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
THE LIBRARY STOCKER
for THE LIBRARY STOCKER in THE LIBRARIAN
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When a strict, rule-bound library manager and soup kitchen organizer is forced to defend his branch from a violent takeover, he becomes the target of a citywide crime syndicate and unleashes a brutal revenge war from inside the one place he swore to keep quiet. Synopsis By day, he runs a neighborhood library and serves breakfast to the homeless. By design, he keeps order, protects the vulnerable, and enforces one rule above all: respect the space. But when a chaotic group storms the library and one of the attackers turns out to be tied to a major criminal organization, the incident escalates beyond a public disturbance into a threat that reaches the city’s underworld. After the syndicate greenlights him as a dangerous unknown, the violence moves from intimidation to annihilation. The library’s morning soup line is firebombed, innocent people are caught in the attack, and the manager is left shattered by what he has witnessed. With grief turning into fury, he begins hunting the gang responsible, using the library itself as a weaponized battleground. What starts as protection becomes revenge, and what began as a quiet civic space becomes the center of a relentless war.
