Nyunt Win
{{Short description|Burmese film actor (1941–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Nyunt Win
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| native_name = {{lang|my|ညွန့်ဝင်း}}
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| birth_date = 8 March 1941
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|7|1|1941|3|8|df=y}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=အကယ်ဒမီများရှင် မင်းသားကြီး ညွှန့်ဝင်းရဲ့ ဘဝအကြောင်း|url=https://burma.irrawaddy.com/lifestyle/entertainment/2021/07/01/243655.html}}
| birth_place = Thaton, British Burma
| death_place = Yangon, Myanmar
| nationality = Burmese
| occupation = Actor
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| 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)
| alma_mater = University of Cambridge
Oregon State University
| parents = Shwe Man Tin Maung (father)
Thein Nyunt (mother)
| spouse = Khin Aye Mu
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Nyunt Win ({{langx|my|ညွန့်ဝင်း}}; 8 March 1941 – 1 July 2021){{Cite web |last= |date=2021-07-01 |title=အကယ်ဒမီများရှင် မင်းသားကြီး ညွှန့်ဝင်းရဲ့ ဘဝအကြောင်း |url=https://burma.irrawaddy.com/lifestyle/entertainment/2021/07/01/243655.html |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=ဧရာဝတီ |language=my}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.myanmarcelebrity.com/2018/06/blog-post_314.html|title=အနုပညာလုပ်ရင်း ဘဝရဲ့အချိန်တွေ ကုန်ဆုံးသွားချင်သူ ဦးညွန့်ဝင်း|website=Myanmar Celebrity|language=my|access-date=21 March 2019}} was a Burmese film actor. He won seven Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards throughout his distinguished career,{{Cite web|url=https://www.mmtimes.com/lifestyle/5623-a-brief-history-of-the-myanmar-academy-awards.html|title=A brief history of the Myanmar Academy Awards|website=The Myanmar Times|access-date=21 March 2019}} the most of any recipient in Burmese history.
Early life and education
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.{{Cite web|url=https://asiasociety.org/video/shwe-man-thabin-interview-nyunt-win|title=Shwe Man Thabin: Interview with Nyunt Win|website=Asia Society|access-date=21 March 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/13/arts/dance/review-shwe-man-thabin-at-asia-society.html|title=Review: Shwe Man Thabin at Asia Society|last=Kourlas|first=Gia|date=12 April 2015|work=The New York Times|access-date=21 March 2019|issn=0362-4331}} His father Tin Maung founded an influential theatrical troupe, theater troupe, Shwe Man Thabin, in 1933.
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. Between the ages of 10 to 20, he attended Darjeeling College in India. He briefly attended the University of Cambridge to pursue a diploma in radio electronics, and Oregon State University to pursue a diploma in stagecraft.
Career
Nyunt Win debuted as an actor in the film Do Thami Alo Shi Thi (သတို့သမီး အလိုရှိသည်), directed by Thein Zaw. Throughout his career, he received 7 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards.
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.{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/cricket-bats-clatter-as-dawn-comes-up-in-yangon/story-yaq46SrLTiz94mVMM0Re5L.html|title=Cricket bats clatter as dawn comes up in Yangon|date=16 April 2007|access-date=11 April 2023|newspaper=Hindustan Times}}{{cite news|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/members/asia/associate/123|title=Myanmar Cricket Federation|publisher=International Cricket Council|access-date=11 April 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/acc-2006-when-nepal-chased-myanmars-total-in-2-balls-352663|title=ACC 2006: When Nepal chased Myanmar's total in 2 balls|publisher=Cricket Country|date=5 January 2016|access-date=11 April 2023}}
Death
Filmography
- Hsaung (1966)
- Ko Yal Toe Yal Soe Soe Yal (1967)
- Banto Lu Lay Nae Thuzar (1968)
- Apeyadana (1968)
- Chit Thu Waing Waing Lal (1971)
- Aww Main Ma Main Ma (1972)
- Tatiya A Ywal Ei Dutiya Waydanar (1983)
- Thida Khun Hna Tan (1993)
- Never Shall We Be Enslaved (1997)
- Hsan Yay (2002)
- Mystery of Snow (2004)
- Kyan Sit Min (2005)
- Zaw Ka Ka Nay The (2009)
- Htarwara A Linn Tan Myar (2011)
Awards and nominations
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! Award ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result |
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| 1968
| rowspan = 7 | Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards | rowspan = 3 | 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
| rowspan = 4 | 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}} |
References
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