Age: 45
male
Johannes "Joe" Taslim (born on June 23, 1981, in Palembang, South Sumatra), is an Indonesian actor and martial artist of Chinese descent. A member of the Indonesia Judo national team from 1997 to 2009, Taslim is best known for his breakthrough role as "Jaka" in the critically acclaimed The Raid (2011). Later going on to play "Jah" in Fast & Furious 6 (2013), which marked his first role in a film outside Indonesia. From a young age, he studied various martial arts such as wushu, taekwondo, pencak silat, and judo, eventually choosing to focus on judo. Taslim was a member of Indonesia's national judo team from 1997 to 2009, achieving numerous accolades, including a gold medal at the 2008 National Sports Week and a silver medal at the 2007 SEA Games. After retiring from judo, Taslim transitioned to acting and gained international recognition through his role as Sergeant Jaka in the film The Raid (2011). This success led to roles in Hollywood films such as Fast & Furious 6 (2013) as Jah, Star Trek Beyond (2016) as Manas, and Mortal Kombat (2021) as Sub-Zero. He also starred in the television series Warrior as Li Yong. With his strong martial arts background and impressive acting skills, Joe Taslim has become one of the few Indonesian actors to successfully break into the international film industry.
Joe Taslim
Zennon
for Zennon in Devilman (Live-action manga adaptation)
Suggested by user_111044
The story follows a high school teenager student named 'Akira Fudo' who after being asked is reunited with old childhood friend 'Ryo Asuka' and is thrown into the world of demons. Ryo takes him to his home where he tells Akira about his Father's recent death and how he had been researching demons cuz he needs help that ancient demons have returned to take back the world from humans and suggests that he unite with a demon. When he started successfully possessing and merging with the power of demon Amon and transforms into devilman, a being with a demon's powers but who retains the soul of a human. Retaining his humanity he used his over-powers to fight, kill, hunt, and slaughter against demons to save his faith and protect the people he cares about, including his childhood friend & who lives with his only longtime crush Miki Makimura, her little brother Tare and her parents Kozo and Akiko. But soon this sends him to get involved in a brutal degenerate war against evil breaks out as demons are exposed, with the fear of demons gripping the world, humanity devolves into paranoia and violence and Akira sets out to save other demon-human hybrids like himself, but events start to slowly unfold when he realizes he's been a pawn of some twisted scheme, as well Ryo's revealing that turns out to be Satan who manipulated and betrayed him everything in his life.
