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Dom Hetrakul was born on 9 April 1976 in Bangkok, Thailand. He is an actor, known for Bangkok Dangerous (2008), 2508 pit krom jap taai (2004) and The Marine 2 (2009).

Angelique Midthunder began her career in the mid-1990s by answering an ad on a whim for a casting call. After landing a leading role in a foreign film and working internationally as an actress, she consequently discovered an intrigue for the casting process. Angelique spent many successful years working in Los Angeles, and in 2005 relocated to Santa Fe, New Mexico where she quickly became one of the state's preeminent casting directors. In 2010 she was nominated alongside Richard Hicks and David Ruben for an Emmy for "Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special" for Georgia O'Keeffe - and in 2017, she was nominated alongside Jeanne McCarthy for an Aritos Award for location casting for "Captain Fantastic."

Francesca Corney was born on 16 August 1993 in Bangkok, Thailand. Francesca is an actor, known for The Buccaneers (2023), Fistful of Vengeance (2022) and The Girlfriend.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul (b. 1970, Bangkok) grew up in Khon Kaen, a city in the north east of Thailand. He has a degree in Architecture from Khon Kaen University and a Master of Fine Arts in Filmmaking from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has been making films and videos since the early 90s. He is one of the few filmmakers in Thailand who have worked outside the strict Thai studio system. In his films, he experiments with certain elements found in the dramatic plot structure of Thai television and radio programs, comics and old films. He finds his inspiration in small towns around the country. In his work, he often uses non-professional actors and improvised dialogue in exploring the shifting boundaries between documentary and fiction.

In 2000, he completed his first feature, Mysterious Object at Noon (2000), a documentary that has been screened at many international festivals and received enthusiastic reviews and awards as well as being listed among the best films of the year 2000 by Film Comment and the Village Voice. He is active in promoting experimental and independent films through Kick the Machine, the company he founded in 1999. He is currently working on several video projects and a new feature, Tropical Malady.

Italian American documentary filmmaker, photographer and flamenco guitar player. Born in Thailand and raised in Rome and Los Angeles. Son of Dado Ruspoli and Debra Berger. B.A. in philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley. Founder of The Los Angeles Filmmakers' Cooperative (LAFCO). Formerly married to actress Olivia Wilde. Based in Venice, California.

Emmanuelle Arsan was born on 19 January 1932 in Bangkok, Thailand. She was a writer and actress, known for Laure (1976), The Sand Pebbles (1966) and Emmanuelle (1974). She was married to Louis-Jacques Rollet-Andriane. She died on 12 June 2005 in Chantelouve, Callas, Var, France.

Yanin "Jeeja" pronounced "ChiCha" Vismitananda was born in Bangkok, Thailand. Her mother is Prasita Vismitananda and her father, Pawadol Borirak, was a businessman who died when his daughter was 17, she has an older brother, Nantapong "Jeed" Vismitananda. She is mainly of Thai descent with some English and Burmese ancestry. Vismitananda now holds a 3rd Dan black belt in Taekwondo which she is practicing since she was 11 years old. In her role in the movie Chocolate (2008) she had to incorporate some additional Martial Art moves she recently studies such as Muay Thai and Thai Boxing, she likes watching Martial Arts Action Films and is a fan of Jackie Chan, Tony Jaa, Jet Li and Bruce Lee. Her latest action film is Chocolate 2 in 3D and also she co-stars with Tony Jaa in his Action Film The Protector 2, going back to her private life on the 29th of August 2012, Yanin revealed that she was five months pregnant and was engaged to Adrian Robert Bowden a co-director in one of her films and is the younger brother of the Thai singer Pamela Bowden. Yanin also stated that she plans to suspend herself from work for the next two years, her son, Jayden Bowden Vismitananda was born January 22nd 2013.

Suki Kaiser was born in 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, but because her mother was a missionary, spent a lot of her childhood traveling. She immigrated to Canada when she was five but later moved with her mother to Newport, Rhode Island. Suki's adolescence was a mixture of high schools, boarding schools, performing art schools and a fair amount of time spent following legendary touring band, Grateful Dead. She graduated with honors from high school and attended The University of Colorado at Boulder, where she was an Anthropology major and studied creative writing. While at college, someone suggested she audition for a commercial and that eventually led her to Los Angeles to study acting.

