Kin Kaung

Kin Kaung (Burmese: ကင်းကောင်, also spelt King Kaung, born Myo Myint; 21 May 1964 – 22 January 2019) was a renowned Burmese comedian and actor.[1] He debuted as a comedian in the traditional anyeint troupe Mya Ponnama in 1985.[2]

Kin Kaung
ကင်းကောင်
Myanmar comedian Kin Kaung
Born
Myo Myint

21 May 1964
Rangoon, Burma
Died22 January 2019(2019-01-22) (aged 54–55)
Popa, Myanmar
Alma materYangon University
OccupationActor, Comedian
Years active1983–2019
Spouse(s)Aye Aye Mon
ChildrenYe Mon Aung

Early life

Kin Kaung was born on 21 May 1964 in Rangoon, Burma. He is the second son of four siblings. After he finished high school, he began studying Burmese at the Yangon University. In his second year, in 1983, he went to the university anyeint to be a slapstick comedian.[2]

Career

In 1985s, Kin Kaung became one of the comedians in the anyeint troupe Mya Ponnama, organized by Zaganar whose shows frequently appeared on television. Early his artist name was "A Shay Gyi" and eventually changed his name to Kin Kaung.[2]

Kin became a professional famous comedy and actor for many direct-to-videos and films. In 1994, he was more popular in Thaye-Lay-Kaung opera performing together with actor Lwin Moe managed by director Mg Wana.[2][3]

Kin Kaung and other members of Moe Nat Thuza anyeint troupe, including A Yaing, Phoe Phyu and Nga Pyaw Kyaw, were ubiquitous in the 1990s and 2000s. He also performed as a comedy in other Anyeint troupes, Thee Lay Thee and Say Young Sone. Other contemporary comedians were Po Phyu, Kyaw Htoo, Kutho, Myittar and Zaganar.[2] Throughout his career, he has acted in over 200 films.[4]

Death

He died at Popa in the film shooting on 22 January 2019 at the age of 55.[5]

References
  1. Chit Poe (22 January 2019). "ဟာသလူရွှင်တော်တွေပြောတဲ့ ကွယ်လွန်သူ သရုပ်ဆောင်ကင်းကောင်ရဲ့ အကြောင်း" (in Burmese). The Irrawaddy.
  2. "Legendary comedian King Kaung passes away at 55". Coconuts Media. 22 January 2019.
  3. Hnin Hnin Aung (22 January 2019). "လူရွှင်တော် ကင်းကောင် ချွဲကျပ်ပြီး ရုတ်တရက်ကွယ်လွန်" (in Burmese). The Myanmar Times.
  4. Chit Poe (24 January 2019). "သရုပ်ဆောင်ကင်းကောင်နဲ့ အမှတ်တရများပြောတဲ့ အနုပညာရှင်များ" (in Burmese). The Irrawaddy.
  5. Phoo Ei Ei Nwe (24 January 2019). "ဟာသလူရွှင်တော် ကင်းကောင်၏ နောက်ဆုံးခရီး ရေဝေးသုဿန်တွင် ပြုလုပ်" (in Burmese). Mizzima.
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