Brad Turvey
{{short description|Filipino television actor}}
{{notability|bio|date=April 2015}}{{Infobox person
| name = Brad Turvey
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|03|10}}
| birth_place = Hong Kong
| occupation = Actor, video jockey
| yearsactive = 2003–2006
}}
Brad Turvey (born 10 March 1978) is a Filipino actor and video jockey of Channel [V] International.
Early life
Brad Turvey and his twin brother Greg Turvey were born on 10 March 1978 in Hong Kong{{cite web|url=http://male.thedailymodel.com/category/australia-models/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070120060139/http://male.thedailymodel.com/category/australia-models/|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 January 2007|title=Brad Turvey|date=13 September 2006|accessdate=10 Feb 2010}} (then a British territory) to a late Scottish Australian father and a Chinese mother who grew up in Australia.{{Cite web |url=http://www.universalrobina.com/2005/11/15/jack-n-jill-brad-turveys-constant-companions/ |title=Jack 'n Jill: Brad Turvey's constant companions - Universal Robina dot com |access-date=2010-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623141131/http://www.universalrobina.com/2005/11/15/jack-n-jill-brad-turveys-constant-companions/ |archive-date=2011-06-23 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsflash.org/2003/05/sb/sb002989.htm|title=Pops Accompanies Brad Turvey to Movie Preview of 'Pinay Pie'}} Brad and Greg Turvey grew up in Australia. Both Brad and Greg settled in the Philippines in 2001. Brad was the first to earn an acting role, first in the Penshoppe commercial with U.S. diva Ms. Mandy Moore. He also sang the chorus line of Mandy Moore's song Cry: "In places no one will find".{{citation needed|date=August 2013}} Based on that appearance, he was discovered by Philippine TV station GMA Network as a contract actor.{{cite web|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/node/184726|title=Why GMA did not join PMPC Awards Night for Television|website=Manila Bulletin |date=29 Oct 2004|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607095624/http://www.mb.com.ph/node/184726|archivedate=2011-06-07}} At GMA, he was a TV host for the Sunday noontime show SOP and one of the original members of Nuts Entertainment with his twin brother.{{Cite web |title=Where Are They Now? Turvey twins Brad and Greg |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/showbiznews/news/9593/in-photos-whatever-happened-to-the-turvey-twins-brad-and-greg/photo |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=www.gmanetwork.com |language=en}} While hosting SOP, he auditioned at Channel V as a video jockey and TV host and was hired.{{cite news|newspaper=The Philippine Star|date=23 January 2004|title=Brad Turvey: Not just a pretty face}} He also became a contract actor for Regal Films, but wasn't offered any movie roles.
After leaving showbusiness, he went back to Australia with his mother to join Greg. He opened a restaurant "Knox Dining" at Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, where he married and had a son.
Filmography
=Television=
- Nuts Entertainment (2004–2006)
- Encantadia (2005)
=Movies=
- Pinay Pie (2003)
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|1403721}}
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Category:Filipino video jockeys
Category:Hong Kong people of Australian descent
Category:Australian male television actors
Category:Australian expatriates in the Philippines
Category:Filipino television personalities