aksi Mat Yoyo (Age 6 - 10) - he was the orange cat.
Part-time TOTO results announcer for 93.3 Radio (Age 30 - 35)
Anchor for Al Abishgebaboom Network during the "US War against Terrorism" (Age 35 - 45)
  • Awards: Best Male Toto results Announcer (2000) - there was only 1 nomination that year
  • Role: News Anchor
  • Seasons: 1
  • Note: Roy Terse is a play on the word Reuters, a British based news service.

Windy Miao

  • Name: Windy Miao
  • Role: Weather Reporter
  • Seasons: 1, 2
  • Note: His given name, Windy, is a play on the fact that he talks about the wind and weather. He is also campy.
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