Ananda Everingham
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Ananda Everingham is a Laotian
-Australian film actor who was born in Thailand. Working primarily in Thai films
, he is best known for his lead role in the 2004
horror film
, Shutter.
-based photojournalist John Everingham
, and a Laotian
mother, Keo Sirisomphone. His parents' story was loosely dramatized in the 1983 NBC
television movie
, Love Is Forever, starring Michael Landon
and Laura Gemser
, which tells of a photojournalist who scuba dives
under the Mekong
to rescue his lover from communist ruled Laos
in 1977. It was this movie that in 1983 also led to the senior Everingham mentoring Cork Graham
, who was soon imprisoned for 11 months in Vietnam for trespassing while looking for treasure buried by Captain Kidd. His parents divorced in 1997. John re-married a Chinese woman. Ananda has one brother, Chester Jay Everingham and one half-brother, Zenith Lee Everingham.
Ananda was born in Thailand
. He attended Bangkok Patana School
. He holds Australian citizenship and visited Brisbane on school holidays. He received some schooling there while living with his grandparents Joan Victoria and late George Matthew Everingham. At age 14, while working part-time in his family's Indian restaurant, Himali Cha Cha, he was discovered by Khun Mingkwan of GMM Grammy
, Thailand's largest entertainment company. He soon started acting in films. At age 16, he switched from Bangkok Patana School to a tutoring school where he would follow flexible course and times while filming.
Aside from Shutter, Ananda has starred in the horror-comedy, Ghost Delivery and the teen-slasher movie, 303 Fear Faith Revenge
. In 2005, he starred in the Singaporean
romance film
, The Leap Years
. In 2007, he played the lead roles in the romantic dramas Me ... Myself
, and Bangkok Time. He had featured roles in the Singaporean film Pleasure Factory
, and in Pen-ek Ratanaruang's Ploy
. He has been cast in the 2008 film by Nonzee Nimibutr
, Queen of Langkasuka. On 5 June 2008, his new movie Sabaidee Luang Prabang
, the first Laotian commercial film shot since it adopted communism in 1975.
Dated model-actress Sangthong "Jeed" Ket-u-tong.
Lao people
The Lao are an ethnic subgroup of Tai/Dai in Southeast Asia.-Names:The etymology of the word Lao is uncertain, although it may be related to tribes known as the Ai Lao who appear in Han Dynasty records in China and Vietnam as a people of what is now Yunan Province...
-Australian film actor who was born in Thailand. Working primarily in Thai films
Cinema of Thailand
The cinema of Thailand dates back to the early days of filmmaking, when King Chulalongkorn's 1897 visit to Bern, Switzerland was recorded by Francois-Henri Lavancy-Clarke. The film was then brought to Bangkok, where it was exhibited...
, he is best known for his lead role in the 2004
2004 in film
The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...
horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
, Shutter.
Biography
Ananda Matthew Everingham is the son of an Australian father, BangkokBangkok
Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
-based photojournalist John Everingham
John Everingham
John Everingham is an Australian journalist residing in Thailand.Born in Australia in 1949, Everingham was in high school in 1966 when the urge to travel overcame the desire to study. He dropped out of school and left home at 16 years old, and left Australia on the traditional journey to London,...
, and a Laotian
Lao people
The Lao are an ethnic subgroup of Tai/Dai in Southeast Asia.-Names:The etymology of the word Lao is uncertain, although it may be related to tribes known as the Ai Lao who appear in Han Dynasty records in China and Vietnam as a people of what is now Yunan Province...
mother, Keo Sirisomphone. His parents' story was loosely dramatized in the 1983 NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
television movie
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
, Love Is Forever, starring Michael Landon
Michael Landon
Michael Landon was an American actor, writer, director, and producer. He is widely known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza , Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie , and Jonathan Smith in Highway to Heaven...
and Laura Gemser
Laura Gemser
Laurette Marcia "Laura" Gemser is a Dutch-based actress of Indo descent, now Italian citizen. She is known for her work with director Joe D'Amato and Bruno Mattei, in particular, for doing a set of exploitation-style and Black Emanuelle films.Gemser has also been credited as Moira Chen, most...
