Fachri Albar (born 15 November 1981) is an Indonesian actor and musician. He is best known for starring in

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thriller '' Dead Time: Kala'' in 2007 and

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'' in 2009.

Career

Acting

Albar debuted on the small screen in a modern retelling of the folklore ''Malin Kundang'' opposite veteran actress Desy Ratnasari. The series premiered in January 2005 on SCTV and ran for two seasons, but Albar only appeared in one season. Albar then had his feature film debut in November 2005 with the release of ''Alexandria'' as one of the main characters opposite

Marcel Chandrawinata Marcel Chandrawinata (born March 29, 1987) is an Indonesian actor and model best known for his role in film ''Alexandria'' co-starring with actress Julie Estelle. Early life Chandrawinata was born in Hannover, Germany. His father is Chinese ...

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, and

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. His next projects came in 2007 in the role of

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Amanda in '' Jakarta Undercover'' and as Janus in '' Dead Time: Kala''. His performance in the latter earned him his first

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nomination in the

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category, losing to

Deddy Mizwar Deddy Mizwar (born 5 March 1955) is an Indonesian actor, film director and politician, born of an Indo (Dutch- Betawi) father and Betawi- Bugis mother. He is the Chairman of Indonesia's National Film Advisory Board (''Badan Pertimbangan Perfilman N ...

(''

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'') as well as an MTV Indonesia Movie Awards in the Most Favorite Actor category, this time losing to Mizwar's co-star in ''

,''

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. He then appeared opposite

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in Anwar's follow-up release ''

'' as Gambir, an artist who one day meets a young boy and starts to uncover secrets. The film was critically acclaimed and introduced Albar to the international scene through screenings at international film festivals. After years of absence from films, Albar appeared in Richard Oh's experimental film ''Melancholy Is a Movement'' as himself as well as in a segment co-directed by

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and Gareth Evans for the horror anthology film ''

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'' in 2015. He then made a brief special appearance in a

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in Joko Anwar's 2017 international hit ''

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''.

Music

Fachri is a drummer for the punk rock band Jibriel. His brother Fauzy Albar is also part of the band as lead vocalist. The band released their debut single "Raih" in May 2007 and their debut studio album ''...Memecah Kesunyian'' (lit. ''Breaking the Silence'') in June the following year.

Personal life

Albar is the son of rock star and vocalist

Ahmad Albar Ahmad Syech Albar ( ar, أحمد شيخ البار ') or better known as Ahmad Albar (born 16 July 1946) is an Indonesian rock musician and vocalist of mixed ethnic Arabic and Javanese descent . He is the founding member of God Bless. Biograph ...

of the legendary Indonesian

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God Bless God Bless is an Indonesian rock band founded in Jakarta in 1973 by Ahmad Albar, Jockie Soerjoprajogo, Fuad Hassan, Donny Fattah, and Ludwig Lemans. It continues to be active and has received several awards from the Indonesian music industry. H ...

and actress Rini S. Bono. He is the middle of 3 brothers. His older brother Fauzi Albar is the lead vocal of Jibriel, the punk rock band of which Albar is also a member of as a drummer. In August 2018, Albar lost his other brother Faldi Albar due to liver failure. Albar is also a step brother to racing driver

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by his mother's subsequent marriage to business mogul

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. On 12 June 2014, Albar married model and actress Renata Kusmanto. They have two children: son River Syech Albar and daughter Clover Satin Albar.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Albar, Fachri 1981 births Living people Indonesian film actors Indonesian people of Yemeni descent People from Jakarta Indonesian drummers