Yan Aung

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Yan Aung
ရန်အောင်
Born
Hla Htun

14 December 1966 (1966-12-14) (age 59)
Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Singer
Years active1985–present
Notable work
Parents
  • Tin Maung (father)
  • Thein Thein (mother)
AwardsMyanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards

Yan Aung (Burmese: ရန်အောင်; born 14 December 1966) is a Burmese film actor. He has won 7 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards throughout his career,[1] including in 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000 , 2006 and 2023, the highest number of academy award winners in Myanmar History other than Nyunt Win.

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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Album discography

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Yan Aung has recorded many albums throughout the 1990s, including both cover songs of international hits, as well as Myanmar tune songs. The following is a partial list.

Solo albums

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  • Barani ဘရဏီ (1991)
  • Lay Nu Aye လေနုအေး (1992)
  • Gita Wingabar ဂီတဝင်္ကပါ (1993)
  • Gita Wingabar 2 ဂီတဝင်္ကပါ ၂ (1995)
  • Sein Si Tae Tay Ta Pote စိန်စီတဲ့တေးတသ်ပုဒ် (1995)
  • Yin Khone Than ရင်ခုန်သံ (1996)
  • Tan Khu Shwe Sin တန်ခူးရွှေစင် (1997)
  • A Kyaw Kyar Sone Tay Myar အကျော်ကြားဆုံးတေးများ (2002)

With other artists

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  • Dote Yae Kabar (+ May Sweet, Naw Li Zar, Rama) တို့ရဲ့ကမ္ဘာ (+ မေဆွိ ၊ နော်လီဇာ ၊ ရာမ) (1992)
  • Myu Myu Kywa Kywa (+ Hay Mar Nay Win) မြူးမြူးကြွကြွ (+ ဟေမာနေဝင်း) (1995)
  • Nway Moe Saung (+ May Sweet) နွေမိုးဆောင်း (+ မေဆွိ) (1996)
  • 1500 (+ Various Artists) ၁၅၀၀ (1999)
  • Yan Aung Nae Thu Chit Thu Myar (Live Show) ရန်အောင် နှင့် သူ့ချစ်သူများ Live Show (2005)
  • Yan Aung Nae Nat Tha Mee Myar (Live Show) ရန်အောင် နှင့် နတ်သမီးများ Live Show (2012)

TV show

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

Awards and nominations

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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
2023 A Red Blanket Won

Political activities

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Following the coup d'etat on February 1, 2021, he participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) and chanted slogans for the immediate release of the detained leaders, Aung San Suu Kyi and the leaders from the National League for Democracy.

However, on April 10th 2021, Yan Aung was on a warrant list by the State Administration Council and the junta pressed three charges against him for participating Civil Disobedience Movement which he would face the death penalty if he was arrested along with other celebrities. Within minutes, this information is spreading on Facebook without confirmation which causes him to quit political activities and cooperate with the current military junta that causes criticism and boycott from the people of Myanmar.[4][5]

References

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  4. ^ And the Oscar goes to…Myanmar military psyops Archived 12 June 2025 at the Wayback Machine February 6, 2024. Asia Times. David Scott Mathieson.
  5. ^ Residence of Renowned Actor Yan Aung, Host to Junta Leader Min Aung Hlaing at Airport, Targeted with Minor Explosive Incident. Narinjara News. November 14, 2024. Lu Htet Naing
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