[2] He experienced a rise in popularity after starring as Thet Htwe[2] in the 1984 film, Thingyan Moe, directed by Maung Tin Oo[3] under whom Zin Wyne had learned cinematography for seven years.

[2] Zin Wyne won his first Academy Award in the 1997 film Noble Heart.

[6] On 30 December 2012, because of his efforts, the Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards presentation ceremony for 2011 could be held again in Yangon,[7] after four years in the new capital Naypyidaw.

[12] Zin Wyne anticipated in the 2014 film, Made in Heart, with Pyay Ti Oo, Moe Hay Ko and Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi, and won his second academy award in the category of Best Supporting Actor.

[13][14][15] In the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, on 15 April, Zin Wyne was arrested under the section 505 (a) of the Myanmar Penal Code for encouraging civil servants to join ongoing civil disobedience movement,[16] along with several other celebrities,[17] while his son Min Maw Kun was issued an arrest warrant.