Vachirawit Chivaaree

Vachirawit Chivaaree (วชิรวิชญ์ ชีวอารี; born 27 December 1997), known professionally as Bright Vachirawit or Bright (Thai: ไบร์ท), is a Thai actor, singer and entrepreneur.

He is popular for his performance in the film Congrats My Ex!, in series F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers, 2gether: The Series, for show Toe Laew, for album Adolescent and Lost & Found.

He is founder of ASTRO Stuffs merchandise and Cloud9 Entertainment agency.

He earned debut "Chaplin Award" by Keira Chaplin, for his contributions in the professional fields.

He has won multiple awards including Nataraja Award, MTV Awards for singing, and Mani Mekhala Award, GQ Awards for acting.

He is one of most followed artist in social media from Thailand.

Presently, he is the global ambassador for Burberry and brand ambassador for Calvin Klein, Adidas, and Bangkok Bank in Thailand.

Bright was born on 27 December 1997 in Nakhon Chai Si, Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand, as Kunlatorn Chivaaree; he is of Thai-American-Chinese descent.

His parents got divorced when he was a child.

He grew up in Thailand with his maternal relatives and his cousins.

When he was a kid his mother named him "Bright".

In fourth grade, he changed his name from Kunlatorn to Vachirawit.

He grew up surrounded by musicians, as his uncle owned a music school.

At the age of 10, he started learning several musical instruments.

Bright completed his lower secondary education at Suankularb Wittayalai School, and upper secondary education at Triam Udom Suksa School.

He worked as a part-timer for small roles in the entertainment industry and paid for his own schooling.

He initially got a scholarship and taken Thammasat English Program of Engineering (TEPE) under the Faculty of Engineering of Thammasat University, but took break for a year to focus on his career.

Later, he decided to pursue marketing at Bangkok University International College, which endowed with a full scholarship too.

In 2021, he completed his Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Marketing.

In 2013, at the age of 15, Bright debuted as a variety show host in the 6th generation of Strawberry Krub Cake (SKC) on Channel 3 and his acting debut in SKC's short series The Beginning: Run Lovers Run produced by Duang Malee Maneejan and Nadao Bangkok.

He featured in several small roles within the industry which includes TV dramas, music videos and a film.

His notable roles are in Social Death Vote as "Day" and in I Sea U as "Peter".

In 2018, Bright auditioned for New Face Project by GMMTV and got signed as an actor/artist.

He mostly received supporting roles in few series.

In 2019, he successfully auditioned for the role of "young Dr. Peng" in Nadao Bangkok's My Ambulance.

Later, he become one of the hosts of GMM 25's travel based show Toe Laew, joining the show in its first season from Episode 135.

He was selected for the role in 2019, however other casting and the shooting got delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

It finally aired on 18 December 2021 and was an international success which earned him many awards.

In 2022, Bright starred as "Kimhan" in the romantic series Astrophile, which received positive reviews.

His guest appearance in an antagonistic role "Moth" in the fantasy series Midnight Museum gained highest viewership.

In 2023, he starred as "Tim" in Thai-Indian film Congrats My Ex!, a romantic comedy around Indian wedding alongside Ranee Campen.

The film ranked no.1 in Prime Video, Thailand and remained top ranked in many countries for more than two months.

Bright's upcoming film is The Interest alongside Urassaya Sperbund, a Thai adaptation of Man in Love.

In 2023, his GMMTV contract got over and he became independent artist under his own agency, Cloud9 Entertainment.

Success of the show led to second season in 2020, and he reprised his role as host.

In 2020, Bright earned his breakthrough when he played "Sarawat", his first lead role, in 2gether: The Series.

The series became most viewed show on Line TV, and gained national and international recognition.

He reprised his role in Still 2gether the sequel, and in 2gether: The Movie, which premiered in Tokyo.

In June 2021, Japanese director Shusuke Kaneko praised his intense acting on Twitter.

In 2021, Bright played the lead role of "Thyme" ("Domyoji Tsukasa"), in F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers, a Thai adaptation of the Japanese manga Hana Yori Dango by Yoko Kamio, who expressed her delight on his screen presence.