Nay Htoo Naing

Nay Htoo Naing (Burmese: နေထူးနိုင်; born 1 January 1979) is a Burmese actor and film director. He is one of the most successful actors in Myanmar's B-rated action film industry and has been regarded as the "Burmese Chuck Norris".[1] Throughout his career, he has acted in over 300 films.[2]

Nay Htoo Naing
နေထူးနိုင်
Born (1979-01-01) 1 January 1979
Yenangyaung, Magway Region, Myanmar
Other namesKwee Nay Htoo Naing
OccupationActor, Director
Years active1997–present
Spouse(s)Mya Thin Chel
Children2

Early life

Nay Htoo Naing was born on 1 January 1979 in Yenangyaung, Magway Region, Myanmar. He applied to Defence Services Academy (D.S.A) after graduating from high school, but he was declined because of failure in some physical tests. Then he moved to Yangon from Yenangyaung to pursue a career in show business.[3]

Career

Nay Htoo Naing did not have any connections to the Burmese film industry before starting out his career as a worker, security guard and eventually as an actor. But then, at the age of 20, he grasped his first chance to be in front of a camera.[4] He did not go to any formal school or training courses to study acting; however he says director Aung Min Thein is his mentor and taught him a lot.[5] He entered the film industry with the film Ba Yoke, where he played the leading role. Afterwards, he starred in the film Amye Mae Dar (Nameless Sword), which led to increased recognition for him. His classic film Mee Lat War (Fire Palm) is popular in Myanmar and one of the all-time best films in his career. He acted not only in the several direct-to-videos, but also acted in the big screen films. Throughout his successful career, he has acted in over 300 films.[6] He is also a film director and directing the film Amone Zayike Amone Winkabar.[7] In 2018, he founded the Target Art Training Center in Yangon.[2]

Filmography
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Film
  • Over 300 films

Personal life

Nay Htoo Naing is married to singer Mya Thin Chal in 2011. The couple have two sons. His wife Mya Thin Chal is also actress in his some films.

References
  1. "Burmese Chuck Norris has become a meme and it feels right". Myanmar Mix. 17 September 2019.
  2. Chit Poe (16 May 2018). "မျိုးဆက်သစ် အနုပညာရှင်များအတွက် ဖွင့်လှစ်လိုက်တဲ့ နေထူးနိုင်ရဲ့ အနုပညာသင်တန်းကျောင်း" (in Burmese). The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  3. Actor Nay Htoo Naing's 39th Birthday Party
  4. “အနုပညာသက်တမ်း နှစ် ၂ဝ ကျော်ပြီ” လို့ ပြောလိုက်တဲ့ နေထူးနိုင်
  5. Zaw Win Aung. "နှစ်ဖက်ကြည့်ပါ နှစ်ဖတ်မြင်ပေးပါလို့ ပြောလိုက်တဲ့ သရုပ်ဆောင် နေထူးနိုင်" (in Burmese). Popular Journal. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  6. "ပညာပေးဇာတ်ကားတွေပဲ ရိုက်ကူးတော့မည့် နေထူးနိုင်" (in Burmese). Popular Journal. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  7. "ဒါရိုက်တာ နေထူးနိုင် ရိုက်မယ့် အက်ရှင်ဇာတ်ကား". Kamayut Media. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
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