Zin Wyne

Zin Wyne (, also spelt Zin Wine; born Htay Lwin on 18 July 1959, ) is a Burmese film actor. He won the Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards two times and served as the chairperson of the Myanmar Motion Picture Organization twice as well.

Career Zin Wyne entered the film industry in 1973, when he was fourteen. He experienced a rise in popularity after starring as Thet Htwe under whom Zin Wyne had learned cinematography for seven years.

After the Myanmar Motion Picture Organization was established as a non-government organization, Zin Wyne was elected as its chairperson in April 2012 He re-contested and was elected as the chairperson of the organization on 26 September 2017. On 30 December 2012, because of his efforts, the Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards presentation ceremony for 2011 could be held again in Yangon, after four years in the new capital Naypyidaw. In 2012, he became a member of Aung San Film Executive Board, together with Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi, Wyne, Htun Eaindra Bo, Ei Ei Khaing, Zarganar and Lu Min, formed by Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of the protagonist Aung San.

Zin Wyne anticipated in the 2014 film, Made in Heart, with Pyay Ti Oo, Moe Hay Ko and Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi, and won his second academy award in the category of Best Supporting Actor.

In the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, on 15 April, Zin Wyne was arrested under the section 505 (a) of the Myanmar Penal Code for encouraging civil servants to join ongoing civil disobedience movement, along with several other celebrities, while his son Min Maw Kun was issued an arrest warrant. He was released on 7 June but arrested again in a few months.

Personal life Zin Wyne, the fourth of five siblings, was born to retired lieutenant commander Sein Lwin and Yi Yi Shein. He married Khin Nwe Nwe Tun, and the couple had two sons, namely, Kyi Thar Htay Lwin and Kyaw Kyaw Htay Lwin. The latter is better known by his stage name Min Maw Kun.

Filmography Film Some of the 165 films Zin Wyne appeared in: Than Yaw Zin Shi Dal (သံယောဇဉ်ရှိတယ်; 1981) Thingyan Moe (သင်္ကြန်မိုး; 1985) – Thet Htwe Myint Myat Nha Lone Thar (မြင့်မြတ်နှလုံးသား; 1997) Myaw Lint Chin Myar Swar (မျှော်လင့်ခြင်းများစွာ; 2006) – U Tin Swe Nyein Htar Waya A Linn Tan Myar (ထာဝရအလင်းတန်းများ; 2011) Satan's Dancer (2013) – U Htun Made in Heart (2014) – U Thitsar Lu Gyi Min Khin Byar (လူကြီးမင်းခင်ဗျာ; 2015) – U Myat Min My Lovely Hate (2016) – U Toe Min Oak Kyar Myet Pauk (အုတ်ကြားမြက်ပေါက်; 2016) – U Sein Oak Kunlong Rak 40 (ကွမ်းလုံရက်၄၀; 2017) Original Gangster 2: Black Area (2017) – U Mogok Killing Field (2018) City Hunters (2019) – U Naung Ye Latt Wind Up Dancer (2019) Responsible Citizen (2019) – U Kaung Myat Sponsor (2019) – U Than Win Naing The Elite and the Fish Paste (2019) – U Min Paing Bo Nay Toe (2019) Hero (2019) – Wutyi's father Kan Ma Pha La (ကမ္မဖလ; 2020) – U Nakee Golden Princess (2020) – U Kyaw Nyein Padauk Musical (2020) – U Thet Vein of Love (2023)

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 1985 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor Thingyan Moe 1997 Noble Heart 2014 Made in Heart 2016 My Lovely Hate 2019Responsible Citizen