Mario Maurer

Mario Maurer ( Thai: มาริ โอ้ เมา เร่อ; born December 4, 1988 in Bangkok ) is a Thai model and actor. In 2007, he was with a roll of film in Asia overnight star.

Life

Youth and Education

He was born as the younger of two sons. His father, Roland Maurer, was German, operating in the Thai province of Nakhon Nayok a cosmetics company that produces alum deodorants for export. The mother, Warunya is ethnic Chinese in Thailand. His brother Marco was born in Germany.

Maurer attended the Catholic St. Dominic School in Bangkok. Meanwhile, he studied graphic design at the Ramkhamhaeng University in Bangkok.

Model and actor

In 2005 he began to work as a fashion model and appeared in commercials and music videos. Meanwhile, he has endorsement deals with Pepsi, Sony Ericsson, The Pizza Company and Honda.

In 2007 he joined the first time in a feature film. In the coming- of-age drama film The Love of Siam, he took over the role of the young Tong, who enters into a gay romance with neighbor boy Mew. The film made ​​him a star overnight in Asia. Not only in Thailand but also in China and the Philippines, he has a large fan base. In 2008 he took roles in the feature films Friendship and Romance 4.

With his brother Marco he appears as a hip- hop duo Psycho & Lil'Mario. In October 2007 they released their first CD entitled The Crazy Boyz.

Mason is committed to various social projects, among other things, he raises money for orphans.

Awards

For his role in The Love of Siam, he won at the 2007 Starpics Thai Film Awards the Best Actor Award. In 2008 he was also awarded for Film Competition at the Cinemanila International Film Festival in the category South East Asia as best actor. The jury concluded him a " mature acting repertoire ." In January 2009 he was awarded with the Thai Top Awards for his role in Friendship an audience award as " a rising movie star ."