Awat Ratanapintha

Acting

Biography

Awat Ratanapintha (Somkit) is a Thai actor, screenwriter, and emerging producer with over 14 years of experience in film, television, and acting. His experience, creative work, and producing practice span short films, artist documentaries, and experimental live performance. His notable works include “Doi Boy” (2023), “Beneath the Skin” (2024), and “Operation Undead” (2024). An alumnus of Berlinale Talents, his performance in “Doi Boy” earned him the Rising Star award at BIFF, multiple Best Actor awards in Thailand, and a nomination at the Asian Film Awards. He is known as a versatile and dedicated actor and filmmaker, crafting emotionally resonant and socially engaged stories across mediums.

Born: February 8, 1996

Place of Birth: Bangkok, Thailand

Known For

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Abandoned

Abandoned is a touching drama as seen through the eyes of children facing the harsh reality of life in an orphanage. While facing many challenges, these young children long to be adopted. Only after agreeing to become a member of a new family, the orphans learn of their past given names. Are innocence and happiness lost forever when abandoned or will these children ultimately find their place in the world? This series will take the viewers into the hearts of children while displaying what it means for them to love and be loved.

85% Match2018TV

Girl from Nowhere

A mysterious, clever girl named Nanno transfers to different schools, exposing the lies and misdeeds of the students and faculty at every turn.

84% Match2020TV

Bad Genius: The Series

A top student gets pulled into a cheating racket with increasingly higher risks and even higher rewards. But she may lose much more than she gains.

82% Match2017TV

Project S

Sports and friendship intertwine in tales of a volleyball team, an autistic badminton player, a skateboarder with depression and an archery-club crush.

74% Match2013HD

Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy.

Mary is in her last course of school. She'll confront sudden changes in her life, loving relations and friendship. Based on some tweets of an anonymous girl.

72% Match2014TV

ThirTEEN Terrors

Every school has a past that people want to be concealed. There are things that happened that people don't want to talk about. There are students whom people want to forget. And there are secrets waiting for the day that they're revealed.

70% Match2016TV

I Hate You, I Love You

A suspense and mature drama about five different people and how their lives get intertwined by a twist of fate and jealousy. Some of them will soon learn what it is like to get betrayed by a friend and to betray... all while trying hard to get what they want the most - love.

66% Match2024TV

Doctor Climax

In 1970s Thailand, a dermatologist unexpectedly starts a mass sexual awakening after becoming Doctor Climax, a taboo-defying newspaper columnist.

63% Match2023HD

Doi Boy

Sorn, an ethnic Shan sex worker, tries to build a future in Chiang Mai, Thailand, as a refugee far from home, but he is drawn into a complex relationship with one client, an investigator probing a political activist.