Kris Law

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kris Law
Occupation	Actor
Date Of Birth	Jul 11, 1978(1978-07-11)
Age	46
Birthplace	George Town
Country	Malaysia
Birth City	Penang
Horoscope	Cancer

Kris Law Biography

Kris Law is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on July 11, 1978 in George Town, Penang, Malaysia.

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.

In 2004, Law received his first major media spotlight when he competed in the reality TV competition show Malaysian Idol. Law performed in yellow shorts when other contestants wore normal clothes got him onto the front page of all national newspapers. His yellow shorts performance video went viral in the Internet to the tune of 100 million viewers worldwide, making him the world’s first person to become a viral video star celebrity spearheading the term “instant fame” and social media long before the establishment of social media like it is today. Law’s yellow shorts became an iconic fashion statement, cultural phenomenon and frenzy among the youths when the viral video debuted, entering into pop culture lexicon. Numerous and popular references were made about his “sexy shorts” in politics, fashion, academia and eventually identified by many as a form of contemporary performance art first done on prime time TV, thus making him a cultural provocateur with a clear social zeitgeist against the racial, government-controlled media and race-segregated Malaysian society.

Kris Law Net Worth

Kris Law is one of the richest Actor from Malaysia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kris Law 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born in George Town (Penang, Malaysia), to a Singaporean doctor father and Malaysian hairstylist 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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Kris Law Dating?

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Law’s most successful TV commercial was “KFC Black Pepper Chicken”, which was aired during the peak of the World Cup 2010. Law’s talent as a commercial actor has taken him around the world with his most recent and popular market commercial to date being produced for the Indian Ministry of Tourism’s Incredible India! thematic ad campaign titled Atithi Devo Bhav with Aamir Khan in 2015 – making him the first ASEAN commercial actor to debut in the world’s biggest market in cinema and TV advertising viewing audience where mobile Internet penetration is still low.

Facts & Trivia

Krzysztof Ranked on the list of most popular Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Malaysia. Kris Law celebrates birthday on July 11 of every year.

Kris Law, born Chin Chiang (or KLCC) is an internationally and critically acclaimed Malaysian film Actor of Chinese descent. Law gained global prominence when he became the first ASEAN Actor to debut in India – 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 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.