Born in Bangkok in 1988, Mario Maurer became a national teen idol in Thailand as Tong, the queer schoolboy at the centre of Chukiat Sakveerakul's landmark drama The Love of Siam (2007). He extended that popularity across Southeast Asia with the romantic comedy Crazy Little Thing Called Love (2010), which was a huge hit far beyond Thai borders, especially in the Philippines and Indonesia. He has since worked steadily in Thai commercial cinema, romantic drama and action, and stayed one of the most bankable young leading men in the region. His career sits at the crossroads of Thai auteur cinema and pan-Asian teen romance.
Mario Maurer
37 years (Dec 4, 1988)Bangkok, Thailand
30 Movies7 Series
Born in Bangkok in 1988, Mario Maurer became a national teen idol in Thailand as Tong, the queer schoolboy at the centre of Chukiat Sakveerakul's landmark drama The Love of Siam (2007). He extended that popularity across Southeast Asia with the romantic comedy Crazy Little Thing Called Love (2010), which was a huge hit far beyond Thai borders, especially in the Philippines and Indonesia. He has since worked steadily in Thai commercial cinema, romantic drama and action, and stayed one of the most bankable young leading men in the region. His career sits at the crossroads of Thai auteur cinema and pan-Asian teen romance.
Mario Maurer is a Thai-Chinese-German 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.
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