Sorapong Chatree is a Thai film actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

. He has frequently starred in the films of Prince Chatrichalerm Yukol

Chatrichalerm Yukol

His Serene Highness Prince Chatrichalerm Yukol is a Thai film director, screenwriter and film producer. A prolific director since the 1970s, among his films is the 2001 historical epic, The Legend of Suriyothai. A member of the Thai royal family, his official royal title is Mom Chao, or M.C., the...

, as well as in Cherd Songsri

Cherd Songsri

Cherd Songsri was a Thai film director, screenwriter and film producer. A maker of period films that sought to introduce international audiences to his vision of Thai culture, his best-known work is the 1977 romance film Plae Kao , which earned more box-office receipts than any Thai film before it...

's classic romance, Plae Kao

Plae Kao

Plae Kao is a 1977 Thai romance-drama film directed by Cherd Songsri and starring Sorapong Chatree and Nantana Ngaograjang as two peasants in rural Thailand in a tragic, romantic relationship. The film is also known as simply The Scar....

.

Sorapong became one of the top male stars by the mid 1970s, eventually displacing the older Sombat Metanee

Sombat Metanee

Sombat Metanee is a Thai actor and film director. At one time he held the Guinness World Record for most film appearances . By his own count, he's made more than 2,000 films and television shows, including lakorns...

 from the lead position. As he aged, he retained his popularity and is well known today as a major supporting actor.

He was named a National Artist of Thailand in 2009.

Partial filmography

• Ninja Destroyer (1970)
• Out of the Darkness
  Out of the Darkness (1971 film)
  Out of the Darkness is a 1971 Thai science fiction musical action drama film directed by Chatrichalerm Yukol, about an invasion by extraterrestrial beings in Thailand...
  
  (1971)
• The Hotel Angel (1974)
• Grounded God (1975)
• Diamond (1976)
• 1 2 3 Duan Mahaphai (1 2 3 Monster Express) (1977)
• Mafia Defeated (1977)
• Plae Kao
  Plae Kao
  Plae Kao is a 1977 Thai romance-drama film directed by Cherd Songsri and starring Sorapong Chatree and Nantana Ngaograjang as two peasants in rural Thailand in a tragic, romantic relationship. The film is also known as simply The Scar....
  
  (The Scar) (1979)
• From Bangkok with Love (1982)
• Angkor: Cambodia Express (1982)
• Gunman
  Gunman (film)
  Gunman is a 1983 Thai crime film directed by Chatrichalerm Yukol and starring Sorapong Chatree as an amputee assassin.-Plot:As the opening credits roll, the scene is from the point of a man on a motorcycle at night...
  
  Mue puen (1983)
• The Refugee (1983)
• One Man Show (1984)
• Cobra Thunderbolt (1984)
• Freedom of Taxi Driver (Citizen II) (1984)
• Top Secret (1985)
• Krai Thong (1985)
• Raiders of the Doomed Kingdom (After the Fall of Saigon)
• The Ultimate Ninja (1986)
• Operation Vietnam (1987)
• Khon Liang Chang (The Elephant Keeper) (1987)
• Black Warrior (1988)
• The Lost Idol (1990)
• Salween
  Salween (film)
  Salween is a 1994 Thai action-drama film directed by Chatrichalerm Yukol and starring Sorapong Chatree and Chatchai Plengpanich. Sombat Metanee's son, Siricoup Metanee, also stars as a young police lieutenant, newly arrived at a rough-and-tumble post in a Thai-Myanmar border town on the Salween...
  
  (Gunman 2) (1993)
• Sia Dai (Daughter) (1996)
• Long June (1996)
• Sia Dai 2 (Daughter 2) (1997)
• The Legend of Suriyothai
  The Legend of Suriyothai
  The Legend of Suriyothai is a 2001 Thai film directed by Chatrichalerm Yukol, telling the story of Queen Suriyothai, who died in a battle in 1548 against Burmese invaders...
  
  (2001)
• Saving Private Tootsie (Prom Chompoo) (2002)
• Ta-Kian (2003)
• Beautiful Boxer
  Beautiful Boxer
  Beautiful Boxer is a Thai biographical sports film by Singapore-based director Ekachai Uekrongtham. It tells the life story of Nong Thoom, a famous kathoey , Muay Thai fighter, actress and model...
  
  (2003)
• The Sin
  The Sin (2004 film)
  The Sin is 2004 Thai erotic film aka Jara Dara 2 directed by Ong-Art Singlumpong....
  
  (2004)
• Khao Chon Kai
• King Naresuan
  King Naresuan (film)
  The Legend of King Naresuan is a Thai biographical historical drama film about King Naresuan the Great, who ruled Siam from 1590 until his death in 1605....
  
  (2007)
• Queens of Langkasuka
  Queens of Langkasuka
  Queens 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)
• Ong Bak 2
  Ong Bak 2
  Ong Bak 2: The Beginning is a 2008 Thai martial arts film co-directed by and starring Tony Jaa. It is a follow-up to Jaa's 2003 breakout film Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior. Initially claimed to be a sequel to Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, Ong Bak 2 was then announced to be a prequel to its predecessor...
  
  (2008)

Appearances in Hong Kong films

In the 1980s and early 1990s, the international rights to many of films featuring Sorapong were obtained by the Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 production companies IFD

IFD

IFD may stand for:* I Fight Dragons, a Chicago-based Chiptune/Indie rock band.* I-Frame Delay* Ideal free distribution* Ilford railway station, England; National Rail station code IFD...

and Filmark; these films were then edited together with newly-shot footage (often featuring ninja

Ninja

A or was a covert agent or mercenary of feudal Japan specializing in unorthodox arts of war. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, as well as open combat in certain situations...

 and directed by Godfrey Ho

Godfrey Ho

Godfrey Ho is a former Hong Kong-based prolific film director and screenwriter, sometimes considered the Ed Wood of Hong Kong cinema. Ho is believed to having directed more than one hundred films, including over 80 movies from 1980 to 1990, but only one film since 1995, apparently retiring from...

) in order to produce a movie that can be more easily marketed to the Western market while only shooting about 15 minutes of original footage. In general IFD productions credit Sorapong but no other Thai actors, while Filmark's credit only the western actors (despite more than two-thirds of the film typically being of Thai origin).

External links

• Sorapong Chatree at the Thai Film Database