# Daung

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**Daung** (Burmese: *ဒေါင်း*; lit. 'Peafowl', born **Thura Aung**; 30 March 1990) is a Burmese film and television actor and former footballer. He first gained widespread fame in Myanmar through his role in the 2019 film *The Only Mom*.[2] Daung is known for his [method acting](/source/Method_acting) performances, in contrast to the more typical melodramatic forms of acting popular in Burmese cinema.[3]

## Early life

Daung was born on 30 March 1990 in [Minhla](/source/Minhla_Township,_Bago), [Tharyarwaddy District](/source/Tharrawaddy_District), [Bago Division](/source/Bago_Region), [Burma](/source/Burma). He is the 4th son of 5 siblings. He moved to [Mandalay](/source/Mandalay) in the second grade.[4]

His artistic talents emerged early; by fifth grade, he was teaching himself traditional Burmese songs on guitar and soon expanded his musical abilities across various instruments.[5] By tenth grade, he had moved to Yangon as a self-taught singer-songwriter, aiming for a career in the city's music industry.[5]

## Club career

### Southern Myanmar F.C

While pursuing music, he was scouted for professional football. In 2012, he signed as a striker for [Southern Myanmar F.C.](/source/Southern_Myanmar_F.C.), a [Mawlamyine](/source/Mawlamyine)-based club predominantly operating from Yangon.[6][5] After a few years, he decided to leave football.

## Entertainment career

### 2015–2017: Acting debut and recognition

Daung made his acting debut with a leading role in the film *The Second Heart* in 2015, after being selected by Satori Creative Works, a film production company, from among almost 500 amateur actors. He then starred a male lead in the film *Little Umbrella Story* alongside [Paing Phyo Thu](/source/Paing_Phyo_Thu) in 2017.[7][6] The film was both a domestic hit in Myanmar, and led to increased recognition for Daung.[8]

His stage name, "Daung" (ဒေါင်း), meaning "[Peacock](/source/Peafowl)," was chosen by him from a list provided by Satori, primarily for its uniqueness. The peacock is a significant [national symbol in Myanmar](/source/National_symbols_of_Myanmar), associated with the [Konbaung monarchy](/source/Konbaung_dynasty) and the anti-colonial nationalist movement.[5]

In 2017, he gain increased attention and popularity with his role as Maung Maung Gyi in the television series *Bagan Myo Thu* alongside [May Myint Mo](/source/May_Myint_Mo) and Htoo Aung, aired on [MRTV-4](/source/MRTV-4) on 28 November 2018 which was a huge commercial success, topping television ratings and becoming the most watched Burmese television drama at that time.[9]

### 2018–present: Breaking into the big screen and success

In 2018, he took on his first big-screen leading role in the horror-thriller film *[The Only Mom](/source/The_Only_Mom)*, alongside actress [Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi](/source/Wutt_Hmone_Shwe_Yi) and actor [Nine Nine](/source/Nine_Nine), directed by Chatchai Katenut, which premiered in Myanmar cinemas on 8 February 2019 stayed in local theaters for a record seven weeks and was also screened in 13 other nations.[10]

The same year, he portrayed the male lead in the big-screen film *Wind up Dancer*, directed by Myo Myint Shwe, and written by Nat Khat Ni. It was produced by JATAKA Film Production and premiered in Myanmar cinemas on 9 May 2019. And then, he starred in the television series *Longing with Love* where he played the leading role with [Paing Phyo Thu](/source/Paing_Phyo_Thu) and [Angel Lamung](/source/Angel_Lamung), aired by Kamayut Media.[11][12] After this film, he starred in the epic drama film *Legend of the Rain* alongside [Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi](/source/Wutt_Hmone_Shwe_Yi), Ye Deight and [Shwe Htoo](/source/Shwe_Htoo), directed by Win Lwin Htet which screened in Myanmar cinemas on 11 July 2019 and processed huge hit and successes.[13]

In 2020, he became the ambassador for the Doh Gabar campaign, an environmental awareness campaign, alongside actresses [Swe Zin Htaik](/source/Swe_Zin_Htaik) and [Aye Wutyi Thaung](/source/Aye_Wutyi_Thaung).[3] In addition, in 2022, he was also cast in the Thailand drama series *[From Chao Phraya to Irrawaddy](/source/From_Chao_Phraya_to_Irrawaddy)* directed by Chatchai Katenut and produced by Thai PBS.