After finding success in the world of commercials, Suki left for Hollywood. Four years and little success in LA prompted Suki to relocate to Vancouver (BC), where she ran an acting studio and taught acting classes. It was in Canada that she was first discovered, picking up small roles in unknown independent films, and a number of made-for-TV movies. Her big break came with her recurring role on Nash Bridges (1996) as Nash's sister-in-law, which helped her land a role in the PAX series Hope Island (1999), and The Virgin Suicides (1999), co-starring Sofia Coppola, proving that one doesn't have to be under 35 to get a job in Hollywood. Suki has appeared in numerous films, including Marine Life (2000), and starred in several television series (Hope Island (1999)) and many TV movies and episodes. Although she still works in film and television, she spends most of her time writing and has co-directed and co-produced an award-winning short film, Speak (2001), with her husband and fellow actor, Jonathan Scarfe.

Married in the summer of 1998 to Canadian actor Jonathan Scarfe, the two split their time between Vancouver and Los Angeles.

Born Rhatha Phongam, Thai actress and pop star Yayaying (Ying for short) is the daughter of famed comedic actor Noi Phongam. Yayaying has recorded with some of Thailand's top talents, and released her debut album when she was only 16. She is also an excellent dancer, and has studied ballet since she was 6 years old.

An international talent- fluent in both Thai and English, Yayaying has stared in productions in Thailand Germany, and most notably in acclaimed director Nicolas Winding Refn's "Only God Forgives", along with Hollywood star Ryan Gosling.

Yayaying is now filming as the headed cast of "Jan Dara" the erotic Thai movie base on the novel by Utsana Phleungtham about the sexual rivalry between a Thai nobleman and his illegitimate son directed by ML Pantewanop Devakula on September 2012 release in Thailand.

Achara Kirk was born on 10 May 1984 in Bangkok, Thailand. She is an actress and producer, known for Fringe (2008), The Decoy Bride (2011) and Stalker (2017).

Banjong Pisanthanakun was born on 11 September 1979 in Bangkok, Thailand. He is a writer and director, known for Shutter (2004), The Medium (2021) and Alone (2007).

Born in Bangkok, Thailand, Sahajak Boonthanakit spent over a decade in Nairobi, Kenya and more than 20 years in New York before returning to Thailand. His acting journey began on stage in Kenya National Theater, where he performed for four years.

In 1999, upon returning to Thailand, he landed his first film role in THE BEACH (2000) alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, followed by BROKE DOWN PALACE (1999) with Claire Danes. Since then, he has appeared in over 100 productions, most notable of which are THE LADY (2011) with Michelle Yeoh, ONLY GOD FORGIVES (2015) with Ryan Gosling, and NO ESCAPE (2015) with Pierce Brosnan and Owen Wilson.

In 2022, he portrayed the Governor of Chiang Rai in THIRTEEN LIVES (2022), directed by Ron Howard. The film, based on the true story of the Tham Luang cave rescue, starred Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, and Joel Edgerton. His performance as the determined and composed governor added depth to this remarkable real-life event.

In 2025, Sahajak portrays Col. Nagg in ALIEN: EARTH (2025), with Sydney Chandler and Timothy Olyphant, directed by Noah Hawley and co-produced by Ridley Scott. His other international releases this year include NIGHT HEAT, a Korean film directed by Kim Pan Soo starring Jang Dong-Gun and Woo Do-Hwan, and a Hong Kong action thriller, THE FURIOUS, with Joe Taslim and Yayan Ruhian helmed by Kenji Tanigaki.

In recognition of his contributions to foreign films produced in Thailand, Sahajak was awarded the Thailand International Film Destination accolade in 2015.

Davika Hoorne was born on 16 May 1992 in Bangkok, Thailand. She is an actress, known for Heart Attack (2015), Pee Mak (2013) and Suddenly Twenty (2016).

Korapat Kirdpan was born on December 18, 2000 in Bangkok, Thailand. He is the son of Thai actor Khunakorn Kirdpan and Poonsuk Wongjakrapat. He has one younger sister named Pitchaporn Kirdpan. He attended Amatyakul School in Bangkok.

