Pruk Panich

Pruk Panich (พฤกษ์ พานิช, born September 10, 1992), nicknamed Zee (ซี), is a Thai actor.

Early life and education
Panich grew up in Chiang Rai and has two older sisters. He majored in Advertising from the Faculty of Communication Arts of Bangkok University.

Career
Panich entered the entertainment industry as one of the hosts of the travel program DoMunDi on YouTube. Later, in December 2018, he starred in the movie Sugar Café. In 2019 he was cast in the main role of Fighter in the TV series Why R U?, which aired the following year. Thanks to Why R U?, he rose to fame, winning the Rising Actor of the Year Award at Kazz Awards in 2021.

In 2022 he was coupled with Chawarin Perdpiriyawong (NuNew) in Cutie Pie, playing businessman Lian Kilen Wang: the success of the BL romance series shot him to stardom overnight, both in Thailand and abroad, and Howe Magazine included him in the list of the 50 most influential people of the year. Between 2022 and 2023, Panich was nominated for several awards for his performance in Cutie Pie, and won Y Actor of the Year at Feed Y Capital Awards, Best Actor of the Year at Kazz Awards, Actor of the Year at Sudsapda Y Awards, Youth Favorite Actor at Thailand Master Youth, and Best Lead Actor at YUniverse Awards. He reprised his role in 2023 both in the sequel Cutie Pie 2 You and the spin-off Naughty Babe. In the meantime, Panich starred in the movie After Sundown, and the TV series One Night Stand and Spice and Spell.

On September 1, 2022, he launched the brand ZeeFruit, and on August 8, 2023, his first clothing brand, SuperSun.