Lin Aung Khit ( my, လင်းအောင်ခေတ်; born Lin Aung 18 August 1996) is a Burmese actor and model. He began his entertainment career as a runway model and had his breakthrough in the 2013 film ''Ta Khu Latt''.
Early life and education
Lin Aung Khit was born on 18 August 1993 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 ...
. He has one younger brother. He attended high school at
Basic Education High School No. 2 Bahan. He graduated from
West Yangon Technological University
West Yangon Technological University ( my, ရန်ကုန်အနောက်ပိုင်း နည်းပညာတက္ကသိုလ် ) is a public technology university, located in Hlaingthaya, Yangon, Myanmar.
Background Histor ...
with a bachelor in Mechanical Power.
Career
2014–2015: Beginnings as a model
He joined Cho Gyi's model training Super Star Models Agency in 2014. Since then, he took professional training in modelling and catwalk. He began his entertainment career as a runway model as part of the Super Star Models Agency with countless commercial model shows and runways that had been walked on. He then competed in the male model contests and have won the title Mr. Thingyan 2014 and 1st runner-up in Kpop Award 2015. Then came the offers for TV commercials and appeared in many TV commercial advertisements. His hardwork as a model and acting in TV commercials was noticed by the film industry and soon, film casting offers came rolling in.
2016–present: Acting debut and rising popularity
Lin Aung Khit made his acting debut with a main role in the 2016 film ''Achit Yaung The, Wal The, Pyupyin The'', alongside Nay Min and Yin Latt, directed by Ko Zaw (Arr Yone Oo). He then starred in his second film ''Star of Future'', alongside
Zay Ye Htet
Zay Ye Htet ( my, ဇေရဲထက်; born 2 January 1986) is a Burmese actor, model and producer. He is considered one of the highest successful actors of Burmese cinema. Throughout his career, he has acted in over 100 films. In 2018, he fo ...
and
Hsu Eaint San
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. He has since appeared in six films include ''Kyar Ser'', ''Kiss Me'', and ''You''.
Shortly after, he made his big-screen debut with ''Ta Khu Latt'', where he played the main role with
Tyron Bejay
Tyron Bejay ( my, တိုင်ရွန်ဘီဂျေ, born Win Pyae Aung on 27 November 1993) is a Burmese actor and model. He began his entertainment career in 2014 as a runway model. Tyron gained popularity after starring in the 2018 ...
,
Aung Lay
Aung Lay ( my, အောင်လေး; born San Tun Aung on 26 January 1992) is a Burmese actor and model. He began his career as a model and had his breakthrough in films ''Yar Zawin Yine Khae The'' (2018), ''Ta Khu Lat'' (2018) and ''Wind Up ...
, Lin Zarni Zaw,
Khin Zarchi Kyaw
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and Myo Thandar Tun, which screened in Myanmar cinemas in 2 November 2018. He then starred in his second big-screen ''Bad Boy 2'' (Angel of Bad Boys), where he played the main role with Zay Ye Htet,
Paing Takhon
Paing Takhon ( my, ပိုင်တံခွန်; ) is a Burmese model, actor and singer. He began his entertainment career in 2014 as a runway model. He is also one of the few Myanmar citizens with an international profile, given the coun ...
, Aung Lay and
Patricia
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.
In 2018, he portrayed his role as a school teacher Hla Win Aung in drama film ''Yoma Paw Kya Tae Myat Yay'' (Tear Drops Down The Yoma), is based on a ture story about a teacher who has to go and teach to a village in the countryside. It's a moving picture about the hardships of education staff in Myanmar. The film was screened in Myanmar cinemas on 7 November 2019 and also screened in Singapore on 9 January 2020. The same year, he starred in mini web series ''Late Pyar Khaung Moe'', alongside
Tyron Bejay
Tyron Bejay ( my, တိုင်ရွန်ဘီဂျေ, born Win Pyae Aung on 27 November 1993) is a Burmese actor and model. He began his entertainment career in 2014 as a runway model. Tyron gained popularity after starring in the 2018 ...
, Yadanar Phyu Phyu Aung and Thiri Kyaw, produced by Media 7 which released on online in January 2018.
In 2019, he made a cameo appearances in the Hong Kong action film
Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy.
Filmography
Film
*''Achit Yaung The, Wei The, Pyupyin The'' (အချစ်ရောင်းသည် ဝယ်သည် ပြုပြင်သည်) (2016)
*''Star of Future'' (2016)
*''Kyar Ser'' (ကျားစာ) (2017)
*''Kiss Me'' (2017)
*''You'' (2017)
Film (Cinema)
Television series
References
External links
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Living people
1993 births
Burmese male models
Burmese male film actors
21st-century Burmese male actors
People from Yangon