Mario Maurer (Thai: มาริโอ้ เมาเร่อ, Thai pronunciation: [maːríʔôː mawrɤ̂ː], German pronunciation: [ˈmaːʁio ˈmaʊ̯ʁɐ]; born December 4, 1988) is a Thai model and actor. Starting off a career as a model at age 16, he later became best known for his lead role in the 2007 film, The Love of Siam and the 2010 sleeper hit, First Love. He also the lead star of Thailand's highest grossing film of all time, Pee Mak. He is also part of a group called 4+1 Channel 3 Superstar with Nadech Kugimiya, Prin Suparat, Pakorn Chatborirak, and Phupoom Pongpanu.
Personal life[edit]
Maurers interest include skateboarding, hip-hop, and cars. Even though he is of Thai Chinese and German descent, he cannot speak German and only understands some Mandarin.[18] He is a native speaker of Thai and also speaks English. He converted to Roman Catholicism from Buddhism.[19] His father Roland died of a heart attack resulting from diabetes on June 27, 2011.[20] He has a very close relationship with his elder brother who works as a hip-hop artist and actor as well. He was in a relationship with actress Gubgib Sumontip before they decided to end their 9 year relationship on January 2013.