Gibu George

Gibu George is an Indian actor, theatre artist, model and Writer who works in Malayalam film industry. He made his Malayalam feature film debut in the 2021 movie 'Grahanam', becoming the first Singapore Malayalee introduced to the Malayalam film industry in a male lead role. Gibu is known for portraying the lead role of Aadi in Singapore-made English short 'The Wheel', which earned him wide acclaim's, including the Best Actor Award in Barcelona International Film Festival(LHIIF) Spain, making him the first Singapore Malayalee actor to win the title.

Gibu George worked with 'Coldplay', coldplay, the most popular European rock band, in their latest music video 'Man In The Moon' along with Chris Martin made him the first ever Malayalee actor to appear in any Coldplay music videos.

Early and personal life He did his early schooling in Calcutta where his father was serving in the Army. He later relocated to Thiruvalla for further schooling at St. Mary's school, Thiruvalla and Mahatma Gandhi Higher Secondary school, Puthuserry. Gibu completed his education from Mar Thoma College, Thiruvalla and Institute of Human Resources Development, Kottayam.

Career Gibu began his career as an anchor of Singapore Choice on Asianet 2017 and gained widespread popularity by establishing himself through several Televisions and stage shows, TV shows, and national commercials in Singapore art scenes. He made his theatre acting debut in 2017 with Manasakshi directed by K Sudheeran as an anti-hero and went on acting in critically acclaimed theatre plays like Bombay Tailor's, Natya Yatra etc. Gibu made his screen acting debut on 2018 as the lead actor for a silent short film 'Alive', directed by award winning filmmaker Tagore Almeida, whose 2013 film "A God of Sinners" got screened at Cannes. Gibu also worked for Singapore Govt. English Film 'Singapore Flying' by award winning Singaporean Film director, K.Rajagopal. He worked with Singapore's most celebrated comedian actor, director Mark Lee for his comedy talk show series SG-Kakis representing India. Gibu worked as Singapore segment production manager for A R Rahman's album "Hope" which was the promotional song for Blessy's Aadujeevitham (The Goat Life). In a span of 3–4 years, Gibu did theatre productions and films projects in 4 different languages – Malayalam, English, Hindi, and Tamil proved his versatility as an actor, anchor, theatre artist, and stage performer and been recognised by Singapore Kerala Arts Association with the award 'KALA Star of the year 2019'. He was working as an IT professional in Singapore for many years before he started pursuing his dreams in acting.

Filmography Short films Year Title Role Director Language Notes 2018 Alive George Tagore Almeida Silent Debut short Napoleon Dev Anand Paga Hindi 2019 Singapore Flying Akshay K Rajagopal English 2020 Oru Puthu Niram Kathir Raj Vimal Dev Tamil, Malayalam Co-Writer Memories Never Die Aaditya Das Gibu George Malayalam Writer, Director 2021 Druvangal Randu The Antagonist Sebastian Louis Malayalam 2023 The Wheel Aadi Rajith Mohan English

Feature films Year Title Role Director Language 2021 Grahanam Roy Kurishingal Anand Paga Malayalam 2024 Onkara Chungru Unni K R Mavilan TBC Ivide Oral (Shoot in Progress) Akbar Shibu Attingal Malayalam TBC Mugha Mugham (Post Production) Micheal Akhil Prabhakar Malayalam

Television Year Program Role Channel Notes 2017 Singapore Choice Anchor Asianet 2017–2020 2023 Udan Panam NRI special episode contestant Mazhavil Manorama Family Gameshow