Kyaw Hein

Kyaw Hein (Burmese: ကျော်ဟိန်း; pronounced [tɕɔ́ hɛ́ɪɰ̃]; born Kyaw Htay was a Burmese actor, film director and singer. He is the five-time winner of the Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards. He starred in and directed hundreds of films, and was considered one of the most important actors in Burmese cinema. He retired in 2008, and became a Theravāda Buddhist monk, with the Dharma name Kittisāra. He died as a monk on July 11, 2020, in Canberra, Australia.