Mario Maurer

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Mario Maurer

Born Mario Maurer

Bangkok, Thailand

Occupation Actor, model

Years active 2004present

Relatives Marco Maurer (brother)

Mario Maurer (Thai: , Thai pronunciation: [mar mawr], German pronunciation: [maio
ma]) is a Thai model and actor. Starting off a career as a model at age 16, he later became best
known for his lead role in the 2007 film, The Love of Siam and the 2010 sleeper hit, First Love. He
was also the lead star of Thailand's highest grossing film of all time, Pee Mak. He is also part of a
group called 4+1 Channel 3 Superstar with Nadech Kugimiya, Prin Suparat, Pakorn Chatborirak,
and Phupoom Pongpanu.

Contents
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1Biography
o 1.1Career
 2Other work
3Personal life
o 3.1Maurer and Witwisit Hiranyawongkul
4Filmography
o 4.1Film
o 4.2Television series
5Awards and nominations
6References
7External links

Biography[edit]
Career[edit]
When Maurer was 16 years old, he was approached at Siam Square to try out modeling.[1] From then
on, he started doing photo shoots, commercials and music videos. In 2007, he made his feature film
debut in a leading role in The Love of Siam, written and directed by Chukiat Sakweerakul.[2] The role
"Tong" brought him many accolades and instant fame far beyond Thailand's borders. Commenting
on his new-found fame, "I didn't want to do it, Acting wasn't on my to-do list." He decided to do the
movie because he trusted the director "Chukiat" and the movie would give him many opportunities.
He'd be making money to help his family. He became famous in this film because of his gay role.[3]

His other work as a model.

He won the Best Actor award in Starpics Thai Films Awards and also nominated in Bangkok Critics
Assembly and Star Entertainment Awards.[4]
Director Bhandit Rittakol had approached Maurer for Boonchu 9, but he was tied up with other
projects.[5] He was cast in the 2008 film by Chatchai Naksuriya, Friendship. The film is set around
1983. Maurer starred opposite Apinya Sakuljaroensuk,[6] as 12th grade student. That same year he
appeared in a segment of the four-story anthology 4 Romance, (segment "Joob" or Kiss) directed by
Rashane Limtrakul.[7] Maurer's projects after 2008 included a comedy-horror film written and directed
by Yuthlert Sippapak, Rahtree Reborn, scheduled for release in April 2009, in which he starred
opposite Chermarn Boonyasak.[8]
Maurer gained popularity after he starred in the 2010 film First Love.
Other work[edit]

Maurer (right) with his brother and his mother

His brother Marco, teamed up in a hip-hop duo "PsyCho & LilMario" with Mario. They have released
their debut PsyCho & LilMario: Dem Crazy Boyz on October 31, 2007.[9] He worked as a hypeman in
this album. But Maurer later described "It was just for fun. I know myself I'm not a singer. That's not
my dream."[3]
Maurer participated in endorsements for the first time for Exit Rollon and other popular brands such
as The Pizza Company, Sugus, Foremost and now he acted as the presenter for Honda
Jazz,[10] Pepsi, Dutchmill and Sony Ericsson. In July 2011, he was signed to become an endorser for
the Philippine clothing brand, Penshoppe following the unexpected popularity from the showing of
his film Crazy Little Thing Called Love on ABS-CBN network.[11] He also signed a movie picture
contract with Star Cinema, a Philippine film production company. He will be paired with Erich
Gonzales in the film that is due to release in 2012 entitled Suddenly It's Magic.[12][12] On October 28,
2011, Maurer had a Press and Fan Conference in Philippine International Convention Center with
thousands of fans in attendance, as a part of his official launch as a Penshoppe endorser.[13] On
October 29, he hit the runway at the Philippine Fashion Week held at SMX Convention
Center.[14][15] On August 3, 2013, Maurer returned to the Philippines to promote his movie Pee
Mak and had a fan conference at two venues, SM North EDSA and SM Mall of Asia the following
day together with Baifern Pimchanok,[16] as part of Baifern's official Penshoppe endorser.[17] As
expected, thousands of fans in attendance for continuing support for both stars of the 2010 hit
movie First Love.

