What is Kee Thuan Chye?
[[File:Kee Thuan Chye.JPG|thumb|Kee Thuan Chye]] '''Kee Thuan Chye''' (born May 25, 1954; age {{age|1954|5|25}}) is a well-known [[Malaysia]]n [[actor]], [[journalist]] and [[author]]. He has acted in [[theatre]], [[movie]]s and on [[television]] for more than 30 years and still do so. movie roles include: (1) ''[[Entrapment (movie)|Entrapment]]''; (2) ''[[Anna and the King]]''; (3) ''[[Marco Polo (TV movie)|Marco Polo]]'', a Hallmark TV-movie; and (4) ''Secrets of the Forbidden City'' for the [[BBC]] and the [[History (TV channel)|History Channel]]. Kee Thuan Chye received his [[Master's degree]] in [[drama]] from [[University of Essex|Essex University]] in [[1988]]. He was given a [[British Council]] [[Fellowship]] to study in [[England]]. He wrote many [[Play (theatre)|plays]] and [[Poetry|poems]]. Two of his plays have been shown at UK Festivals: # ''The Big Purge'' was read at the [[Soho Theatre]] in [[2005]]. # ''The Swordfish, Then the Concubine'' was partly read at the Warehouse Theatre's 21st International Playwrighting Festival in November [[2006]]. It was placed among the Top 5. His play, ''1984 Here and Now'', is included in an international collection of poems called ''Postcolonial Plays''. It was published by [[Routledge]], [[United Kingdom]]. Kee's [[short story]], ''A Sense of Home'', is included in ''New Writing 10''. This short story was published by [[Picador (imprint)|Picador]], also in the [[United Kingdom]]. Kee Thuan Chye is also a well-known [[civil rights]] [[Activism|fighter]]. Because the Malaysian government does not allow [[newspaper]]s to criticize her, Kee would write what he wants to say in his plays when he cannot write them in newspapers. And because he dares to speak out, Kee was named as one of the ''The Annexe Heroes'' when The Annexe Heroes Freedom of Expression Awards was started in [[2008]].<ref>[http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/12/28/hero-worship/ Lim Kit Siang.com: Hero worship]</ref> In [[2010]], he was named the 34th Most Trusted [[Malaysia]]n by [[Reader's Digest