Kris Law, born Chin Chiang (or KLCC) is an internationally and
critically acclaimed film Actor from Malaysia of Chinese Thai descent.
Law gained global prominence when he became the first ASEAN Actor to
debut in India â€" starring with Academy Award nominated Bollywood
Actor Aamir Khan in the Incredible India ad campaign. In Malaysia, Law
was most known for his breakthrough role named Christien, being the
first openly gay character on Malaysian media and primetime TV
broadcasting drama series Ampang Medikal. Law has appeared in
Malaysian, Singaporean, Bollywood and Hong Kong films including "Anak
Mami Kembali", 1957: Hati Malaya and A House of Happiness which
combinedly grossed over RM 100 million in box-office.Born in George
Town, Penang, Malaysia), to a Singaporean doctor father and Malaysian
mother, Law was the rightful heir to his father's vast fortune in
Singapore. After suddenly losing his father in a tragic car accident
at the age of 3, Law was denied his inheritance in a lawsuit against
his father's first family due to the illegitimacy of his birth where
he was born out of wedlock. As a poor and orphaned child, Law first
appeared on stage at the age of 10 playing the lead role Dick in Dick
Whittington and his Cat. Later, he joined the Penang Free School
Christian and Drama Society and acted in many plays as the lead. In
1996, Law was selected to be in the first pioneering batch of TV3
Academy, Kuala Lumpur majoring in the field of Broadcasting. During
his tenure at the academy, he was selected to be in the panel of
distinguished juries to judge in the Anugerah Skrin and Anugerah Juara
Lagu awards. Law was the youngest and the only non-Malay jury member
in the panel. Later, Law transferred his studies and graduated in
Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, London with major in
Business Communication in 1999.In Kuala Lumpur, he started his career
in the creative industry as a copywriter in Leo Burnett in 2000,
working under film director Yasmin Ahmad. According to Yasmin, the
reasons Law got the position were because of his auspicious full name
initials KLCC and same birthday with Giorgio Armani and Malaysian
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
critically acclaimed film Actor from Malaysia of Chinese Thai descent.
Law gained global prominence when he became the first ASEAN Actor to
debut in India â€" starring with Academy Award nominated Bollywood
Actor Aamir Khan in the Incredible India ad campaign. In Malaysia, Law
was most known for his breakthrough role named Christien, being the
first openly gay character on Malaysian media and primetime TV
broadcasting drama series Ampang Medikal. Law has appeared in
Malaysian, Singaporean, Bollywood and Hong Kong films including "Anak
Mami Kembali", 1957: Hati Malaya and A House of Happiness which
combinedly grossed over RM 100 million in box-office.Born in George
Town, Penang, Malaysia), to a Singaporean doctor father and Malaysian
mother, Law was the rightful heir to his father's vast fortune in
Singapore. After suddenly losing his father in a tragic car accident
at the age of 3, Law was denied his inheritance in a lawsuit against
his father's first family due to the illegitimacy of his birth where
he was born out of wedlock. As a poor and orphaned child, Law first
appeared on stage at the age of 10 playing the lead role Dick in Dick
Whittington and his Cat. Later, he joined the Penang Free School
Christian and Drama Society and acted in many plays as the lead. In
1996, Law was selected to be in the first pioneering batch of TV3
Academy, Kuala Lumpur majoring in the field of Broadcasting. During
his tenure at the academy, he was selected to be in the panel of
distinguished juries to judge in the Anugerah Skrin and Anugerah Juara
Lagu awards. Law was the youngest and the only non-Malay jury member
in the panel. Later, Law transferred his studies and graduated in
Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, London with major in
Business Communication in 1999.In Kuala Lumpur, he started his career
in the creative industry as a copywriter in Leo Burnett in 2000,
working under film director Yasmin Ahmad. According to Yasmin, the
reasons Law got the position were because of his auspicious full name
initials KLCC and same birthday with Giorgio Armani and Malaysian
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
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