[2] Panya is married to Aew Wasana Nirandkul and has four children and five grandchildren (the Workpoint TV channel number comes from his wife's birthday, which is the 23rd).

In the same year, he acted in his first leading role in the drama Sri-thanonchai (Thai: ศรีธนญชัย) on Channel 3, directed by Phatrawadi Sritrairat or Meechuthon, a National Artist in Performing Arts, a famous actor, director and acting teacher.

He also had the opportunity to act in leading roles in many films and television dramas, famously paired with Orapan Watcharapol (née Panthong, currently the president of Polyplus Entertainment) and Penphisut Kongsamut (wife of Winij Lertratanachai, a famous former DJ, who she has now retired from the entertainment industry).

In 1984, Phanya joined the founding members of the show Stress Killer (Thai: เพชฌฆาตความเครียด, a show who produced by the alumni of the Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, under the name of the group Sumo Sam-ang) on Channel 9, using the name Sumo Ta.

His most memorable role was as a host of the show Pasa Thai Kham La Wan (ภาษาไทยคำละวัน), a parody of the show, Pasa Thai Wan La Kham (ภาษาไทยวันละคำ) of Prof. Kanchana Naksakul, a Royal Academician.