Sombat Metanee

Acting

Sombat Metanee

Born — Died

1937-06-26 — 2022-08-18

Place of birth

Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand

Known for

Acting

Credits

68 titles

Sombat Metanee is a legendary Thai singer, movie idol and director of the 1960-70s with over 2,000 film credits and 200 song credits. Metanee was elected to the Thai senate for a 6 year term by popular vote in April 19, 2006 only to have his term cut short by the Military coupe in Thailand the same year.

Known for

Good Old Days poster
7.0

In an antique shop, the value of each item is the story behind them. People who sell their belongings here can reminisce on their lives, and buyers see their value hidden within. Six stories about memories, love, dreams and separation are linked to six items.

Good Old Days

2022

The Legend of Suriyothai poster
5.9

During the 16th century, as Thailand contends with both a civil war and Burmese invasion, a beautiful princess rises up to help protect the glory of the Kingdom of Ayothaya. Based on the life of Queen Suriyothai.

The Legend of Suriyothai

2001

Roy Leh Saneh Rai poster
NR

Kongpop manipulates Namnueng into marriage to gain control of her inheritance, but when his deception is exposed, he must confront the fallout as real feelings begin to surface.

Roy Leh Saneh Rai

2002

สิงห์สำออย poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

สิงห์สำออย

1977

The War Lord poster
NR

Fifteen years after the fall of Ayutthaya, Thai forces led by King Naresuan successfully pushed Burmese troops out of the boundary city of Klaeng. However, this leads to retaliation from the Burmese Kingdom, who sends their troops to crush the remaining influences of Siam. A warlord who had recently lost his teacher may prove to be the only formidable force that Siam has left.

The War Lord

1976

Norah poster
NR

A young Norah dancer falls in love with a beautiful woman, but circumstances force her to become the wife of a nobleman. Heartbroken, she leaves him and moves to Bangkok without telling him that she is pregnant with his child. She later raises their daughter to adulthood, and the young woman becomes the object of affection of a wealthy young businessman.

Norah

1966

Film credits

2000s · 7 titles

The Legend of Suriyothai poster
5.9

During the 16th century, as Thailand contends with both a civil war and Burmese invasion, a beautiful princess rises up to help protect the glory of the Kingdom of Ayothaya. Based on the life of Queen Suriyothai.

The Legend of Suriyothai

2001

Tears of the Black Tiger poster
6.5

Dum, the son of a peasant falls in love with Rumpoey, the daughter of a wealthy and respected family. The star-crossed lovers are torn apart for years, but their forbidden love survives. When tragedy strikes, Dum unleashes his rage and becomes the gun-slinging outlaw the "Black Tiger" who will stop at nothing to seek his revenge.

Tears of the Black Tiger

2000

Chok Dee: The Kickboxer poster
5.3

Dida Diafat plays himself in this story based around his thai boxing career.

Chok Dee: The Kickboxer

2005

Rahtree Returns poster
5.8

Apartment 609 is still haunted by the ghost of a spurned young woman. And this causes problems for a bumbling gang of bank robbers whose loot has somehow found its way to that room.

Rahtree Returns

2005

Siamese Outlaws poster
5.5

In Thailand's ancient capital, Ayutthaya, a grand heist is executed to perfection. The gang gets away clean, but everything turns sour when they meet up to split the money. Lamai, the brains behind the heist, has double-crossed the leader of the gang, Kao, and tipped off the police. Kao escapes the police ambush with the other gang members. To Lamai's surprise, he discovers that the money has already been switched! But how? Who pulled the switch? The conspirators all suspect each other.

Siamese Outlaws

2004

Bangkok Loco poster
6.2

The story involves a gifted young rock drummer named Bay who commits a grisly murder and becomes a fugitive from the law. Trained by a monk in a style of drumming called the Drums of the Gods, which treats drumming as a martial art for the forces of good, he must face his opposite drummer from the dark side.

Bangkok Loco

2004

In the Name of Godfather poster
6.7

A young man named Chob, is caught in bed with In-tu-orn, the daughter of a powerful and wealthy landowner who owns almost ever acre in northern Thailand by her father.

