Putthipong Assaratanakul (พุฒิพงศ์ อัสสรัตนกุล; also known as Billkin (บิวกิ้น), born 8 October 1999) is a Thai Chinese actor and singer.
2016
He is one of the main hosts of Love Missions (2016), an online show by Good Day Entertainment.
2017
He did some runway modeling and acting such as in Please... Siang Riak Winyan (2017).
2018
He is studying business administration (international program), major in marketing at the Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy at Thammasat University, having enrolled in 2018.
He graduated with a degree in this faculty on the 27 November 2023.
Putthipong started in the entertainment industry as an actor under Nadao Bangkok.
2019
He is known for his roles as Tao in My Ambulance (2019) and as Teh in I Told Sunset About You (2020) and I Promised You the Moon (2021).
Putthipong was born in Bangkok, Thailand.
His father initially considered giving him the nickname "Eeyore" (he has elder siblings named Mickey and Winnie) but later changed it to "Bill".
One day, his four-year-old brother called him "Billkin", and the name was adopted.
He completed his secondary education at Saint Gabriel's College.
He rose to popularity with his role as Doctor Tao in My Ambulance (2019) where he was paired with Krit Amnuaydechkorn (PP), who played the role of Tewkao.
With the conclusion of the said television series in October 2019, plans were made to produce a boys' love television series where Putthipong and Krit will play as lead actors.
2020
The project, with a working title of "BKPP: The Series", was announced in February 2020 and was supposed to premiere in July 2020.
Due to government restrictions placed amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the series' production was delayed with its release pushed to October 2020 under the title of I Told Sunset About You.
Putthipong played the role of Teh, a high-school student from Phuket and a childhood friend of Krit's character Oh-aew.
The series returned for a second season in May 2021 entitled I Promised You the Moon.
Aside from acting, he also sang "You Are My Everything", the official soundtrack of My Ambulance.
This later led him to release his first single under Nadao Music entitled "Hug in Mind" which featured his fellow Nadao Bangkok artist JAYLERR.
He also sang for the original soundtrack of I Told Sunset About You and I Promised You The Moon.
His second single, "IXO" and its music video was released on 9 September 2021.
The single is described as a mix of soul and city pop genres.
Putthipong was involved from the conceptualization stage to the writing of the song's chorus part.