Johannes Taslim (born 23 June 1981) is an Indonesian actor and

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. He was a member of Indonesia's

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national team from 1997 to 2009. He is known for his roles as Sergeant Jaka in ''The Raid'' (2011), Jah in ''

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'' (2013),

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(2016), as Li Yong in ''Warrior'' and as Sub-Zero in ''

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'' (2021).

Early life

Taslim was born in

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, Indonesia. He is of

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descent.

Film career

Taslim is active as a model and actor, appearing in magazines, TV commercials and several Indonesian feature films. Taslim retired from judo in his late 20s to pursue acting. In 2010, he won the role of Jaka, a sergeant in a special police squad, in the award-winning '' The Raid'', after a series of fight auditions and reading. Following ''The Raid'', Taslim took part in HBO Asia's first action horror film, ''

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'', which had a theatrical release in selected Asian territories in September 2012, followed by exclusive television premieres across the HBO Asia network. Taslim appeared in the feature film ''

'' (2013), as the villainous Jah, a mercenary who uses his

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to fight two of the film's protagonists, Roman Pearce (

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) and Han Seoul-Oh (

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). In May 2013, it was reported that Taslim would star in the action thriller ''

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''. In September 2014, pre-production on the film was halted and the script was instead adapted as a graphic novel. The film was eventually released by

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on 19 October 2018. In 2016, he played an antagonist character, Manas, a former first officer of Captain Balthazar Edison (played by

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), Anderson Le, turned into an alien in ''

''. In 2017, Taslim was cast in the role of Li Yong in the

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action series, ''

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''. He played Li Yong, a Long Zii enforcer and secretly Mai Ling's lover. His character serves as a rival to the series' protagonist Ah Sahm. The series premiered on 5 April 2019. In July 2019, Taslim was cast as Sub-Zero in the '' Mortal Kombat reboot''. The film premiered in April 2021 in theaters and on

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Filmography

Film

Television

Sport achievements

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taslim, Joe 1981 births 21st-century Indonesian male actors Indonesian male film actors Indonesian male judoka Indonesian male models Indonesian male taekwondo practitioners Indonesian male television actors Indonesian people of Chinese descent Indonesian Protestants Living people People from Palembang Silat practitioners Indonesian Christians Southeast Asian Games medalists in judo Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Competitors at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games