Panya Nirankul

Phanya Nirunkul (, born 24 March 1954) nickname Ta is a Thai actor, host and businessman. He is one of the co-founders and chairman of Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited.

Early life Phanya Nirunkul had the real name is Phanya Kitinirunkul but later the word "Kiti" was removed and had nickname is Piang currently is now known as Ta or Sia Ta .

Family Panya is married to Aew Wasana Nirandkul and has four children and five grandchildren (the Workpoint TV channel number comes from his wife's birthday, which is the 23rd).

Entertainment industry Movies and Television dramas Phanya first entered the entertainment industry by acting in the Thai film Sueb Yat Sai in 1978 as an extra actors. In the same year, he acted in his first leading role in the drama Sri-thanonchai on Channel 3, directed by Phatrawadi Sritrairat or Meechuthon, a National Artist in Performing Arts, a famous actor, director and acting teacher. He also had the opportunity to act in leading roles in many films and television dramas, famously paired with Orapan Watcharapol (née Panthong, currently the president of Polyplus Entertainment) and Penphisut Kongsamut (wife of Winij Lertratanachai, a famous former DJ, who she has now retired from the entertainment industry).

Television shows In 1984, Phanya joined the founding members of the show Stress Killer (, a show who produced by the alumni of the Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, under the name of the group Sumo Sam-ang) on Channel 9, using the name Sumo Ta. His most memorable role was as a host of the show Pasa Thai Kham La Wan (ภาษาไทยคำละวัน), a parody of the show, Pasa Thai Wan La Kham (ภาษาไทยวันละคำ) of Prof. Kanchana Naksakul, a Royal Academician. Later in the same year (from 1984 to 1989), after Phanya started worked as an employee of JSL, he became a host of JSL shows such as Phlik Lock (followed by Koo hoo Phlik Lock, Phlik Lock Petch, and Phlik Lock Nuea Mek), Concert Contest, etc., before resigning from being an employee of JSL to establish his own television production company.

Establishment of Workpoint Entertainment On September 11, 1989, Phanya joined forces with Prapas Cholsaranon, a Phanya's junior at the Faculty of Architecture who used to work as a TV program producer for JSL company to establish Workpoint Entertainment Co., Ltd. with an initial registered capital of 2 million baht to produce TV programs and TV dramas.

Then on February 26, 2004, Workpoint Company registered to transform into a public limited company and initial public offering during September 20–22, 2004. On September 29, 2004, the company began trading on the Stock Exchange of Thailand for the first day.