Joe Taslim

Athlete

Birthday June 23, 1981

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia

Age 42 years old

Nationality Indonesia

Height 1.8 m

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1981

Johannes Taslim (born 23 June 1981), known professionally as Joe Taslim, is an Indonesian actor and martial artist.

1997

He was a member of Indonesia’s national judo team from 1997 to 2009, becoming a three-time medalist (one Silver and two Bronze) at the Southeast Asian Games, and a Gold medalist at the 2008 Pekan Olahraga Nasional.

Taslim was a member of Indonesia’s national judo team from 1997 to 2009.

1999

In 1999, he won a Gold medal at the Southeast Asia Judo Championships in Singapore, in the Men’s Free Class.

2001

He was a Bronze medalist at the 2001 and 2005 Southeast Asian Games, and a Silver medalist at the 2007 Games.

2008

He won a Gold medal in the Men –81 kg class at the 2008 Indonesia National Games.

He made his acting debut in the 2008 film Karma.

2009

He retired from active competition in 2009.

Prior to his film debut, Taslim worked as a model in print ads and commercials.

2010

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.

2011

His film acting roles include Sergeant Jaka in The Raid (2011), Jah in Fast & Furious 6 (2013), Manas in Star Trek Beyond (2016), and Sub-Zero in Mortal Kombat (2021).

He has a starring role as Li Yong on the television series Warrior.

Taslim was born in Palembang, Indonesia, to a Christian family of Chinese descent.

He began studying martial arts from a young age, and cites Japanese judoka Kosei Inoue and Tadahiro Nomura as inspirations.

He has also practiced taekwondo, pencak silat and wushu.

2012

Following The Raid, Taslim took part in HBO Asia's first action horror film, Dead Mine, which had a theatrical release in selected Asian territories in September 2012, followed by exclusive television premieres across the HBO Asia network.

2013

Taslim appeared in the feature film Fast & Furious 6 (2013), as the villainous Jah, a mercenary who uses his martial arts to fight two of the film's protagonists, Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson) and Han Seoul-Oh (Sung Kang).

In May 2013, it was reported that Taslim would star in the action thriller The Night Comes for Us.

2014

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

2016

In 2016, he played an antagonist character, Manas, a former first officer of Captain Balthazar Edison (played by Idris Elba), Anderson Le, turned into an alien in Star Trek Beyond.

2017

In 2017, Taslim was cast in the role of Li Yong in the Cinemax action series, Warrior.

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.

2018

The film was eventually released by Netflix on 19 October 2018.

2019

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 HBO Max.