Kanawut Traipipattanapong


Kanawut Traipipattanapong is a Thai actor and model. He is well known for his role as “Type” in.

Early life and education

Kanawut was born on December 4, 1997 in King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. Kanawut received his early education in Burapha School and went on to complete high school in Suankularb Wittayalai School, an all-boys high school. He is currently enrolled at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, majoring in Industrial Education and Technology.

Career

In late 2019, it was announced that Kanawut would star as "Type" - the main protagonist of GMM One's and LINE TV's TharnType: The Series. The series immediately gained popularity within Thailand as well as internationally. The series would soar to the number one spot of worldwide for ep 11 and 12 Twitter trends.
Such popularity in the series and the main casted couple, has resulted fans in referring to both actors as "MewGulf - a combined fandom name of their Thai nicknames, Mew and Gulf, respectively.
Kanawut and fellow actor, Suppasit Jongcheveevat won "Best Kiss Scene" at the LINE TV Awards 2020. Suppasit and Kanawut have also appeared in the February issue of Harper's Bazaar Thailand, the first BL couple to do so in the history of the magazine. Due to the immense outpour of fans trying to read the article, Harper's Bazaar Thailand's website crashed.
With the immense positive response to TharnType, a second season was announced and auditions would start in early 2020, with production in mid-2020. Due to the global pandemic of novel COVID-19, production was postponed to ensure the safety of the actors and crew
Both Suppasit and Kanawut made a guest appearance in the 2020 series "Why R U?" as Tharn and Type, respectively.
On May 18th, 2020, Kanawut was verified on Twitter.
With Kanawut's popularity growing, his fan club along with Suppasit's fans, have bought rights to name stars after them.

Filmography

Television

Specials