Personal life[edit]
Maurers' interests include skateboarding, hip-hop, and cars. He is naturist. Although he is of Thai,
Chinese, and German descent, he cannot speak German and only understands
some Mandarin.[18] He is a native speaker of Thai and also speaks English. His father Roland died of
a diabetes-related heart attack on June 27, 2011.[19] He has a very close relationship with his brother,
a hip-hop artist and actor. [20][21]
Maurer and Witwisit Hiranyawongkul[edit]

Mario Maurer with Witwisit Hiranyawongkul at the Star Entertainment Awards in 2008.
Due to the success of The Love of Siam, the chemistry between Mew, played by Witwisit
Hiranyawongkul and Tong, played by Maurer, has been an issue and a trending topic.
Hiranyawongkul has told reporters that he and Maurer are just good friends, and credited the film's
editing for their seeming chemistry on-screen: "Usually, when having dialogue in the movie, we were
facing different cameras." On the set, their eyes usually met the film crews', who helped make sure
they acted with the right expressions.[22]
The two later performed together at a concert after not seeing each other in years, at which Maurer
asked him "Mew, do you miss Tong?", and Hiranyawongkul responded "Let me think about that. If
Tong didn't invite me, I wouldn't be here".[23]
They were also seen together during the ending credits of the film Love on that Day, in which Mario
was the lead actor but in which Hiranyawongkul had not been a member of the cast.[24]

Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes

2007 The Love of Siam Tong

Friendship Singha
2008
4 Romance Mee / Beaver

Rahtree Reborn
2009 Rung Lead role
Rahtree Revenge

Saranae Siblor Ake

First Love Shone

2010
Eternity Young buddhist monk Cameo appearance

The Dog Art Lead role

 Saranae Hen Phi Doh

The Outrage Monk Supporting role

2011
Bangkok Assassins Na

Friends Never Die Gun Lead role

Rak Sud Teen Aek

2012 Love On That Day Martin Chinese film

Jan Dara: The Beginning Jan Dara Lead role

Suddenly It's Magic Marcus Hanson Philippine film

Pee Mak Mak

2013 Lead role
Jan Dara: The Finale Jan Dara

2015 Prisana Mario Short film

2016 Take Me Home Tan

Lead role
2017 Saranair Love You

Television series[edit]

Year Title Role Network

2010 Tai Fah Tawan Diow Minho Modernine TV

2011 Plerng Torranong Plerngrit "Plerng"

2012 Rak Kerd Nai Talad Sode Tong

2013 Madam Dun Neks

Roy Ruk Hak Liam Tawan Channel 3

2014 Onizuka Takeshi (Tawan)
Roy Fun Tawan Deard

2015 Song Huajai Nee Puea Tur Tharatorn / Warong

Bun Lang Dok Mai Anawin

2017 Game of Thrones Season 7 Jon Snow (Voice only, Thai dub) HBO Asia

Buang Ban Ja Thorn Lao Perng Channel 3

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result

2nd Asian Film Awards[25] Best Supporting Actor Nominated

1st Siam Dara Star Awards Hot Young Man Won

2008 The Love of Siam

6th Starpics Thai Films
Won
Awards [26]
Best Actor
17th Bangkok Critics
Nominated
Assembly Awards[27]
 6th Thailand Film Festival Actor in a Leading
Nominated
Awards Role

7th Star Entertainment

Nominated
Awards[28]
Best Actor
10th Cinemanila
Won
International Film Festival[29]

6th Seventeen Choice Seventeen Choice

Won
Awards[30] Hottie Male

3rd OK! Awards Rising Star Award[31] Won

Best Rising Star Film

9th Top Awards Friendship Won
Actor[32]
2009
IN Young Generation
Hot Guy Award[33] N/A Won
Awards

10th Top Awards Best Film Actor Rahtree Reborn Nominated

IN Young Generation
Sexy Guy Award N/A Won
Awards[34]

2010
19th Bangkok Critics
Best-Looking Actor Nominated
Assembly Awards

9th Star Entertainment First Love

Favorite Actor Nominated
Awards

2011 11th Top Awards Best Film Actor Won

 Top-talk Star Couple
1st Mthai Top Talk Awards (with Pimchanok Won
Luevisadpaibul)

