Bobby Tonelli

Born in Las Vegas, Nevada, Bobby Tonelli fell into the fashion industry by chance where he had the opportunity to travel throughout South East Asia including Singapore as a print and runway model. Bobby has modelled for fashion labels such as Donna Karen, Versace, Louis Vuitton and Levis.

Returning to Singapore in 2007, he has been seen in multiple Singapore productions including MediaCorp’s Channel 5 series Life Story Season 2, the Art Central and the Asian Food Channel reality programme The Food Bachelor, as well as co-starring in the Suria series Atas Heights.

His most recognizable role in Singapore today is his role as Paul in the hit Channel 8 drama The Little Nyonya and Fighting Spiders Season 1 & 2 as Thomas Livingston. Bobby is the host of History Channel Asia’s very own original series Celebrity Car Wars where 6 celebrities go head to head in a series of motoring challenges to enter the Car Wars Hall of Fame. The program is beamed to 11 million households all over South East Asia and is now into its third season.

Bobby starred in Kelvin Tong’s latest comedy film about Singaporeans and local food, Republic of Food alongside Adrian Pang, Yeo Yann Yann and Patricia Mok. In August 2018, he starred in Kek Untuk Kapten, a Malay Toggle series and Limited Edition, a Chinese toggle series that premiered in 2019. In 2020, Bobby was featured in an episode of the American science fiction series Westworld. He also starred in the Mediacorp Suria series, Tai Tai Berkecai.