Johan Karlberg (born 19 March 1984) is a Swedish born Chinese actor and is the first actor from Öland that had a career in Asia. He is known from

Last Kung Fu Monk ''Last Kung Fu Monk'' () is a Chinese martial art drama from 2010 that was filmed and co worked with both China and United States. The movie is the debut directing by Peng Zhang Li, and the story is inspired by his own life as a monk and his new ...

, The Resistance, and Marriage Cuisine.

Biography

In early 2000s he went to Film school in Hvidovre Denmark for student film projects, and joined independent films in Canada, and also some web series in Detroit Michigan. In 2007 he joined YouTube to make online auditions where he was discovered by a Chinese director. He kept working in China for six years from 2009 to 2014. In 2010, he began his acting debut in the Chinese feature film "

" a martial art drama about a Shaolin monk that move to New York City and get involved with Russian Mafia. He played the part of "Oleg"he is the Russian mafia boss want to hire the monk to fight for him in an underground fight club. In the movie he worked with the former Shaolin Monk turned actor and director

Peng Zhang Li Peng Zhang Li is a 32nd-generation monk who started training at the age of three at the Shaolin Temple in China. He has traveled the world demonstrating his art from the temple. At the age of twenty-two, he left for the Netherlands for a new lif ...

and Chinese actress

Hu Sang Hu Sang (; born 10 November 1988) is a Chinese actress best known for her roles in the films ''Fatal Invitation'' and '' The Resistance''. Career In 2000 Hu Sang was admitted to the Beijing Dance Academy High School. In 2012 she graduated from ...

. In 2011, he worked with

again in his second feature film " The Resistance". An Action Adventure Ninja movie that take place in World War II. He plays the role of "Schultz" he is the Nazi Commander that sign a deal with the Japanese General, and it's the role he is mostly famous for. The Chinese actress

played the part of the Heroine Xiaoyun, and it's the 2nd film they worked together. In 2014, his bad guy type cast was changed when he played the part of a sensitive Swedish professor in the South Korean - Chinese TV series " Marriage Cuisine", a romantic drama about a divorced woman who learn the hard way of single life difficulties. Other roles he played are small parts of many famous Chinese war fiction dramas, he co worked with " Winston Chao" in the " Tian Xing Jian (TV Series)" and played the role of Lieutenant Collins in "

Jue Ze ''Jue Ze'' () is a 2012 Chinese war-politicnal television series. It stars Ma Yue. The series focuses on the Japanese invasion of China from 1937 to 1945. It includes post-war antagonists, such as American soldiers and Chinese capitalists. Syno ...

" from 2012. In 2020s Johan continued with acting in Macau, he played his first star role of Sebastian in the 2021 Macanese rotoscoping film "Macao 2525". He made his directing debut in the Blade Runner inspired movie “The Edge Of human“ where he played the role of an Android hunter with a troublesome past.

Filmography

References

Stranger in a Strange Land Interview with Johan Karlberg

External links

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