He attended the Nineentertain awards 2023 held in Thailand on May 25, 2023. The TV drama, F*rom Chao Phraya to Irrawaddy* in which he starred won the Best TV Drama of the Year and Best Creative Team of the Year awards.

## Political activities

Following the [2021 Myanmar coup d'état](/source/2021_Myanmar_coup_d'%C3%A9tat), he participated in the anti-coup movement both in person at rallies and through social media. Denouncing the military coup, he took part in protests, starting in February. He joined the "We Want Justice" [three-finger salute](/source/Three-finger_salute_(pro-democracy)) movement. The movement was launched on social media, and many celebrities have joined the movement.

On 12 April 2021, warrants for his arrest were issued under Section 505 (a) of the [Myanmar Penal Code](/source/Myanmar_Penal_Code) by the [State Administration Council](/source/State_Administration_Council) for speaking out against the military coup. Along with several other celebrities, he was charged with calling for participation in the [Civil Disobedience Movement](/source/Civil_Disobedience_Movement) (CDM) and damaging the state's ability to govern, with supporting the [Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw](/source/Committee_Representing_Pyidaungsu_Hluttaw), and with generally inciting the people to disturb the peace and stability of the nation.[14][15][16]

## Filmography

### Film (Cinema)

- *[The Only Mom](/source/The_Only_Mom)* (လိပ်ပြာစံအိမ်) (2019)
- *[Wind Up Dancer](/source/Wind_Up_Dancer)* (လေဆန်ကကြိုး) (2019)[17]
- *[Legend of the Rain](/source/Legend_of_the_Rain)* (ဒဏ္ဍာရီမိုး) (2019)[18]
- *[1014](/source/1014_(film))* (၁၀၁၄) (2019)[9]
- *[Confession of a Woman](/source/Confession_of_a_Woman)* (မိန်းမတစ်ယောက်၏ ဖွင့်ဟဝန်ခံချက်) (2020)[8]
- *[Longing with Love](/source/Longing_with_Love)* (အချစ်ဖြင့်လွမ်းစေ) (2020)
- *Ayoke Kya Yar Say Sat Htin* (အရုပ်ကျရာ ဆေးစက်ထင်) (TBA)
- *Mind away under the Moon* (လရဲ့အောက်ဘက်မိုင်အဝေးမှာ) (TBA)
- *[Omukade](/source/Omukade)* (First Thai film) (TBA)
- *Wutt Lae Taw Shwe PaSoe Tann Htoe Loe Kyo Mal* (ဝတ်လဲတော်ရွှေပုဆိုးတန်းထိုးလို့ကြိုမယ်) (TBA)
- *Surveillance Hnin Maung Vs Sanay Maung Maung* (ဆားပုလဲနှင်းမောင်နှင့်စနေမောင်မောင် (TBA)
- *Love Equation* (TBA)[19]

### Film

- *The Second Heart* (ဒုတိယနှလုံးသား) (2016)
- *Father's School* (အဖေ့ကျောင်း) (2016)
- *Little Umbrella Story* (ထီးကလေးပုံပြင်) (2017)

### Television series

- *[Bagan Myo Thu](/source/Bagan_Myo_Thu)* (ပုဂံမြို့သူ) (2017)[20]
- *[Longing with Love](/source/Longing_with_Love)* (အချစ်ဖြင့်လွမ်းစေ) (2019)[21]
- *[From Chao Phraya to Irrawaddy](/source/From_Chao_Phraya_to_Irrawaddy)* (ကျောက်ဖရားမှဧရာဝတီသို့) (2022)

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## External links

- [Daung](https://www.facebook.com/daung.actor) on Facebook
- [Daung](https://www.instagram.com/daung_actor) on Instagram

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