Acting

Nay Htoo Naing

Nay Htoo Naing is a Burmese actor and film director. He is one of the most successful actors in Myanmar's B-rated action film industry and has been regarded as the "Burmese Chuck Norris". Throughout his career, he has acted in over 300 films. Nay Htoo Naing was born on 1 January 1979 in Yenangyaung, Magway Region, Myanmar. He applied to Defence Services Academy (D.S.A) after graduating from high school, but he was declined because of failure in some physical tests. Then he moved to Yangon from Yenangyaung to pursue a career in show business. Nay Htoo Naing did not have any connections to the Burmese film industry before starting out his career as a worker, security guard and eventually as an actor. But then, at the age of 20, he grasped his first chance to be in front of a camera. He did not go to any formal school or training courses to study acting; however he says director Aung Min Thein is his mentor and taught him a lot.