Tawan Vihokratana

Tawan was born in Bangkok, Thailand. Focusing on science and mathematics, he completed his high school education at Suankularb Wittayalai School. He initially took up a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the Faculty of Science at Chulalongkorn University (CU) but decided to shift and take up instead a bachelor's degree in economics from the Faculty of Economics at the same school.^[5] He was selected to be one of the school's Generation 5 mace-bearers for the 68th Chula–Thammasat Traditional Football Match in 2012 which included future actors Pat Chatborirak and Pakorn Thanasrivanitchai.^[6]

He was introduced in 2014 as one of the six new hosts of Five Live Fresh, a youth-oriented music television program of the now-defunct Bang Channel. Among his fellow hosts were Thitipoom Techaapaikhun and Jumpol Adulkittiporn.^[7]

He made his television debut in the same year with Room Alone 401-410 where he played a supporting role as Warm. He also became part of Ugly Duckling: Don't (2015). In 2016, he got a supporting role in U-Prince:The Foxy Pilot (2016) and Kiss: The Series (2016) where he played the role of Pete.

In 2017, he starred in the main role as Alan in the drama series Secret Seven: The Series. He later became known for his main role as Pete in Kiss Me Again (2018) and Dark Blue Kiss (2019). He also played the role of Shin in 3 Will Be Free (2019). He also hosted the food web series TayNew Meal Date along with Thitipoom Techaapaikhun.

In 2020, he joined the cast I'm Tee, Me Too as Teedo and had a guest role in The Gifted: Graduation. He is also one of the hosts of Friend Club together with Jumpol Adulkittiporn and Weerayut Chansook. He's the current host of his own lifestyle/talk show, Krahai Lao. In 2021, he starred as Tin in The Player. In November 2022, GMMTV announced that he along with his co-star Thitipoom Techaapaikhun, would be the main casts of the agency's adaptation of Cherry Magic (2023).

Outside his acting career, Tawan co-owns a spa called Bamboo Secrets along with Thitipoom Techaapaikhun.^[8]

On 29 June 2017, he was ordained at the Wat Bowonniwet Vihara.^[9]

Tawan has supported the 2020–2021 Thai protests and opposed the use of violence in the 2020 Pathumwan dispersal, while also fiercely criticizing politics, both the situation of the people's protests, the situation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand, and the situation after the 2023 Thai general election.^{[10][11][12][13][14]}