Kyaw Hein (Burmese: ကျော်ဟိန်း [tɕɔ̀héɪɴ]; born 25 July 1947) is a five-time Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmese film actor, film director, and singer. Born Kyaw Htay (ကျော်ဌေး), Kyaw Hein starred in hundreds of films, and directed several films, and was considered one of the most important actors in Burmese cinema. However, in 2008, on his 61st birthday, he announced he would retire from the film industry to live as an Theravada Buddhist monk. He holds the Dharma name Kittisāra (ကိတ္တိသာရ).