Nyunt Win (; 8 March 1941 â 1 July 2021) was a Burmese film actor. He won seven Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards throughout his distinguished career, the most of any recipient in Burmese history.
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. His father Tin Maung founded an influential theatrical troupe, theater troupe, Shwe Man Thabin, in 1933.
In his early childhood, Nyunt Win attended Mandalay Boys' 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.
Nyunt Win debuted as an actor in the film Do Thami Alo Shi Thi (áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¯á·áÂÂáÂÂá®á¸ á¡áÂÂáÂÂá¯áÂÂá¾áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáº), 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.
He died on 1 July 2021 and was survived by his wife and three children.