Up Poompat Iam-samang
BIOGRAPHY
Up Poompat Iam-samang (Thai: อัพ ภูมิพัฒน์ เอี่ยมสำอาง; born December 4, 1994) is a Thai actor, singer and model born in Bangkok, and one of the most academically accomplished leading men in the Thai BL industry. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the international programme of Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Communication Arts, where he was a “Chulakatakorn” drum major and campus theatre actor, then completed a master’s in international relations and diplomacy at SOAS University of London, and is pursuing a doctorate at Chulalongkorn’s Faculty of Political Science.
First famous online through the “Chula Cute Boy” Facebook page, Up entered the industry through KA Cosmetics commercials opposite First Kanaphan and the 2015 student film The Gifted, followed by the Korean reality show Babel 250 (2016). His breakthrough came as the writer Gene in Lovely Writer (2021). He later starred as superstar Ming in the iQIYI hit My Stand-In (2024) opposite Poom Phuripan, forming the UpPoom pairing, and reunited with Poom as police officer Krit in the WeTV series Love of Silom (2026). As a singer under his own label JustUp, he debuted on June 30, 2022 with the digital single “Up To You”.
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He set up his own label in 2021, years before that became a normal thing for a Thai actor to do.
Up Poompat Iam-samang, born 4 December 1994 in Bangkok, works under JustUp, which is his own company and his own record label. He released his first single through it in June 2022, and in 2026 he leads Love of Silom as a police captain who never wanted the badge. His pairing with Poom Phuripan is recorded as UpPoom.
Self management in this industry usually arrives late, after a performer has enough leverage to walk away from a company. Doing it early means carrying the costs and the risk from the start, with no studio slate feeding you work, and it is a very different proposition from being on a roster.
He also holds a master’s degree and a Chulalongkorn communication arts degree from its international programme, which makes him one of the more formally educated leading men in this catalogue.
The discovery story is the part that is genuinely unlikely. He was photographed selling ice cream at a street market and the photograph circulated on a university page, which is how a career that now includes a label and a lead role actually began.
His birth date, birthplace, education, agency, label, dated debut and two verified accounts are all documented here.
PROFILE DETAILS
- Native Name
- อัพ ภูมิพัฒน์ เอี่ยมสำอาง
- Real Name
- Poompat Iam-samang
- Nickname
- Up (อัพ)
- Pronouns
- he/him
- Born
- (Age 31)
- Birthplace
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Current Residence
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Gender
- Male
- Western Zodiac
- Sagittarius ♐
- Chinese Zodiac
- Dog 🐕
- Height
- 180 cm (5'11")
- Weight
- 66 kg (146 lbs)
- Profession
- Nationality
- Debut
- 2015 — The Gifted (2015, student film) as Wave
- Agency / Label
- JustUp (own label, since 2021)
- Years Active
- 2015-present
- Languages
- Thai (native), English (fluent; studied in London)
- Skills
- Acting, Singing, Modeling, Hosting, Academic research, Piano
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