Mum Jokmok


Petchtai Wongkamlao, is a Thai comedian, actor, martial artist and film director. He is best known in Thailand by his stage name, Mum Jokmok ; and is a popular Thai television personality. He is credited as Mom Jok Mok, Mum Jokemok, or Mom Jokmok.

Comedy and television

Mum started his career as a comedian in the Bangkok "cafe" scene. He began his comedy troupe with "Jaturong Mokjok." Mum became widely known to the public from the variety game show Ching Roi Ching Lan hosted by Panya Nirankul. He appeared in the comedy section with his group members and performed stunts. He also co-hosted another popular game show, Wethithong, with Kiat Kitcharoen. He also has his TV show Mum Show, which airs every Saturday night.

Film roles

Mum is perhaps best known for his film role as George or "Dirty Balls," a translation of the Isan language term "Buk Hum Lare", the comic-relief character in Ong-Bak, a popular action film starring Tony Jaa.
Mum reprised the comic-relief role in the follow-up to Ong-Bak, Tom-Yum-Goong. Instead of a con artist, as in Ong-Bak, he is a Sydney police inspector. Much of the comedy in Tom-Yum-Goong was about Mum speaking English, which is his third language. A gag reel over the closing credits shows him struggling with many lines.
His first starring role was in 2001's Killer Tattoo, director Yuthlert Sippapak's debut film. The film is about a group of bumbling hitmen, and his character is called Dog Badbomb.
After the success of Ong-Bak, Mum was able to write, direct and star in his own film, The Bodyguard, a wire fu action comedy in which he portrays a bodyguard fired after the billionaire he is protecting is killed. Martial arts action was choreographed by Panna Ritikrai, and Ong-Bak's Tony Jaa plays a small part as a fighter in a supermarket. One of the most famous scenes is when Mum's character runs naked across Bangkok's crowded Victory Monument public square, a major junction for public transportation. In the "Making of" documentary on the film's DVD, Mum said the scene was one of the most embarrassing things he has ever done.
Mum wrote, directed, and starred in 2005's Yam Yasothon, in which he returned to his roots as a nightclub comedian for a musical romantic comedy set in rural northeastern Thailand in 1967. It was an homage to the Thai musical comedies of the 1960s and '70s, especially the Mitr Chaibancha and Petchara Chaowarat films. The dialogue was entirely in the Isan Lao dialect, and for screenings in Bangkok, it had Thai subtitles so that central Thais could understand it more easily. In the Thailand National Film Awards, Yam Yasothon received a best-actress nomination for Mum's co-star, Janet Kheaw.
Mum also has shown a flair for dramatic acting. In 2005, he starred in Midnight My Love as a loner taxi driver who has a relationship with a massage parlor girl. Cherm was screened at the 10th Pusan International Film Festival and other festivals. Mum was nominated for best actor at the 2005 Thailand National Film Awards. His co-star, Woranut Wongsawan, was nominated for best actress.
He is often seen in more minor roles, including the hit 2005 Thai comedy The Holy Man and an uncredited role in Dumber Heroes, a part he says he did for "a case of beer."
Mum has written a short autobiography, The Untold Story.
At the end of 2005, Mum starred in Ghost Variety, a comedy-horror story in which he plays the director of a reality TV series that searches for spirits in haunted places. The film was released on December 29, 2005. It was directed by Adirek "Uncle" Wattaleela, a veteran producer and director, and it featured guest appearances from many Thai film directors and producers, including Somsak Techaratanaprasert, Prachya Pinkaew, Piak Poster, Cherd Songsri, Yuthlert Sippapak.
Along with his film work, he continues to be a regular part of the cast of the BBTV Channel 7 variety-game show Ching-Roi-Ching-Lan, working with fellow comedians Pongsak Pongsuwan and Choosak Eamsuk.
Among Mum's movies during 2006-07 is The Bodyguard 2. The movie is a prequel that tells the story of his character Khumlao and how he came from the fictional country of Nongwaileum to work in an undercover police assignment in Thailand. His character posed as a luk thung singer named Mummy Lao, so in addition to action and comedy, the film features singing and dancing. Mum was also featured in another movie in 2007 called Kuu Raet, where he played the role of a ladyboy.

Filmography

As actor

  • Joui
  • Song Tone
  • Kabuan Karn Ajarn Koi
  • Pob Phee Tha Leng Kling Ngab Ngab
  • Tanong Ra Hum Satarn Lok
  • Pun Mae Bia
  • Bann Pee Sing
  • Kahang
  • Sook Sarn Phee Pob
  • Chee Babb Phee Phee
  • Pob Thaloo Daek
  • Rong Rien Kum Jab Pob
  • Pook Phee Ma Ji Pob
  • Sunya Jai Mae Nak Pra Kha Nong
  • Mae Nak Je Phee Pob
  • Chem Chem Laew Kor Chum
  • Sayong Koys
  • Ai Khae
  • Rang Ruk Paya Bad
  • A Mai Thae Ya Si Ja
  • Ja Koo Ruk Kod Nong Hai Kong Lok
  • Kuan Oy
  • Kong Roi 501 Rim Daeng
  • Koo Hoo Koo Ha
  • Phee Mae Mai 3
  • Sob 5 Pee
  • Sati Mai Term Satang
  • Taharn Kern Bann Chum
  • Wing Na Tung Kum Lang 2 bon sen Tang maha Sajung
  • Kwam Ruk Kong Khun Chui 2 Panya Chon Kon Ka Ling
  • Ter Kong Rao Kong Kao Ruer Kong Krai
  • Sood Warn Waeo Taeo Rerk
  • Mong Pleng Lum Nam Phong
  • Dracula Kub Pob
  • Paya Mae Bia
  • Jorakhae Phee Sing
  • Sayong Kins
  • Cha Wap Ap Ping
  • Pa Lok Pleng Luk Thung
  • Ban Phee Pob Part 11
  • Phee Mai Klua Sab Pa Re
  • Ka Chue Ma Hing Sa
  • Isao Uuk Sarm Sok
  • Ma Term Fun Wun Ta Tai
  • Ban Phee Pob Part 13
  • Kon Dark Diew
  • Kong Roi 501 Tung Jai Ja Tak Tae Mai Tak Tao
  • Muer Phee
  • Pee Sard Hang Kwam Ruk
  • Killer Tattoo
  • Ong-Bak
  • Sai Lor Fah
  • The Bodyguard
  • Midnight, My Love
  • The Holy Man
  • Dumber Heroes
  • Tom-Yum-Goong
  • Yam Yasothon
  • Ghost Variety
  • Chai Lai
  • Krasue Valentine
  • Nong Teng Nakleng-pukaotong
  • The Bodyguard 2
  • Teng Nong Khon Ma Ha Hea
  • The Odd Couple
  • Konbai: The Movie
  • Mum Deaw Hua Liem Hua Lam
  • Ong Bak 2
  • Ong Bak 3
  • Panya Raenu
  • The Kick
  • The Outrage (2011)
  • Sub Khu ku Lok
  • Panya Raenu 2
  • Tom-Yum-Goong 2 ''
  • Love Slave
  • Ar Ma
  • E-San Love Story
  • The Last Heroes
  • It Could Be Him
  • Som Pla Noi
  • Daeng Phra Khong
  • The Murderer

As actor/director

As voice actor