9th Seventeen Choice Seventeen Choice

Nominated
Awards Hottie Male

TV3 Fanclub Awards Most Popular Actor Nominated

Excellent Actor for

Plerng Torranong Nominated
Drama
9th Kom Chad Luek Awards

Popular Actor Award Nominated

Mekhala Awards Anti-Drugs Celebrity N/A Won

6th Asian Film Awards[35][36] Best Supporting Actor The Outrage Nominated

12th Top Awards Best Film Actor Jan Dara: The Beginning Nominated
2012

23rd Star Party TV Pool Attractive Smile Star N/A Won

Awards Award

Most Stylish Candy

1st Candy Style Awards N/A Won
Cover Boy[37]

10th Seventeen Choice Seventeen Choice N/A Won

Awards[38] Actor

TV3 Fanclub Awards Most Popular Actor Nominated

Rak Kerd Nai Talad Sode

Popular Leading Male
2013 SeeSan Bunterng Awards Won
of the Year
 Rak Kerd Nai Talad
6th Nine Entertain Awards Actor of the Year Sode & Jan Dara: The Nominated
Beginning

27th TV Gold Awards Outstanding Actor Nominated

Best Drama Actor Rak Kerd Nai Talad Sode Nominated

10th Kom Chad
Luek Awards
Popular Actor Award Nominated

Actor Excellent Won

6th Siam Dara Star Awards

Most Popular Male
Nominated
Star

11th Seventeen Choice Hot Guys of the Pee Mak Won

Awards Year[39]

Born to be Together Nominated

(with Davika Hoorne)
2nd Kerd Awards

Kerd of the Year Won

Pop Screen Kiss Nominated

(with Erich Gonzales)
9th ASAP Pop Viewers'
Suddenly It's Magic
Choice Awards[40]
Pop Love Team Nominated
(with Erich Gonzales)

11th Starpics Thai Films

Best Actor Won
Awards
Pee Mak
22nd Bangkok Critics
Best Actor Nominated
Assembly Awards
 TV3 Fanclub Awards Most Popular Actor Madam Dun Nominated

Pee Mak & Jan Dara: The

7th Nine Entertain Awards Actor of the Year Won
Finale

28th TV Gold Awards Outstanding Actor Madam Dun Nominated

Popular Actor Award Nominated

8th Kazz Awards

Superstar Man of the
Nominated
Year Pee Mak

3rd Daradaily The Great Best Film Actor of the

Won
2014 Awards Year

Most Popular Male

7th Siam Dara Star Awards N/A Nominated
Star

12th Seventeen Choice Seventeen Choice N/A Won

Awards Actor

TV3 Fanclub Awards Most Popular Actor Nominated

Leading Actor of the

1st TrueLife Awards Nominated
Year

Roy Ruk Hak Liam Tawan

Popular Leading Male
SeeSan Bunterng Awards[1] Won
of the Year
2015
4th Daradaily The Great Drama Actor of the
Nominated
Awards Year
 Best Leading Actor
Maya Channel Awards Nominated
(Drama)

