Yan Aung

Yan Aung (Burmese: ရန်အောင်; born on 14 December 1966) is a Burmese film actor. He has won 6 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards throughout his career,[1] including in 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2006, second only to Nyunt Win.

Yan Aung
ရန်အောင်
Born
Hla Htun

14 December 1966 (1966-12-14) (age 54)
Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar)
NationalityBurmese
Occupation
  • Actor
  • Singer
Years active1985 –
Parent(s)Thein Thein
Tin Maung
AwardsMyanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards

Yan Aung was born Hla Htun (လှထွန်း) in Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar) to parents Tin Maung and Thein Thein. He currently participates as a judge on Myanmar Idol.[2]

Filmography
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Film
  • A Maiden Like Me Thida (မယ်သီတာလို မိန်းကလေး) (1991)
  • A Better Moon in Bagan (ပုဂံမှာ သာတဲ့လ) (1995)
  • A Lighter Heaven (အလင်းဖျော့ကောင်းကင်) (1996)
  • Night Actor (ညမင်းသား) (1998)
  • Ignorant Horse Race (မောဟမျဉ်းပြိုင်) (2000)
  • Glorious People (ဂုဏ်ရှိန်မြင့်တဲ့လူရယ်) (2006)
  • With Much Hope (2006)
  • Mommy Shane (မာမီရှိန်း) (2009)[3]
  • Ko Tint Toh Super Yat Kwat (2014)
  • Shal Chway Ma (2018)

TV show

He was involved as a Judge in Myanmar Idol season 3 (2018).

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result
1991 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards Best Actor Mal Thidar Lo Mein-Ka-Lay (The Girl like Mal Thidar) Won
1995 Bagan Mhar Thar Dae La(Bright Moon at Bagan) Won
1996 A-Lin Phyaw Kaung-Kin(Pale Light Sky) Won
1998 Nya Min-Thar(Prince of Night) Won
2000 Maw-Ha Myin-Pyaing Myar(Ignorance Parallel Lines) Won
2006 Gon-Shein Pyin-Dae Chit-Chin Theik-Khar Won

References
  1. "A brief history of the Myanmar Academy Awards". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. "Myanmar Idol is back". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  3. "Mommy Shane hits cinemas". The Myanmar Times. 16 November 2009.
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