Education
He attended Saint Patrick"s School and has a Bachelor in Performing Arts and Pychology from the Queensland University of Technology.
He attended Saint Patrick"s School and has a Bachelor in Performing Arts and Pychology from the Queensland University of Technology.
He has performed on the radio, the stage, the big screen and on television, and has produced three studio albums and numerous single track albums to date. Acting Sheikh Haikel first appeared on the big screen in the iconic Singaporean film, Army Daze. Army Daze made a return to the theatre in 2006 under the direction of Beatrice Chia and Goh Boon Teck, with Sheikh retaining the role of Johari Salleh.
His next performance was as Jeff in the joint Singaporean-Malaysian film City Sharks in 2003 which he starred in alongside Nicholas Lee and Hans Isaac.
He has starred in many sitcoms in television such as 3 Rooms and The Donnie Lee Show. He also guest starred various times on the critically successful Singaporean sitcom, Under One Roof.
He has also hosted Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s Football Crazy and is currently the host of Okto"s Knockout. Radio Sheikh Haikel was a DJ for the local broadcast channel 98.7FM, and on the Breakfast Show on channel 91.3FM in 2008.
In 2004, complaints were made to Singapore"s Media Development Authority that he and his then co-host Daniel Ong made lewd remarks on air when a teenage male listener called in for advice on how to attract a girl he liked.
As a result of these complaints, Ong was suspended from on-air duties while Sheikh was asked to leave. MediaCorp Radio"s 987FM was cautioned and fined South$15,000. son In November 2010, Sheikh started a feud with Korean boy band U-KISS as they allegedly "bullied" him backstage at a concert in Bedok Reservoir.
After the event, Sheikh posted on Twitter, "UKiss my ass!!!".
Although he did not elaborate on what ignited the feud, he also tweeted: "All u-kiss fans were to busy to notice anything else. I was to busy trying to get u-kiss on stage." After another few tweets targeted at U-KISS and their fans, Sheikh apologised for his banter on Twitter.