Nyunt Win

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Nyunt Win
ညွန့်ဝင်း
Born8 March 1941
Died1 July 2021(2021-07-01) (aged 80)[1]
Yangon, Myanmar
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Oregon State University
OccupationActor
SpouseKhin Aye Mu
ParentShwe Man Tin Maung (father) Thein Nyunt (mother)
Awards[Total 8 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards]] (Best Leading Actor for 1968, 1971, 1983), (Best Supporting Actor for 1993, 1997, 2002, 2004), (Lifelong Arts Award 2022)

Nyunt Win (Burmese: ညွန့်ဝင်း; 8 March 1941 – 1 July 2021)[2][3] was a Burmese film actor. He won seven Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards throughout his distinguished career,[4] the most of any recipient in Burmese history.

Early life and education

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Nyunt Win was born on 8 March 1941 in the village of Zwekala in Thaton, British Burma (now Myanmar) to Thein Nyunt and Shwe Man Tin Maung, a Burmese dancer-actor, as the eldest of seven siblings.[5][6][2] His father Tin Maung founded an influential theatrical troupe, theater troupe, Shwe Man Thabin, in 1933.[6]

In his early childhood, Nyunt Win attended Mandalay Boy's School and St. Francis Boys' School (now Basic Education High School No. 5 Tarmwe) in Rangoon.[2] Between the ages of 10 to 20, he attended Darjeeling College in India.[2] He briefly attended the University of Cambridge to pursue a diploma in radio electronics, and Oregon State University to pursue a diploma in stagecraft.[2]

Career

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Nyunt Win debuted as an actor in the film Do Thami Alo Shi Thi (သတို့သမီး အလိုရှိသည်), directed by Thein Zaw.[2] Throughout his career, he received 7 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards.[2]

Nyunt Win helped pioneer the revival of cricket in Myanmar, a sport he had played as a child. In 2005 he became the inaugural president of the Myanmar Cricket Federation.[7][8][9]

Death

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He died on 1 July 2021 and was survived by his wife and three children.[2]

Filmography

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Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result
1968 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards Best Actor Bando Lu-Lay Nae Thuzar Won
1971 Chit-Thu Waing Waing Lal Won
1983 Ta-Ti-Ya A-Ywal Ei Duh-Ti-Ya Way-Da-Nar (The Second Heartbreak of the Third Age) Won
1993 Best Supporting Actor Thidar Khunnit-Tan Won
1997 Thu Kyun Ma-Khan-Bi (Never Shall We Be Enslaved) Won
2002 Hsan Yay' (Upstream) Won
2004 Hlyo-hwat-thaw-hnin (Mystery of Snow) Won

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