Sombat Metanee was a Thai actor and film director, who was honored as National Artist in the performing arts branch in 2016.
16 Facts About Sombat Metanee
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Sombat Metanee was introduced to the show business in 1960 by Namdee Witta, the leader of a television performance troupe.
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Sombat Metanee starred in the television series Hua Jai Pratana.
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Sombat Metanee went on to star in four more Kamolsilpa Pappyon films: Skao Duen in 1962 and Singh Sang Pa, Saming Sao and Nagm-Ngon, all released in 1963.
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Sombat Metanee was then picked up by director Tawee Na Bangchang to star in Tawan Lang Lued.
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Sombat Metanee appeared in Kao Mangkorn, directed by Warun Chatrakul Na Ayutthaya.
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Sombat Metanee was cast by his old talent scout, Namdee Witta, in the action film Singh La Singh, in which he co-starred with Mitr Chaibancha, who was Thailand's top leading man at the time.
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Sombat Metanee was mainly paired with Aranya Namwong, though, and they replaced Mitr and Petchara as Thailand's top screen couple.
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In 1966, Sombat Metanee won a "Golden Doll", Thailand's equivalent at the time to the Academy Award, for best actor in Suek Bang Rajan.
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Sombat Metanee played a cowboy in The Reluctant Gunman, a gangster in Louie, romanced Aranya Namwong in Chain of Love, was the Man With a Thousand Masks and controlled robot assassins in Nak Leng Computer.
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Sombat Metanee was the leading villain in the 2000 Thai western, Tears of the Black Tiger, a film that paid homage to the action films he starred in during the 1960s and 1970s.
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Sombat Metanee had a small comedic role in the 2004 comedy, Bangkok Loco and played a senior police officer in the 2005 horror-comedy, Buppah Rahtree Phase 2: Rahtree Returns.
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Sombat Metanee was honored at the 2006 Bangkok International Film Festival with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Sombat Metanee polled 53,562 votes, though his term was cut short by the 2006 Thailand coup.
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In Thailand, candidates for political office are required to have a university degree; so between film shoots, Sombat Metanee returned to school to pursue an education.
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Sombat Metanee had a Bachelor of Arts from Rajabhat Walailongkorn University, a Master of Public Administration from Eastern Asia University and was working on a Ph.