Most Popular Male

8th Siam Dara Star Awards N/A Nominated
Star

Men's Health Magazine Men's Health Best N/A Won

Thailand Seller

TV3 Fanclub Awards Most Popular Actor Nominated

Song Huajai Nee Puea Tur

Leading Actor of the
2nd TrueLife Awards Nominated
Year

5th Daradaily The Great

Cool Guy of the Year N/A Nominated
Awards
2016

Star Vote Good Of

Mekala Awards N/A Nominated
The Year

11th OK! Awards Female Heartthrob N/A Nominated

Asia Special Award

2017 12th Asia Model Awards N/A Won
Model

References[edit]
1. ^ Jump up to:a b Jameson, Maggie (May 22, 2017). "Mario Maurer With His Super
Success". HerInterest. Retrieved 4 Jun 2017.
2. Jump up^ Love of Siam, Movieseer.com; retrieved 2007-12-29
3. ^ Jump up to:a b Francois Oosthuizen, "2Profile_MARIO". 2 Magazine. September 2008. p.67-81
4. Jump up^ 2007 Thai film awards summary, Thaicinema.org. Retrieved on 17 February 2011.
5. Jump up^ All in the family dailyxpress.net
6. Jump up^ Mario and Saiparn in Friendship sanook.com (in Thai)
7. Jump up^ --- dailynews.co.th (in Thai)
8. Jump up^ Buppha Reborn .thaicinema.org
9. Jump up^ "Mario Maurer". Hamburger Magazine. November 2007.
10. Jump up^ and cloud 9 commercial by Unilever company Honda Jazz positioningmag.com
 11. Jump up^ Thai heartthrob Mario Maurer set to visit Manila for a local endorsement. Mario is expected
to be in Philippines on October to have his photoshoot for Penshoppe.
12. ^ Jump up to:a b Mario Maurer meets with Star Cinema executives for a possible movie and Maurer
really have fun to have a movie with Erich Gonzales. | PEP.ph: The Number One Site for Philippine
Showbiz. PEP.ph (2011-08-08). Retrieved on 2012-01-13.
13. Jump up^ Mario Maurer Fan Conference (FanCon) in Manila Announced Archived 2011-10-31 at
the Wayback Machine.. October 13, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2011
14. Jump up^ ABS-CBN News. September 28, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2011
15. Jump up^ Mario Maurer to headline Philippine Fashion Week this October. PEP.ph. October 16,
2011. Retrieved October 29, 2011
16. Jump up^ [1]
17. Jump up^ Baifern Pimchanok is Newest Penshoppe Endorser, To Visit the Philippines this October
28-29? | BIDA KAPAMILYA. Bidakapamilya.blogspot.com (2012-10-15). Retrieved on 2017-01-22.
18. Jump up^ "the other Mario" Retrieved June 14, 2012.
19. Jump up^ [2] (in Thai)
20. Jump up^ Krissa, Donida (January 12, 2012). "Mario Maurer isn't bothered by Erich Gonzales
revealing that he has a girlfriend.". Push. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
21. Jump up^ "Mario Maurer downgrades relationship status with Gubgib to the word 'friends'". Sugar
Daily. January 31, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
22. Jump up^ witwisit hiranyawongkul and mario maurer. Witwisithiranyawongkul.blogspot.com (2009-
04-23). Retrieved on 2017-01-22.
23. Jump up^ 4-1 Superstar Concert Thai. YouTube.com. Retrieved on 2017-01-22.
24. Jump up^ YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved on 2017-01-22.
25. Jump up^ Nominations & winners asianfilmawards.org
26. Jump up^ STARPICS THAI FILMS AWARDS # 5 () thaicinema.org (in Thai)
27. Jump up^ 16 2550 popcornmag.com (in Thai)
28. Jump up^ Result of Star Entertainment Awards manager.co.th (in Thai)
29. Jump up^ 2008 DEKADA CINEMANILA AWARDEES Dekada Cinemanila
30. Jump up^ Seventeen Teen Choice Awards Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine..
iheartlakorns. OCTOBER 28, 2008.
31. Jump up^ OK! Awards 2008 Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine.. iheartlakorns.
OCTOBER 30, 2008.
32. Jump up^ Awards 2008 winners[permanent dead link]. iheartlakorns. JANUARY 27, 2009.
33. Jump up^ Ken and Aff won Best On Screen Couple at the IN magazine Award Archived 2013-10-24
at the Wayback Machine.. iheartlakorns. FEBRUARY 10, 2009.
34. Jump up^ Pictures from the IN Young Generation Awards 2009 Archived 2013-11-18 at
the Wayback Machine.. iheartlakorns. FEBRUARY 10, 2010.
35. Jump up^ "2012 Asian Film Awards List of Nominees Eugene Domingo gets Best Actress
nomination". Retrieved October 7, 2012.
36. Jump up^ "Moments with Mario Maurer". Retrieved October 7, 2012.
37. Jump up^ Style Awards 2012. remakestyle. May 10, 2012.
38. Jump up^ Sweet, sexy and Seventeen. The Nation. November 17, 2012.
39. Jump up^ Mario Maurer is Seventeen Magazines Hot Guys Awards 2013 (Photo)!. WHY NOT
COCONUT! E-NEWS AT ITS BEST!. OCTOBER 17, 2013.
40. Jump up^ Nominees for ASAP Pop Viewers' Choice released. ABS-CBNnews. October 20, 2013.

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