In the Name of Godfather

2003

1980s · 7 titles

Hard Justice poster
1.0

Mr Lee is after a "golden Buddha" but is double crossed by one of his employees. In the process a man and his son are killed, so his brother Alex goes mad and seek revenge. He follows Lee's henchmen to San Fransisco, goes to a strip club, a casino, then he's saved and healed by indians before finally raiding the bad guy's lair with his friends

Hard Justice

1988

King Suea and Phanthai Norasingh poster
NR

Adapted from a chronicle of the Ayutthaya period, it tells the story of Sing, a young villager skilled in boxing, who catches the eye of King Suea. The king invites him to become a royal page. One day, while the king is traveling by boat along the winding Samut Sakhon River, the royal barge, steered by Sing, strikes a tree branch, breaking the bow. Although the king refrains from executing Sing, he insists on being executed to uphold royal tradition.

King Suea and Phanthai Norasingh

1982

Krai Thong 2 poster
NR

Thai filmmaker Sompote Sands returns with a sequel to "Krai Thong", in which a man can turn himself into a horrific man-eating crocodile.

Krai Thong 2

1985

Gold Raiders poster
4.4

An unmarked U.S. Airforce plane carrying $200 million in gold is shot down over Communist Laos. In a race against time the CIA dispatch an elite force of hand-picked agents to recover the treasure before it falls into enemy hands.

Gold Raiders

1982

Here Comes Tao Huay poster
NR

A grudge against a young Chinese boy selling tofu named Tofu (Sombat Metani) against a drunkard in the Snake Boxing Bureau arises. This led him to investigate the culprit who killed his father. The name of Chao Som Tam (Piyamas Monyakul) until they became friends. Later, he meets an old beggar who teaches him drunken punches, but in order to take revenge, he has to find a golden boy to know the secret to revenge on the enemy. Tofu is a young Chinese man who sells tofu to find out who killed his father. At the same time, he learned kung fu from the old man and also found love with Piyawan, a vendor of som tum habra. Meanwhile, Touhua discovers that the person who killed his father is Chao Kwai, a disciple of the Snake Boxing Academy, so Touhui must successfully clash with Chao Kwai to get revenge.

Here Comes Tao Huay

1980

Crocodile Therakwad poster
NR

A story about a man that can transform from human to crocodile and has magical powers that make people adore him.

Crocodile Therakwad

1982

คำสั่งเสือ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

คำสั่งเสือ

1983

1970s · 37 titles

สิงห์สำออย poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

สิงห์สำออย

1977

The War Lord poster
NR

Fifteen years after the fall of Ayutthaya, Thai forces led by King Naresuan successfully pushed Burmese troops out of the boundary city of Klaeng. However, this leads to retaliation from the Burmese Kingdom, who sends their troops to crush the remaining influences of Siam. A warlord who had recently lost his teacher may prove to be the only formidable force that Siam has left.

The War Lord

1976

The Golden Key poster
7.0

Various distinguished members of Hong Kong high society were being blackmailed by mysterious and attractive lady Chang Siu Juen, who seems to know the secrets of their past and present illegal activities. Millionaire Cheng Yung Seng knew that it would be his turn next. He thus planned to eliminate Chang first but the plan did not work out and Chang was saved by private detective Fang Dai Kuen...

The Golden Key

1978

หนักแผ่นดิน poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

หนักแผ่นดิน

1977

แหม่มจ๋า poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

แหม่มจ๋า

1975

The Golden Triangle poster
10.0

A Thai army undercover drug agent infiltrates an opium ring in the Golden triangle, but falls in love with the woman ring leader.

The Golden Triangle

1975

ไม่มีคำตอบจากสวรรค์ poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

ไม่มีคำตอบจากสวรรค์

1973

Rak Kham Khob Fah (Fragment) poster
NR

A young Thai man falls in love with a Cambodian stage actress during a trip to Phnom Penh, and together they have a child. But tragedy strikes when he returns to Thailand and is forced to marry a woman chosen by his father.

Rak Kham Khob Fah (Fragment)

1971

Dark Lady สตรีที่โลกลืม poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Dark Lady สตรีที่โลกลืม

1975

วิวาห์พาฝัน poster
NR

A sequel to the big hit "เกาะสวาทหาดสวรรค์" (Paradise Island), the marrage between Padermpong and Napaporn is now shaking from his womanizing behaviour and her workaholic obsession. Four months into their marriage, husband and wife aren't really live as a loving couple, now she's filing for legal separation.

