A Linn Yaung

A Linn Yaung (Burmese: အလင်းရောင်, lit. Light, also spelled ALINNYAUNG and A Lin Yaung; born Wai Yan Myint on 22 April 1992[1]) is a Burmese actor, model and singer.[2] He was a nominated for the Best Actor award at the 2018 Myanmar Academy Award for his performance in film The Bride.[3]

A Linn Yaung
အလင်းရောင်
A Linn Yaung in 2020
Born
Wai Yan Myint

(1992-04-22) 22 April 1992
Mandalay, Myanmar
NationalityBurmese
Other namesLight
Alma materYadanabon University
University of Foreign Languages, Mandalay
OccupationActor, model, singer
Years active2008–present
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Parent(s)Maung Maung Myint
Thi Thi Swe

Early life and education

A Linn Yaung was born on 22 April 1992 in Mandalay, Myanmar, to parent Maung Maung Myint and his wife Thi Thi Swe. He is the middle child among three siblings, having older brother and younger brother. He went to monastic school and earned his B.A (English) from Yadanabon University in 2011. He also hold the diploma in English from the University of Foreign Languages, Mandalay.[4]

Career

2008–2011: Beginnings as a model

At the end of 2008, he worked as a model for Talent & Model Agency Mandalay and he took part in the fashion catwalks for some years and also acted in many TV commercial and advertisements. During these years of success, he had been recognized as a brand ambassador of Unique Men wears and later Bison Energy drink. His hard work as a model and acting in commercials was noticed by the film industry and soon, film casting offers came rolling in.[4]

2012–2015: Acting debut and challenge

In 2012, he signed for seven year contract with Mahogany Film Producation as their lead actor. He made his acting debut in 2013 with the film Swel Ser Pyit Lite Tot, alongside Yan Aung, Thu Riya, and Soe Myat Thuzar. He then starred in his second film A Thel Kyi Wittye, alongside Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi and Thu Riya. In 2014, he took on his first big-screen lead role in the drama First Love, alongside Thinzar Nwe Win, which screened in Myanmar cinemas on 18 December 2015.[5][6] He then starred the main role in the film Bal Yee Ser Ko Achit Sone Lae, was screened in Myanmar cinemas on 27 January 2017. He had some arguments with Mahogany Film Producation and stopped working with this company later in 2015.[7] Then he tried to release his first solo album.[8]

2016–present: Rising popularity and breakthrough
A Linn Yaung is performing in a concert

In 2016, he had signed with Dawei Film Production and had delivered many films with director Wyne. He has been working with Dawei Production till now. His debut solo album "Oh! My Crush" was released on 21 May 2016.[9] In 2017, he starred in the drama film Shwe Kyar (Golden Lotus), where he played the leading role with Phway Phway and Thinzar Wint Kyaw which screened in Myanmar cinemas on 16 March 2018. The same year, he starred the male lead in the horror drama film Carbon Dioxide, alongside Kyaw Htet Aung, Phway Phway and Yadanar Bo which screened in Myanmar cinemas on 27 July 2018. His portrayal of the villain character earned praised by fans for his acting performance and character interpretation, and experienced a resurgence of popularity.[10]

A Linn Yaung co-starred with Phway Phway in the horror film Tadotamee (The Bride), which earned him a nomination for the 2018 Myanmar Academy Award for Best Actor.[11][12] In the same year, he has been nominated as the Best Supporting Actor with the film Golden Lotus at the 2018 ASEAN International Film Festival & Awards (AIFFA).[13]

Filmography
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Film (Cinema)
Year Film Burmese title Role Note
2015 First Love ရည်းစားဦး Leading role
2017 Bal Yee Ser Ko Achit Sone Lae[14] ဘယ်ရည်းစားကို အချစ်ဆုံးလဲ Leading role
3Girls သရဲမ၊ဘီလူးမနှင့်မိန်းမပျို Leading role
2018 Shwe Kyar (Golden Lotus)[15] ရွှေကြာ Leading role
CO2 ကာဗွန်ဒိုင်အောက်ဆိုဒ် Leading role
Eatehtiya ဣတ္ထိယ Leading role
Letter to the President[16] သမ္မတကြီးထံ ပေးစာ Supporting role
Tadotamee (The Bride) သတို့သမီး Leading role
Naung Twin Au Htan Twin Say Ta Dee နောင်တွင် ဥဒါန်းတွင်စေသတည်း Leading role
2019 Pa Pa Waddi Se Yin Khan ပပဝတီ စီရင်ခန်း Supporting role
Shae Twer Nout Lite ရှေ့သွားနောက်လိုက် Supporting role

Film
Year Film Role Note
2012 Swel Ser Pyit Lite Tot Leading role
2013 A Thel Kyi Wittye Leading role
2016 Romeo & Shin Mway Non Leading role
2017 The Story of Thuyaungmal Leading role
Blue Bunch No (13) Leading role

Television series
Year English title Myanmar title Notes
2018 It was on Yesterday မနေ့ကဖြစ်သည်
2019 The Traveler's Note ခရီးသွားကောက်ကြောင်း
Thit Sar Shi Tal သစ္စာချည်တိုင်

Discography

Solo albums
  • Oh! My Crush (2016)

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2015 Myanmar Academy Award Best Actor First Love Nominated
2018 Myanmar Academy Award Best Actor The Bride Nominated
2018 ASEAN International Film Festival & Awards Best Supporting Actor Golden Lotus Nominated
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