, which tells of a photojournalist who scuba dives
Scuba diving
Scuba diving is a form of underwater diving in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater....
under the Mekong
Mekong
The Mekong is a river that runs through China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. It is the world's 10th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annually....
to rescue his lover from communist ruled Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
in 1977. It was this movie that in 1983 also led to the senior Everingham mentoring Cork Graham
Cork Graham
Frederick Graham , who writes under the name Cork Graham, is a best-selling American author of political thriller novels and true adventure memoirs...
, who was soon imprisoned for 11 months in Vietnam for trespassing while looking for treasure buried by Captain Kidd. His parents divorced in 1997. John re-married a Chinese woman. Ananda has one brother, Chester Jay Everingham and one half-brother, Zenith Lee Everingham.
Ananda was born in Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. He attended Bangkok Patana School
Bangkok Patana School
Bangkok Patana School or "BPS" is a British International School located in Bangkok, Thailand. Established in 1957, BPS offers education in the British tradition to over 2200 pupils including children and young adults from 53 nations....
. He holds Australian citizenship and visited Brisbane on school holidays. He received some schooling there while living with his grandparents Joan Victoria and late George Matthew Everingham. At age 14, while working part-time in his family's Indian restaurant, Himali Cha Cha, he was discovered by Khun Mingkwan of GMM Grammy
GMM Grammy
GMM Grammy Public Company Limited is the largest media conglomerate entertainment company in Thailand. It claims a 70% share of the Thai entertainment industry. Artists on Grammy include Bird McIntyre and Loso...
, Thailand's largest entertainment company. He soon started acting in films. At age 16, he switched from Bangkok Patana School to a tutoring school where he would follow flexible course and times while filming.
Aside from Shutter, Ananda has starred in the horror-comedy, Ghost Delivery and the teen-slasher movie, 303 Fear Faith Revenge
303 Fear Faith Revenge
303 Fear Faith Revenge is a 1998 Thai horror film starring Taya Rogers, Artid Ryu, and Ananda Everingham. In this film, an investigation into a star student's suicide results in several students being stranded in their closed school where they are hunted and killed one-by-one.-Cast:*Ananda...
. In 2005, he starred in the Singaporean
Cinema of Singapore
Despite having a flourishing Chinese and Malay film industry in the 1950s and 1960s, Singapore's film industry declined after independence in 1965. There were a few films that featured Singaporean actors and were set in Singapore, including Saint Jack and They Call Her Cleopatra Wong...
romance film
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
, The Leap Years
The Leap Years
The Leap Years is a Singapore film produced by MediaCorp Raintree Pictures, based on the novella Leap of Love by the author Catherine Lim. The production for the film started in 2005, and the film was initially to be released in December 2005 release...
. In 2007, he played the lead roles in the romantic dramas Me ... Myself
Me ... Myself
Me ... Myself or Khaw hai rak jong jaroen) is a 2007 Thai romantic drama film directed by Pongpat Wachirabunjong. Ananda Everingham stars as a gay male dancer in a transvestite cabaret who suffers amnesia after being struck by a car.-Plot:...
, and Bangkok Time. He had featured roles in the Singaporean film Pleasure Factory
Pleasure Factory
Pleasure Factory is a 2007 docudrama film set in Geylang, the red-light district of Singapore. Directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham, the film was selected for the Un Certain Regard competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival....
, and in Pen-ek Ratanaruang's Ploy
Ploy
Ploy is a 2007 Thai film written and directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. The film premiered during the Directors' Fortnight at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival....