วิวาห์พาฝัน

1974

Low Society poster
NR

A misguided youth falls into the bad company of an underground brothel syndicate but redeems himself on discovering that his mother was murdered by the syndicate's female boss.

Low Society

1976

Forget Me Not poster
NR

When an old lover who left him for no reason One day they met again as a boss and a company employee, he still wondered why she left him and began to take revenge on her.

Forget Me Not

1977

Tah Tien poster
5.5

Tah Tien is ostensibly a retelling of an old Thai folk tale about a battle between two giants, Yak Wat Jaeng and Yak Wat Pho.

Tah Tien

1973

วันเพ็ญ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

วันเพ็ญ

1978

Blood & Treasures poster
NR

A story of love and vengeance across lifetimes. When a young archaeologist named 'Akkanee' (Sombat Metanee) meets a mysterious woman, 'Sarochinee' (Aranya Namwong), who has the ability to see into the past, he encounters increasingly unbelievable events the more he gets to know her. This continues until he is involved in a car accident. Although he miraculously survives, he begins to recall his past life—specifically, the past in which he committed grievous misdeeds against Sarochinee, this very same mysterious woman.

Blood & Treasures

1974

The White Killer poster
NR

The story in Don Krating that became a barbarian land because the big boss acted as an influential person, robbed and killed without fear of the laws of the country. But everything changed when the arrival of a foreign man in a good mood. Plus, there is a skill in punching and love to drink fresh milk. Along with the return of Lam Yong, the daughter of the former village headman who was killed by the big master Both of them, along with the supporters, rose up to fight against the thugs who occupied this Don Krating

The White Killer

1978

The Revenge poster
NR

Singh (Sombat) returns home to Thung Kla only to find his house burned down and his parents murdered. Chan (Krung), a gambler from Bangkok who accidentally stumbles onto the path of assassination, joins Singh in investigating the murders of Singh's parents. Revenge must be served; Singh must wage war in the jungle to erase that vendetta! Stay tuned...

The Revenge

1978

The Wolf Girl poster
5.0

Seeking vengeance, a man is directed by a sorcerer to cut his child out of his pregnant wife so he can create a miraculous 'ghost child'. Overhearing this conversation, his wife flees into the forest where she ends up giving birth to twins with the help of a kindly woman living there. Afraid her husband is chasing her, the wife flees further into the forest with just one of her children, but dies when she falls off a cliff after being chased by wolves. The wolves raise the child as one of their own, whilst her twin sister is raised by the kindly woman living in the forest.

The Wolf Girl

1974

The Hell of Tarutao poster
4.2

Tarutao Island is Thailand's version of Alcatraz. This jailbreak movie centers on the elaborate schemes of the beleaguered inmates, assisted by some of the native women, to flee the island prison to get their freedom of the mainland. To do this, they must escape brutal guards, and an ocean full of crocodiles.

The Hell of Tarutao

1976

Chard Pa Yong poster
NR

Plew, a professional killer, comes back to Thailand to find out who killed his father. He is forced by Bunpot to kill Slavut, but instead he accidentally helps Slavut get away. While on the run from Bunpot, he meets Jack; they decide to get out of the country. Later they come back to help one of his best friends and kill Bunpot and all of his men.

Chard Pa Yong

1979

Huajai Hong Tee Ha poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Huajai Hong Tee Ha

1978

The Kung Fu Brothers poster
6.0

Two half-brothers are reunited after a long break, only to perpetuate an old feud over their desire for the same woman.

The Kung Fu Brothers

1973

The Hunter poster
NR

Mateson gets divorced from Atisak after she finds out he has a mistress. When trying to make a living supporting herself and her daughter Pheung, she gets involved with a drug gang, and she and her daughter gets raped by the gang. She then goes on an atrocious killing spree seeking revenge leading her into madness.

The Hunter

1977

Thoong Lui Lai poster
NR

The mission to disguise himself as Suea Phuek Chumphae (Sombat) successfully quelled various illegal influences in Chum Phae district, and Phuek proudly ascended to the position of district chief. The path seemed smooth, but when "Thung Lui Lai" fell into a state of turmoil and the authorities could no longer maintain order, Phuek Chum Phae was forced to return to his life as a bandit catching bandits once again. But what obstacles will Phuek Chum Phae face this time? Who will join him in dismantling these illegal influences?

