Aung Min Khant ( my, အောင်မင်းခန့်; born 25 November 1990) is a Burmese television and film actor. He gained recognitions for his roles in television series '' Forever Mandalay'' (2014), '' Wit Nyin Shite Than'' (2015), '' Winkabar San Eain'' (2015) and ''

Magical Village ''Magical Village'' ( my, ပဉ္စလက်ရွာ) is a 2017 Burmese thriller television series. It is based on the popular novel "Magical Village" written by Thoe Saung. It aired on MRTV-4, from September 14 to October 18, 2017, on Monda ...

'' (2017).

Early life and education

Aung Min Khant was born on 25 November 1990 in

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

, Myanmar. He is the youngest son of Tun Oo and his wife Win Win Kyi. He has an elder brother. He is a cousin of actor Naing Naing. He attended high school at

Basic Education High School No. 2 Dagon Basic Education High School No. 2 Dagon ( my, အခြေခံ ပညာ အထက်တန်း ကျောင်း အမှတ် (၂) ဒဂုံ; formerly, Myoma National High School, မြို့မကျောင်း) is a pu ...

. He graduated from

University of Distance Education, Yangon The University of Distance Education, Yangon ( my, အဝေးသင် တက္ကသိုလ် (ရန်ကုန်) ), located in Yangon, is one of two universities under the University of Distance Education system in Myanmar. With over 5 ...

with a degree in

History History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

in 2011.

Career

2008–2012: Beginnings as a model

Aung Min Khant joined John Lwin's model training in 2008. Since then, he took professional training in modelling and catwalk. He began his entertainment career as a runway model as part of the John Lwin's John International Modeling Agency with countless advertising shows and runways that had been walked on. And then he competed in the male model contests and became the winner of Mr. Maxamin Forte in 2011, and runner up of Manhunt 2 in 2012. Then came the offers for TV commercials and then DVD ones. His hardwork as a model and acting in commercials was noticed by the film industry and soon, film casting offers came rolling in. He entered a five-year contract with MRTV-4 Talent Center in 2011.

2014–2016: Acting debut and recognition

He made his acting debut in 2014 with a leading role in the television drama '' Forever Mandalay'', alongside Han Lin Thant,

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and May Me Kyaw Kyaw, aired on

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in February 2014 and received positive reviews for his portrayal of Phone Moe Thun, which led to increased popularity for him. He then starred in his second television series '' Wit Nyin Shite Than'', where he played the leading role with Han Lin Thant, Kyaw Htet, May Me Me Kyaw,

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and Khin Sandar Myint which aired on MRTV-4, on 1 April 2015. In 2015, he starred the male lead in the television series '' Wingabar San Eain'', alongside Poe Kyar Phyu Khin and

. Aung's portrayal of the character Dr Sao Khun Hmaing earned praised by fans for his acting performance and character interpretation, and experienced a resurgence of popularity. The same year, he took on his first big-screen leading role in the film ''Myaing Yazar Tut Pi Nae Yan Pone Ngwe Pyauk Shar Pone Taw''. He was cast in film ''Taninganway Nya Kaung''. The two films will be screen in 2020. In 2016, he starred in drama '' Better Tomorrow'', where he played the leading role with

, Net Khat and

, aired on 12 October 2016.

2017–present: Big success

Aung Min Khant gain increased attention and popularity with his role as Dragon King Nay Thura in the popular historical series '' Yadanar Htae Ka Yadanar'' alongside

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and

Myat Thu Thu Myat Thu Thu ( my, မြတ်သူသူ; born Moe Moe Myat Zin 14 June 1990), formerly known as Myat Thu Thu Zin () is a Burmese television actress, model and singer. She is best known for her roles in several MRTV-4 series and become popular ...

, aired on MRTV-4, on 30 January 2017 which was a huge commercial success, topping television ratings and becoming the most watched Burmese television drama at that time. The same year, he co-starred in the series ''

'' alongside

Thu Riya Thu Riya ( my, သူရိယ; born Thura Lynn on 6 May 1989) is a Burmese actor, model, television presenter, and a comedian. He has starred in over 40 films in his acting career. Early life and education Thuriya was born on 6 May 1989 in Bag ...

and Nan Sandar Hla Htun which aired on MRTV-4, on 14 September 2017. His film ''Myitta Htar Tar A Hoke Ko Pal'', was screened in Myanmar cinemas on 25 May 2018. In 2018, Aung starred in the hit crime-action series '' It was on Yesterday 2'', playing the role of serial killer Thuta.

Filmography

Film (Cinema)

* ''Myitta Htar Tar A Hoke Ko Pal'' () (2018) * ''Fraud Of Brother'' (ကွီးတို့၏မာယာ) (2019) * ''Myaing Yazar Tut Pi Nae Yan Pone Ngwe Pyauk Shar Pone Taw'' () (2020) * ''Taninganway Nya Kaung'' () (2020) * ''Beyond The Law'' (နိယာမအလွန်)(2020) * ''Who are you?'' (မင်းဘာကောင်လဲ ငါဘာကောင်လဲ၊ ဘယ်သူဘာကောင်လဲ) (2020) * ''General Aung San'' (‌အောင်ဆန်းရုပ်ရှင်) (TBA) * '' Pieces Of Broken Mirror ''(ကွဲအက်သွားသော မှန်ချပ်များ)

Television series

References

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