He won the Myanmar Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2010 with the film The Red Sun Above the Ocean (ပင်လယ်ထက်ကနေဝန်းနီ).
[1] Wai Lu Kyaw was born in Nyaungdon, Irrawaddy Division, Burma, to Tekkatho Nyo Lwin Maung and Tekkatho Nyo Nyo Thein, both are Burma National Literature Award-winning writers who established the Panhlaing Publishing Press.
[2] He began his acting career in 1997 as a child actor, starring in the films With the Green Valley (အစိမ်းရောင်တောင်ကြားနှင့်) and Hna Lone That Pyint Yin Ya Par The (နှလုံးသားဖြင့်ရင်းရပါသည်).
[2] Wai Lu Kyaw is also active in humanitarian and social relief work.
[3] He is also a founding member of the Consumer Protection Association,[4] and a member of the Civil Society (Yangon), which splintered from the Free Funeral Service Society following disputes with Kyaw Thu.