Thoong Lui Lai

1978

คุณครูคนใหม่ poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

คุณครูคนใหม่

1975

No artwork available
3.0

Sombat Metanee stars as an army captain who teams up with a coalition of spook agencies to bust open a global heroin ring run by bad gangsters who think nothing of blowing up an army base to secure an opium route through the mountains.

Bionic Heroes

1977

Killer Wail poster
NR

In Phitsanulok, a ranger promises his brother that he will step down from his position by the end of the year under suspicious circumstances. It is not long before he is murdered by a group of criminals. Now, they have turned their attention towards his brother, and he must do everything in order to escape the conspiracy.

Killer Wail

1978

Gunman with a Baby poster
NR

A Thai military outpost in the town of Phu Kham in Laos, lead by General Wangpo, is under attack from Karen insurgents. The General's baby son is entrusted to Sergeant Khem to take him back across the border to safety.

Gunman with a Baby

1975

Gold poster
3.7

A plane transporting gold is hijacked in Thailand during the Viet Nam war. A team of Thai mercenaries is hired by the C.I.A. to bring it back.

Gold

1973

Poison of Vengeance poster
6.0

Thai drama.

Poison of Vengeance

1973

Maha Hin poster
NR

Hin, a monk who, one day receives a letter from his younger niece announcing that his parents have been killed by gangsters, their house burnt and cattle stolen.

Maha Hin

1978

เขยใหม่ปึ๋งปั๋ง poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

เขยใหม่ปึ๋งปั๋ง

1979

Tang Kong poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tang Kong

1975

Lui poster
NR

A hitman goes on a quest of revenge after his wife and child are killed in a car bomb set by his former compatriot. However, his tendency to shoot without thinking soon ends in tragedy, adding fuel to his undying bloodlust.

Lui

1977

Pah Kammathep poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pah Kammathep

1976

Friends poster
7.7

The story of three children in Sattahip of different backgrounds that became friends; Puchong, a Thai boy, Jimmy, a Korean-American boy and Muay, a Chinese girl. One day while exploring, they impulsively take a hearse going to Bangkok. There, they fall in the hands of various different adults, and learn the sad truth of the adult world.

Friends

1977

พ่อหม้ายลูกติด poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

พ่อหม้ายลูกติด

1979

1960s · 5 titles

Norah poster
NR

A young Norah dancer falls in love with a beautiful woman, but circumstances force her to become the wife of a nobleman. Heartbroken, she leaves him and moves to Bangkok without telling him that she is pregnant with his child. She later raises their daughter to adulthood, and the young woman becomes the object of affection of a wealthy young businessman.

Norah

1966

Ban Tae Girl poster
NR

Navin (Sombat), a development officer, is sent to develop Ban Tae subdistrict in northern Thailand. He meets Kamphu (Suthisa) and they fall in love. One day, Navin receives an official letter ordering him to return to Bangkok and is forced to marry Orapin (Yaowaret), a woman his mother has chosen for him. Time passes, and Kamphu and his friends from Ban Tae decide to travel to Bangkok to find Navin.

Ban Tae Girl

1968

The Sun Drips Blood poster
NR

A mediator walks into a Karen village in the midst of a feud between another village. When the sheriff of the village is shot dead, he soon becomes implicit in a series of murders, and it is not long that he angers enough people who are thirsty for vengeance.

The Sun Drips Blood

1963

Paradise Island poster
6.5

The scenery of Samui in 1969 is the background of the musical love story between the couples from the rival families. Sombat Mathanee stars the playboy, Paduempun against Arunya Naamwong who plays the business girl, Napaporn. They came to Paradise Island to take care of their family coconut orchards. They bet who could work more successful. If the guy won, the girl must have married him. If he lost, he gave up his business to her. In the midst of controversy, he fell in love with her. Meanwhile, she began to be confused because she might be in love with him as well.

Paradise Island

1969

The Battle of Bang Rajan poster
NR

This movie is about Bang Rajan village. This village is located north of Ayutthaya, the old capital of Siam, predecessor state to modern Thailand. The village played a famous role related to its resistance against the Burmese in the war that saw the destruction of Ayutthaya city in 1767. Tap is a Siamese soldier leader. Siamese people have internal conflicts while they are also fighting with Burma.

The Battle of Bang Rajan

1966

Series credits

Behind the camera