Nyein Chan Kyaw
ငြိမ်းချမ်းကျော်
Born (1982-07-25) July 25, 1982
Mandalay, Burma
NationalityBurmese
Alma materMyanmar Institute of Theology
Occupation(s)Actor, Writer
Years active2015–present
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
AwardsNew 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

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

Film
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]
Direct-to-video
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
Web television
Year Title Role Channel
2019 Vow to Love You Forever Aung Khant La La Kyi[10]

References

  1. ↑ Times, Los Angeles. "Convoluted plot and tech issues undo gay romantic thriller 'The Gemini'".
  2. ↑ Yu Mon Kyaw (25 July 2016). "မေထုန်ရာသီဖွား"ရုပ်ရှင်ဇာတ်ကား အမေရိကန်မှာလည်း ပြသဖို့ စီစဉ်". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "မေထုန်ရာသီဖွား ဇာတ်ကားအတွက် "ပရိသတ်ကို လိမ်ညာပြီး ပြောခဲ့တာ တစ်ခုမှ မရှိဘူး"လို့ ညိုမင်းလွင်တုန့်ပြန် (In Burmese)". Mizzima News. 18 October 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  4. 1 2 Khin Lay Myint (6 June 2019). "စိန်ခေါ် လိမ်လည်မှုများနဲ့ အယူတော်မင်္ဂလာ". Yangon Life. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  5. 1 2 Nadi (16 May 2020). "မြန်မာသရဲကား The Naked Ghost က နိုင်ငံတကာရုပ်ရှင်ဆု ၃ဆု ဆွတ်ခူး (In Burmese)". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  6. 1 2 "The Vacant". IMDb. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Burmese Director Explores Same-Sex Relationships in New Film". 28 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Phoe Tar". IMDb. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  9. ↑ "Let Alone Impossible". IMDb. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Thit Sar Chi Tine". La La Kyi. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
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