Nyein Chan Kyaw
Nyein Chan Kyaw | |
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| ငြိမ်းချမ်းကျော် | |
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| Born | July 25, 1982 |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Alma mater | Myanmar Institute of Theology |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, Writer |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Awards | New York Movie Awards 2020 |
Nyein Chan Kyaw (Burmese: ငြိမ်းချမ်းကျော်; born 25 July 1982) is a Burmese actor and writer. He has starred in several Burmese films and direct-to-videos, and best known for his role in the 2016 Burmese drama film The Gemini.[1][2]
Career[edit]
Nyein Chan Kyaw began acting in direct-to-videos, becoming widely noted for his role as Phoe Tar, a retarded boy, in 2015 direct-to-video Phoe Tar. In 2016, he starred his debut film The Gemini, the first LGBT-themed film in cinema of Myanmar, in which he played the role of a homosexual novelist.[3]
Nyein Chan Kyaw has since acted in four other feature films, drama series and direct-to-videos. In 2019, he returned to acting with Myint Myat in Black Rose Mission (အယူတော်မင်္ဂလာ).[4] He won the New York Movie Awards 2020, Best Actor for his role in 2020 film The Naked Ghost.[5]
Nyein Chan Kyaw started his writing career in 2016 by his debut film, The Gemini. In 2020, he writes a horror screenplay The Vacant, in which he casts one of the main role, a century aged ghost clingy to the colonial-style manor.[6]
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Who is your first Love? | Guest | |
| 2016 | The Gemini | Nay Thit | [7] |
| 2019 | Black Rose Mission | Monday | [4] |
| 2020 | The Naked Ghost | Thant Sin | New York Movie Awards 2020 for best actor[5] |
| TBA | The Vacant | Phoe Khin (Ghost) | Post-production[6] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Phoe Tar | Phoe Tar | [8] |
| 2017 | The Passion | Soe | |
| 2017 | My Dear Bro-in-law | Nyein Chan | |
| 2018 | Hopeless | Khit Thit | |
| 2018 | Tearful Evening | Lwin Maung | |
| 2019 | Let Alone Impossible | Maung Nyein | [9] |
| 2019 | Vengeful Love | Khet Htan | |
| 2020 | Insurance | Shwe Pyae | |
| 2020 | Smart Game | Wai Yan |
| Year | Title | Role | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Vow to Love You Forever | Aung Khant | La La Kyi[10] |
References[edit]
- ^ Times, Los Angeles. "Convoluted plot and tech issues undo gay romantic thriller 'The Gemini'".
- ^ Yu Mon Kyaw (25 July 2016). "မေထုန်ရာသီဖွား"ရုပ်ရှင်ဇာတ်ကား အမေရိကန်မှာလည်း ပြသဖို့ စီစဉ်". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ "မေထုန်ရာသီဖွား ဇာတ်ကားအတွက် "ပရိသတ်ကို လိမ်ညာပြီး ပြောခဲ့တာ တစ်ခုမှ မရှိဘူး"လို့ ညိုမင်းလွင်တုန့်ပြန် (In Burmese)". Mizzima News. 18 October 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ a b Khin Lay Myint (6 June 2019). "စိန်ခေါ် လိမ်လည်မှုများနဲ့ အယူတော်မင်္ဂလာ". Yangon Life. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ a b Nadi (16 May 2020). "မြန်မာသရဲကား The Naked Ghost က နိုင်ငံတကာရုပ်ရှင်ဆု ၃ဆု ဆွတ်ခူး (In Burmese)". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ a b "The Vacant". IMDb. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ "Burmese Director Explores Same-Sex Relationships in New Film". 28 January 2016.
- ^ "Phoe Tar". IMDb. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ "Let Alone Impossible". IMDb. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ "Thit Sar Chi Tine". La La Kyi. Retrieved 19 July 2020.