Chantavit Dhanasevi (Thai: ฉันทวิชช์ ธนะเสวี; RTGS: Chanthawit Thanasewi; nicknamed Ter) is a Thai actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his lead role in the 2010 film Hello Stranger, 2012 film ATM: Er Rak Error, and 2016 movie, One Day.
Early life
Dhanasevi studied at Chulalongkorn University and graduated with a bachelor's degree of Communication Arts, majoring in Motion Pictures and Still Photography.[1][2] During his campus life, he worked in several faculty stage plays from 2001 to 2006.
Career
After graduation, Dhanasevi began work as a freelancer and started doing screen-writing, assistant directing, off-shot cinematographing, and acting coach jobs for GTH.[2] He acted in several small roles in a lot of GTH films until 2008, when he got one of the main roles in Hormones. He then had another lead role in the horror film Coming Soon. He also was credited for screenwriting of 4Bia and Phobia 2 in 2008-2009.[citation needed]
In 2010, Dhanasevi became an actor after doing the romantic comedy Hello Stranger with Neungthida Sopon, in which he also was credited as co-screenwriter. His role earned him a Star Hunter award as one of the 10 most promising young actors in Asia at Shanghai International Film Festival 2011.[2] In 2012, he came back with another film, ATM: Er Rak Error along with a new actress, Preechaya Pongthananikorn. ATM became GTH's highest-grossing film ever at that time (later surpassed by Pee Mak in 2013). In 2013, Dhanasevi co-wrote the film Pee Mak.[citation needed]
Personal life
Dhanasevi had a relationship with Pattarasaya Kreursuwansiri for nearly seven years.[3][4][5]