Nyunt Win

In this Burmese name, the given name is Nyunt Win. There is no family name.
Nyunt Win
ညွန့်ဝင်း
Born8 March 1941
Thaton, British Burma
Died1 July 2021(2021-07-01) (aged 80)[1]
Yangon, Myanmar
NationalityBurmese
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Oregon State University
OccupationActor
SpouseKhin Aye Mu
ParentShwe Man Tin Maung (father) Thein Nyunt (mother)
AwardsMyanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards (Best Leading Actor for 1968, 1971, 1983), (Best Supporting Actor for 1993, 1997, 2002, 2004)

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.

Nyunt Win's father Shwe Man Tin Maung founded a theater troupe, Shwe Man Thabin, in 1933.[5][6]

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]

  1. ^ "အကယ်ဒမီများရှင် မင်းသားကြီး ညွှန့်ဝင်းရဲ့ ဘဝအကြောင်း".
  2. ^ အကယ်ဒမီများရှင် မင်းသားကြီး ညွှန့်ဝင်းရဲ့ ဘဝအကြောင်း (in Burmese)
  3. ^ "အနုပညာလုပ်ရင်း ဘဝရဲ့အချိန်တွေ ကုန်ဆုံးသွားချင်သူ ဦးညွန့်ဝင်း". Myanmar Celebrity (in Burmese). Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  4. ^ "A brief history of the Myanmar Academy Awards". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Shwe Man Thabin: Interview with Nyunt Win". Asia Society. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  6. ^ Kourlas, Gia (12 April 2015). "Review: Shwe Man Thabin at Asia Society". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Cricket bats clatter as dawn comes up in Yangon". Hindustan Times. 16 April 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Myanmar Cricket Federation". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  9. ^ "ACC 2006: When Nepal chased Myanmar's total in 2 balls". Cricket Country. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2023.