. He has been cast in the 2008 film by Nonzee Nimibutr
Nonzee Nimibutr
Nonzee Nimibutr is a Thai film director, film producer and screenwriter. Best known for his ghost thriller, Nang Nak, he is generally credited as the leader among a "New Wave" of Thai filmmakers that also includes Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Wisit Sasanatieng and Apichatpong...
, Queen of Langkasuka. On 5 June 2008, his new movie Sabaidee Luang Prabang
Sabaidee Luang Prabang
Sabaidee Luang Prabang is a 2008 romantic drama film directed by Sakchai Deenan and starring Ananda Everingham. It was the first commercial film shot in Laos since the country adopted communism in 1975.-Plot:...
, the first Laotian commercial film shot since it adopted communism in 1975.
Dated model-actress Sangthong "Jeed" Ket-u-tong.
Feature films
- Anda kub Fahsai (19981998 in film-Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:...
) - 303 Fear Faith Revenge303 Fear Faith Revenge303 Fear Faith Revenge is a 1998 Thai horror film starring Taya Rogers, Artid Ryu, and Ananda Everingham. In this film, an investigation into a star student's suicide results in several students being stranded in their closed school where they are hunted and killed one-by-one.-Cast:*Ananda...
(1998) - The Brainstorm (1999)
- Kohn sang pea (Ghost Delivery) (20032003 in filmThe year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...
) - Shutter (20042004 in filmThe year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...
) - Bangkok Time (2007)
- Pleasure FactoryPleasure FactoryPleasure Factory is a 2007 docudrama film set in Geylang, the red-light district of Singapore. Directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham, the film was selected for the Un Certain Regard competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival....
(2007) - Me Myself (20072007 in filmThis is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...
) - PloyPloyPloy is a 2007 Thai film written and directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. The film premiered during the Directors' Fortnight at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival....
(2007) - The Leap YearsThe Leap YearsThe Leap Years is a Singapore film produced by MediaCorp Raintree Pictures, based on the novella Leap of Love by the author Catherine Lim. The production for the film started in 2005, and the film was initially to be released in December 2005 release...
(2008) - Memory เมมโมรี่ รักหลอน (2008)
- Sabaidee Luang PrabangSabaidee Luang PrabangSabaidee Luang Prabang is a 2008 romantic drama film directed by Sakchai Deenan and starring Ananda Everingham. It was the first commercial film shot in Laos since the country adopted communism in 1975.-Plot:...
(2008) - The CoffinThe Coffin (film)The Coffin is a South Korean/Thai/Singapore horror film starring Ananda Everingham and Karen Mok.- Synopsis :A young man named Chris and several years later a woman undergo a Thai ritual of lying in a coffin, which is supposed to ensure long life and rid people of their bad luck. The ritual is also...
(2008) - Queens of LangkasukaQueens of LangkasukaQueens of Langkasuka is a 2008 Thai historical fantasy adventure film directed by Nonzee Nimibutr, and written by two-time S.E.A. Write Award winner Win Lyovarin.Known as "Pirates Of Langkasuka" in the UK.-Plot:...
(2008) - Happy Birthday (2008)
- Charming Bangkok (2009; segment "Bangkok Blues")
- The Red EagleThe Red EagleThe Red Eagle is a 2010 Thai superhero film directed and written by Wisit Sasanatieng.-Plot:In the year 2013 in Bangkok, the Liberal Party leader Direk Damrongprapa campaigns during an election on an anti-corruption platform with the support of his fiancee Vasana Tienpradap , a Harvard educated...
(2010) - Hi-So (2010)
- Chua Fan Din SalaiEternity (2010 film)Eternity is a 2010 Thai romance film by Pantewanop Tewakol. It is based on Malai Choopiniji's novel, which was earlier adapted to film in 1957 by Rattana Pestonji. The film stars Ananda Everingham and Laila Boonyasak in lead roles as doomed lovers...
(Forever Yours) (2010)
Television
- Khon ruerng muang
- Talay rue im
- Nai Fun as Prince Piriyapongse