Cao Minh Dat: Once quit his job to work as a salesman, was rumored to be in love with the same se.x, and was just entangled in PR noise

Cao Minh Dat is a familiar face to Vietnamese audiences through many roles on the screen, especially villains. Recently, he has just been involved in a scanda.l advertising colostrum for insomnia.

Cao Minh Dat was born on April 22, 1975 in Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City, known as the face of Vietnamese film actors in the years of the 2000s. His best friend is the elite artist, director Do Duc Thinh. The two are neighbors, go to school together, hang out and grow up together.

After high school, Cao Minh Dat passed the exam to enter Maritime University, and Duc Thinh studied at the intermediate school of the Faculty of Accounting. But after studying for about a year, he felt that he was not suitable for this profession, so he decided to drop out to enter the School of Theater Arts 2 (now Ho Chi Minh City University of Theater and Cinema) in the Department of Theater and Drama Actors.

Although he has a handsome appearance, Cao Minh Dat's personality is very shy, so he invited Duc Thinh to take the exam with him to have a spirit. As arranged by fate, both of them were admitted. Cao Minh Dat - Duc Thinh are so close that they are rumored to be in love with the same se.x. "In the past, it was rumored that I fell in love with Cao Minh Dat. Cao Minh Dat and I went to the same school, so we drove each other to study, so we were rumored to be in love for three years," Thanh Thuy's husband revealed in a program.

Minh Dat's career was quite easy from the early days of starting his career. His first role in the fairy tale film "The Pig King" in 1995 was loved by many audiences. Thanks to her gentle and sincere appearance... Especially with big, clear and talkative eyes, the actor has "caught the green eye" of the directors.

However, when he graduated in 1997, Cao Minh Dat quit his job to work as a salesman for an advertising company in Saigon. The reason is partly because he witnessed the negative and sectarian scene of the entertainment industry full of complexity, making the self-esteem of a young student at that time unable to accept this fact.

In 1998, Cao Minh Dat received a phone call from Le Bao Trung, then the deputy director of the movie "City Children", who introduced Minh Dat to casting, so he participated in the audition. The bright face is well-trained and formal, helping the bo.y to be chosen to play a major role in the cult film directed by Do Phu Hai.

This work has ignited the fire of passion for art that has been simmering in Cao Minh Dat for a long time. Since then, nothing can keep him away from the screen. The first decade of the 21st century (from 2002 to 2012) was the peak of the actor's career when he occupied the country's television with many resonant and prominent films such as "White Blouse", "Spiral of Love", "Ambition", "The Smell of Cilantro",...

In addition to the main roles, Cao Minh Dat also tried his hand at many villainous roles and was extremely successful. Starting from the role of Trinh Ham's debut villain in "Luc Van Tien", which made a great mark in his career, was highly appreciated by experts. Until the villain Quang Truong (Fashion Technology) helped him win the "Best Actor in a TV Feature Film" awar.d of the 2011 Golden Kite.

Cao Minh Dat is also the first choice of many directors in Tet movies such as: When People Love, Give Birth, Fortune,... However, most of his films cause mixed opinions in terms of content and quality. It is different from scripts with heavier content at the same time in the television segment.

In 2024, Cao Minh Dat will reunite with Nhat Kim Anh in the series "Under the Shadow of the Servant" as Uncle Minh. The content of the film takes place mainly in the context of the past of the Southwest in the 50s of the 20th century, a period when society existed, dividing the two classes quite clearly between landlords and peasants.

Despite encountering many controversies, this work of the army was still enthusiastically received by the audience. Before "Under the Shadow of the Servant", Cao Minh Dat - Nhat Kim Anh used to be very successful with the series "Lightning in the Rain", which was loved by many viewers.

In addition to the voice of Duan Duong Vang, Cao Minh Dat also has another good female co-star, Thanh Thuy - the wife of his best friend - director Duc Thinh. They are one of the couples who have played the most couples on the small screen ever of Vietnamese cinema.

The first film in which Cao Minh Dat - Thanh Thuy acted as a pair was "White Blouse", but the set that made its mark as a pair of female pearl fairies on the screen of both was "Vortex of Love", which was broadcast in prime time with a record number of viewers on HTV7 channel.

"The Vortex of Love" is Vietnamized from the Thai version, produced in 2005, with the motif of Prince - Cinderella and the fairytale but no less twisted love story between the two main characters Khiem and Na has been very popular with the audience. This is also the first film to pave the way for the trend of Vietnamese prime-time dramas on television in the early 2000s.

Also at this time, Cao Minh Dat - Thanh Thuy was voted the most favorite couple. In 2008, they reunited and continued to have great success with "The Other Love". Thanks to their roles in the film, the two received nominations for Favorite Couple and Favorite Actor and Actress at the HTV Awards.

Similar to many other couples, the good combination also made Cao Minh Dat - Thanh Thuy involved in love rumors for a long time. Although the two had to correct many times, the audience still did not believe it until Thanh Thuy married Duc Thinh.

In 2016, Cao Minh Dat became married to his girlfriend Thanh Truc, after three years of dating. After the establishment of the family, Minh Dat refined his roles more, mainly choosing films shot near the city so that he would not be away from his partner for too long. The actor said he couldn't be fluffy like when he was single. After work, I went home to eat. In their free time, the couple arranged to travel together.

Over the past time, Cao Minh Dat assisted Thanh Truc in cosmetics trading, accumulating more finances. He set up a personal page, mainly for his wife to use for business. Sometimes, actors help their partners shoo.t promotional videos for products.

Until the evening of April 8, social networks were buzzing with the clip allegedly of Cao Minh Dat, when advertising for a colostrum brand. The sharing of the actor "Lightning in the Rain" about the use of this product has attracted a lot of attention from the public.

In the clip that went viral, Cao Minh Dat said that the milk has an effect on people who have insomnia and do not sleep deeply. However, his sayings such as: "Those who have experienced chronic insomnia for 10 years, even 20 years, taking all kinds of medicines in the world but cannot recover, this is the product that uncles and brothers need to use" or "I use exactly 2 glasses a day, a glass in the evening, a glass in the morning, no matter how insomnia is, it will go away"... made many people talk. Even reminiscent of the recent hype.

Regarding the incident, when PV LH, Truc Truong - Cao Minh Dat's wife shared that she had grasped the information, and at the same time said that the clip had been made a long time ago. The actor's wife said in the clip, he also only mentioned long-term drinking to improve sleep. "When the brand gives it, I use it and feel that it is good, but I don't pay attention to the words. In the future, we will not advertise such content anymore," she shared.

Ms. Dieu Duc: Mother-in-law of Mu Hai - Thi Binh (Thunder in the Rain), passionate about the profession - "does not want to retire" Khánh Tự13:41:00 21/08/2023NSUT Dieu Duc is known as a veteran actor with a natural and emotional performance. She is the mother-in-law character in the TV series Thunder in the Rain. The film stars Nhat Kim Anh and Cao Minh Dat as Uncle Mu Hai.