[citation needed] 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.

[6][7] Sheikh won the Asia Bagus Grand Championship as part of the rap duo Construction Sight in 1991.

[8][9] His first two solo albums For Sure and For Sure Too led him to win Best Local English Song at the Compass Awards in 2002 and 2004 for the hit single, Witulah.

[11][12] In July 2024, Haikel together with his wife Anna Belle Francis and 5 business partners, launched a 50-seater 'Hai Ge Ji Hainanese chicken rice' restaurant at Bugis.