Ta Tuan Minh: The youngest actor to be awarded the People's Artist award, almost quit his job because of an accident

Ta Tuan Minh is one of 42 artists awarded the title of People's Artist (People's Artist) for the 10th time in 2023. In real life, he has a simple life with his wife and his two talented sons. artistic talent.

Recently, actor and director Ta Tuan Minh was honored to be one of 42 artists awarded the title of People's Artist for the 10th time, phase 2 according to Decision No. 1431/QD-CTN signed by President Vo Van Thuong November 28.

For small screen audiences, Ta Tuan Minh is an unfamiliar face. He has appeared in many films, transforming into many different characters from villains to protagonists. Most recently, he played the role of a cosmetic doctor in the movie Mirror Mask .

Although he is noticed for his roles on screen, artist Ta Tuan Minh devotes himself and is more successful on the theater stage. Currently, he is working at the Vietnam Drama Theater.

In the field of drama, Ta Tuan Minh has many impressive roles such as Tu Hai in Kieu , Hamlet in Hamlet , Thien in Sand Castle , Son "cicada" in The Storm Sees the Sun , Nguyen Hue in The World . At the same time, he also participated in many different roles in outstanding plays of the Vietnam Drama Theater such as Apartment Neighbors, Story of a Brave Man, Sin, Truong Ba's Soul as a Butcher, Daughter's Wedding mouse ...

At the end of 2020, Ta Tuan Minh won the "Best Director" award at the 4th Capital Theater Festival with the play Good People from House No. 5 . In 2021, he continued to be awarded the Gold Medal at the National Drama Festival when transforming into Tran Thu Do in the play Destiny .

In the same year, Ta Tuan Minh took on a new responsibility when he was appointed as Deputy Head of the classical troupe of the Vietnam Drama Theater. Most recently, he reaped the r.ewards when he directed the contemporary play Shadow of Puppets by author Vu Hoang Hoa.

Despite his success, few people know that Ta Tuan Minh initially did not choose art, but intended to study Architecture. The fate that brought him to the stage was completely accidental. While preparing to enter the University of Architecture, Ta Tuan Minh helped his friend create a skit for the Theater and Cinema exam. That friend also asked him to act as a supporting actor and encouraged him to sign up for the audition. As a result, you failed and Meritorious Artist Tuan Minh was selected. In the end, even though his parents discouraged him, Ta Tan Minh still decided to choose the stage.

After many years of effort, Ta Tuan Minh now has a stable career. In 2019, he was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist. By 2023, at the age of 43, he became one of the youngest actors to be awarded the 10th People's Artist title.

Ta Tuan Minh shared that he felt happy, honored and proud to be on the list to be awarded the title of People's Artist. At the same time, the male artist also feels pressured to be worthy of the title.

"I'm lucky to be quite young, I have time to devote, the road ahead is still very long. I'm also under pressure to have works worthy of the title, to contribute a l.ot. more for the country's art," Ta Tuan Minh told Vietnamnet.

The achievements that Ta Tuan Minh achieved today, in addition to his own efforts, also came with the help of his wife Thanh Huong.

Like her husband, Thanh Huong is an actor at the Vietnam Drama Theater. Although she is very charming in acting, especially in comedy roles, she often only plays supporting roles, stepping back to let her husband shine.

Artist Ta Tuan Minh always appreciates his wife's sacrifice and devotion to her family. He shared that he felt lucky that his wife agreed to be his wife's wife, wholeheartedly taking care of his two children so that he could feel secure in his work and flourish in art.

However, Ta Tuan Minh's family also went through difficult and difficult times. That was in 2008, when he and his wife were newly married and rented a small house. At that time, Thanh Huong had just retired from the Military Theater, the entire economic burden depended on Ta Tuan Minh's salary of 1.5 million VND. Then, just 2 weeks after his eldest son was born, the male artist had a pretty serious accident.

Because it was so difficult, Ta Tuan Minh's whole family had to carry each other to live with his grandparents. By 2011, Thanh Huong asked to return to the Vietnam Drama Theater to work and Ta Tuan Minh was also fortunate to return to normal and start performing again.

In early 2020, after many years of striving and saving, Ta Tuan Minh and his wife were able to buy their own small apartment. This is a milestone and a great happiness for the whole family after going through many ups and downs.

Currently, Ta Tuan Minh has a simple but happy and peaceful life with his wife and children. Inheriting their parents' artistic genes, the male artist's two children showed acting talent from a young age.

The two children perform in many places and are often present in VTV programs, stage skits or reading radio stories of the Voice of Vietnam. As for the youngest son, Ta Vu Phong, he has acted in commercials since he was 7 months old.

Sharing about his children's talents, Ta Tuan Minh shared: " Perhaps because they live in an environment where their parents both do art, during family meals together, the children are also fascinated by the story. do the job that my parents discussed.

We have never forced or directed our children to pursue art, but let them freely choose what they like. Of course, deep down we all want our children to continue their parents' careers."