Korapat is a popular television star in Thailand. He started his acting career at the age of 3 months by appearing in several TV commercials. He made his acting debut in 2014 with the television drama series Hormones (2013) where he had a guest role as "M". In 2015, he had supporting roles in Ugly Duckling Series: Don't (2015) and Love Flight: The Last Love at the End of the Sky (2015), and also reprised his role as "M" in Hormones 3.

In 2016, he played a supporting role in Little Big Dream (2016). He would later become known for leading roles in Senior Secret Love (2016) alongside Kanyawee Songmuang, My Dear Loser (2017), The Gifted (2017) and its sequel, The Gifted: Graduation (2020), and Blacklist (2019).

In 2021, Korapat has taken on his first Boys' Love leading role in Bad Buddy (2021) as "Pran".

Peter Ho-Sun Chan is a Chinese film director, producer and screenwriter. Regarded as one of the most accomplished and successful Hong Kong filmmakers, Chan has directed 18 films, including the critically acclaimed Comrades, Almost a Love Story, Perhaps Love, The Warlords, and American Dreams in China.

Chan is the son of Hong Kong film director turned newspaper columnist Chan Tung Man and mother Lam Man Ying. He spent his childhood years in the Tsim Sha Tsui section of Hong Kong, his teen years in Bangkok, Thailand, and studied film in Los Angeles during the early 1980s.

After working on several films as assistant director, Chan made his directorial debut with the award-winning Alan and Eric: Between Hello and Goodbye in 1991. Chan followed Alan and Eric with a string of popular box office successes, including He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father (1993), Tom, Dick and Hairy (1993), and He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994).

In 1996, Chan received international acclaim for Tian Mi Mi (1997 international release: Comrades, Almost a Love Story), a film about two mainland Chinese immigrants who fall in love and drift apart in pre-handover Hong Kong. Tian Mi Mi was not only a box office success, but also swept the 16th annual Hong Kong Film Awards, winning an unprecedented nine awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actress for Maggie Cheung. Time Magazine named Comrades one of the top ten films of 1997.

After Tian Mi Mi, Chan directed his first American production in coordination with DreamWorks SKG, 1999's The Love Letter starring Kate Capshaw, Tom Selleck and Ellen DeGeneres.

Chan's films of the nineties tend toward bittersweet romantic comedies that concern the hopes and struggles of Hong Kong Chinese couples on the cusp of the 21st century. At the advent of the 2000s, Chan expanded the scope of his creative projects to include both directing and producing a variety of films in new genres, including horror, war and a musical.

In 2000, Chan established Applause Pictures, a company dedicated to producing high quality Pan-Asian films intended primarily for Asian audiences. Films produced by Applause Pictures include Jan Dara (2001), One Fine Spring Day (2001), The Eye series (2002, 2004, 2005), Three (2002), Three...Extremes (2004), Golden Chicken (2002), Golden Chicken 2 (2003) and the animated McDull, The Alumni (2006).

In 2002, Chan directed Going Home, a segment of Three, a horror anthology showcasing three short features by prominent Asian directors. Notable directors featured in the Three anthologies include South Korea's Kim Jee-woon and Park Chan-wook, and Japan's Takashi Miike. Chan also produced the 2002 thriller The Eye, directed by Danny and Oxide Pang, a film later remade as an American production starring Jessica Alba.

Chan followed his exploration of the macabre with a turn in the opposite direction with 2005's Perhaps Love, a musical love story set in Shanghai and Beijing starring Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jacky Cheung and Zhou Xun. The film closed the 2005 Venice Film Festival, and was Hong Kong's official entry for the 2006 Academy Awards.

After Perhaps Love came the historical war epic The Warlords (2007), starring Jet Li, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Andy Lau. The gritty tale brotherhood and betrayal set during the Taiping Rebellion in 1860s China garnered 8 Hong Kong Film awards and 3 Golden Horse awards.

