# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zarganar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:50:56.030Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zarganar"
name: "Zarganar"
slug: "zarganar"
description: "Maung Thura \"Zarganar\" ; born 27 January 1961) is a popular Burmese comedian, film actor, and director as well as a fierce critic and often political prisoner of the Burmese military government. Known for his wicked puns against the ruling military junta, Zarganar, whose name translates to \"tweezers\", is widely considered to be the most popular comedian and satirist in Myanmar."
tagline: "Burmese film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/U-thura.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1961-01-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.7
  momentum:             2.519893899204245
  historical:           9.016992
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3946859/"
    handle:    "nm3946859"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%AD%E5%93%88%E7%BA%B3"
    title: "札哈纳"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "زارجانار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarganar"
    title: "Zarganar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarganar"
    title: "Zarganar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarganar"
    title: "Zarganar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarganar"
    title: "Zarganar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarganar"
    title: "Zarganar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%87%E1%80%AC%E1%80%82%E1%80%94%E1%80%AC(%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AF%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9B%E1%80%BE%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%94%E1%80%BE%E1%80%84%E1%80%B7%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%9E%E1%80%98%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%95%E1%80%8A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9B%E1%80%BE%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA)"
    title: "ဇာဂနာ(ရုပ်ရှင်နှင့် သဘင်ပညာရှင်)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarganar"
    title: "Zarganar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2"
    title: "ซากะนา"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147944"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1263913"
    title: "Zarganar"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump