Dom Hetrakul

Dom Hetrakul (Thai: ดอม เหตระกูล; born 9 April 1976), also credited as Dom Haetrakul, is a Thai actor, television host and model. His screen work runs from 1998 to the present and includes Thai historical epics, international co-productions, prime-time lakorn and, twice, queer titles: Coach Tee in Waterboyy (2017) and Niran’s father in WEIRDO-101 (2026).

He is the eldest son of Pracha Hetrakul, executive chairman of the Thai newspaper Daily News. He was educated at Assumption College in Bang Rak, Bangkok, and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the international college of Mahidol University, taken in English. He entered the industry after being encouraged by Mingkwan Saengsuwan, first reaching the final five of the 1994 Praew young man and woman contest, then taking guest roles in television dramas before moving into film leads near the end of his degree with Crime Kings (1998) and La Rabert Muang.

Through the 2000s he worked steadily across both Thai and foreign productions. Thai television took him through Channel 3 dramas including Kalapangha, Khoei Likay, 5 Khom and Leh Lap Salap Rang, and Channel 5’s Saen Saep, alongside hosting duties on the programme Kratuk Nam Toei. Internationally he appeared in Sniper 3 (2004), The King Maker (2005), Vampires: The Turning (2005), Jules Verne’s Mysterious Island (2005), Bangkok Dangerous (2008), The Marine 2 (2009), Bangkok Revenge (2011) and the Austrian-produced Twilight Over Burma (2015).

At home he took major roles in Thailand’s historical cinema, including At the Gate of the Ghost (2011) and both The Legend of King Naresuan 3 and 4 (2011) as Suea Harnfah. From the mid-2010s his television credits include Love’s Tempest (2018, 39 episodes), Melodies of Love (2019, 32 episodes), Dhevaprom (2024, 31 episodes), The Giver (2022, 26 episodes), The Family (2023, 25 episodes), Better off Mine (2020, 24 episodes) and The Sweetest Taboo (2024, 21 episodes). He has recurred in the Club Friday anthology across three separate seasons, playing Barami and Wiwat.

In 2025 he appeared as Pornchai in the third season of The White Lotus. His 2025 credits also include Happiness, Love in the Moonlight as General Kalong, My Mother’s Recipe and two Club Friday entries. Outside acting he runs Brit Bike Co. Ltd., the Thai importer and distributor for Triumph motorcycles.