In contrast to the lavish production and epic scope of films like Perhaps Love and The Warlords, Chan's recent films are stories of hope, friendship and matters of the human heart, themes characteristic of his early work. With American Dreams in China (2013), a rags-to-riches story of three Chinese friends who achieve success teaching English to aspiring Chinese immigrants, and Dearest (2014), based on the true story of a divorced Chinese couple dealing with the abduction of their son, Chan demonstrates an ability to create socially-conscious, humanistic films that are also widely appealing to Chinese audiences.

Chan is one of the few Chinese filmmakers working today who can create popular entertainment that explores issues of social concern common to the ordinary Chinese citizen.

Pen-Ek studied from 1977 to 1985 in New York at the Pratt Institute and worked as freelance illustrator and designer with Designframe Incorporate. In Thailand he worked for five years as art director, before making his début with Fun Bar Karaoke, that was screened at many festivals after its première in Berlin.

Sing Chen was born on 29 September 1936 in Bangkok, Thailand. He was an actor and producer, known for Double Impact (1991), The Shanghai Thirteen (1984) and Fan dau mui (1984). He was married to Elizabeth Chen. He died on 4 September 2019 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Anand Tucker was born on 24 June 1963 in Bangkok, Thailand. He is a producer and director, known for Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), Hilary and Jackie (1998) and Leap Year (2010).

Jocelyn Seagrave is the daughter of bestselling author Sterling Seagrave (The Soong Dynasty, Gold Warriors) and award-winning novelist Wendy Law-Yone (The Coffin Tree, Irrawaddy Tango). She grew up in Southeast Asia and later in the Washington, D.C. area with her twin brother, studying martial arts and earning her black belt in Tae Kwon Do. She studied English literature at the University of Virginia.

Her unique background has been the interest of many TV viewers since her acting debut in the New York soap opera Guiding Light (1952). Jocelyn has been a series regular on Fox's Pacific Palisades (1997), produced by Aaron Spelling, and has also appeared in Savannah (1996), Charmed (1998), Wings (1990), numerous other television shows and in several independent movies. She is a writer as well, with screenplays, stage plays, published short stories and poems to her credit.

Cindy Burbridge is a Thai model, actress, beauty pageant titleholder and activist. She has been a host and judge on Asia's Next Top Model.Bishop was born in Bangkok and raised in Pattaya. Her father, William Burbridge, is American and her mother, Patricia, is half English, one-quarter Indian and one-quarter Thai.Bishop attended Ruamrudee International School in Bangkok and graduated from Public Relations at Bangkok University.

In 2005, she married Byron Bishop, a Japanese American model. They have two children.

"Ohm" Pawat Chittsawangdee is an actor under GMM TV born in Bangkok. In December 2022, Ohm graduated from the cinema and digital media programme at Srinakharinwirot University's College of Social Communication Innovation majoring in acting and directing.

Ohm began working in the entertainment industry with the leading role of Frame in the 2016 series "Make It Right." It was with his titular role in the 2019 film "Dew," though, that Ohm gained wide recognition.

In recognition of his acting abilities, he won Best Dramatic Scene for the GMM TV series "He's Coming To Me" at the LINE TV Awards (2020). He won Best Supporting Actor for the film "Dew" at the prestigious 28th Bangkok Critics Assembly Awards (2020).

Giovanna Galletti was born on 27 June 1916 in Bangkok, Thailand. She was an actress, known for Last Tango in Paris (1972), Rome, Open City (1945) and The Loves of Hercules (1960). She died on 21 April 1992 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Myra Molloy was born on 18 September 1997 in Bangkok, Thailand. She is an actress, known for He's All That (2021), Halfworlds (2015) and Dont Say Love (2021).

Grace Junot is a Thai-American actress who has appeared in numerous feature films and television series. She successfully began her career as a teen model in Asia, most notably as a spokesmodel for Samsung.

Grace was born in Bangkok, Thailand to an American father and Thai mother, but was raised in New Jersey. Her father is a retired Army sergeant and decorated Green Beret and her mother is a businesswoman. She is married and has a daughter who was born in 2015.

She holds an honors degree in the Humanities from Rollins College, and is an active advocate for foster care youth.

Rpin Suwannath was born on 29 June 1971 in Bangkok, Thailand. He is a director and producer, known for The Stowaway (2014), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) and X-Men (2000).