Frank Thanatsaran Samthonglai

Frank Thanatsaran Samthonglai started at the top of the call sheet. His very first role, Tee in ‘Cause You’re My Boy (2018), was a lead, and in the years since he has gone back and forth between headlining his own series and playing the friend in bigger ones. Phukong in 2gether: The Series is the big one.

Thanatsaran Samthonglai (ธนัตถ์ศรันย์ ซำทองไหล), nicknamed Frank, was born on 12 July 2000 in Loei Province. He took a vocational course in automotive studies at Panjavidhya Technological College. His career began under GMMTV, which he left in 2021.

In ‘Cause You’re My Boy his co-lead was Drake Sattabut Laedeke as Mork, and the two played Tee and Mork again in Our Skyy the same year. In 2019 he led Blacklist as Bantad. The 2gether casting in 2020 put Frank and Drake side by side once more, now as Phukong and Mil, in 2gether: The Series and Still 2gether, and Phukong returned in 2gether: The Movie in 2021.

After GMMTV the lead roles kept coming. He was Tlemai in Nha Harn (2022), and all three of his 2023 series were leads, with Itt in Love Syndrome III the longest of them at twelve episodes. In 2024 he led OMG! Vampire as Phum and played Atom across twelve episodes of The Rebound. His 2026 work includes Kan in The Crow Club, a sixteen episode part, and Kyo, a main role in Neptune in the Sky.

Film has become a second track. After Phukong’s return in the 2gether movie he played Nawin in the horror sequel Death Whisperer 2 (2024), then Pol in The Cursed Mask and Kuk in Nancy Boy, both in 2025. He is also in the cast of the 2026 film Panyi I Sea You.