Verdi Solaiman

Acting

Verdi Solaiman

Born 1975-03-14 · Jakarta, Indonesia

Zulverdi Amos Solaiman (born March 14, 1975, in Jakarta, Indonesia) is an Indonesian actor, educator, director, and producer of Chinese descent. After spending 10 years of both college and work, majoring in Advertising Design in Columbus, Ohio, Verdi Solaiman fell in love with acting when he came back to Indonesia in 2004 -- as he stumbled upon the acting school Sakti Aktor Studio. There, he was involved in a lot of Off-Broadway theatre work, with the production of "Mass Appeal" by Bill C. Davis as his thesis play -- a two-hour play and acted in English, he acted alongside Arifin Putra. Verdi started his movie career after starring in his debut film Jakarta Undercover (2007). Aside from acting, Verdi has worked as a creative director for feature film promos since 2006. (Taken from Wikipedia)

Acting credits

The Raid poster
7.4

Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite swat team is tasked with raiding the safe house in order to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and news of their assault reaches the drug lord, the building's lights are cut and all the exits blocked. Stranded on the sixth floor with no way out, the unit must fight their way through the city's worst to survive their mission. Starring Indonesian martial arts sensation Iko Uwais.

The Raid

2012

Me Before Me poster
6.6

A young student battling pressure, panic and a demanding father uses a class project to discover that truth — not trophies — might finally set him free.

Me Before Me

2026

Lift poster
7.0

Six years after an office elevator accident that claimed many lives, PT Jamsa Land is terrorized again. Linda, the company's public relations staff, is trapped in the elevator and forced to face a mysterious voice from the intercom. Her child is taken hostage, and Linda has no choice but to participate in a dangerous game that slowly reveals the dark secrets of the tragedy six years ago.

Lift

2026

A Letter to My Youth poster
7.9

A rebellious teen and a reserved caretaker form an unlikely bond in an orphanage as they come to terms with their painful pasts.

A Letter to My Youth

2026

Message Man poster
5.3

A retired assassin's past catches up with him and his brutality surfaces as he goes on a final killing spree to make things right.

Message Man

2018

Queen of Malacca poster
NR

Plot details under wraps but described as "a crime-action thriller that melds Southeast Asian mysticism with gritty underworld violence".

Queen of Malacca

2027

Love for Sale poster
7.9

Richard accepts a bet that he can't find a companion to a friend's wedding, not knowing the dating app he's using includes a 45-day contract.

Love for Sale

2018

Foxtrot Six poster
6.2

Escalating climate change is turning the world economy upside down. With crops dying and food price spiking, FOOD has replaced oil as the world's most valuable commodity. Among the very few lands still left fertile, Indonesia is quickly rising as the next economic superpower, when its government is suddenly and ruthlessly overtaken by a popular rogue political party. In just three days, six former Marines must work together, find their long-lost brotherhood, stop a nationwide government- sanctioned genocide, and save millions of lives, for one last shot at redemption. Or die trying.

Foxtrot Six

2019

Java Heat poster
5.2

An American in Indonesia teams up with a Muslim cop to track down a terrorist.

Java Heat

2013

Ghost Island poster
6.4

Dara disregarded her mother's prohibition to celebrate graduation with Pandu, Niki, Lathi, and Noah on a ship. Unbeknownst to them, their ship stranded on an unnamed island. Longing enveloped Dara for her mother as she and her friends were trapped there. Can Dara and her friends escape from the island?

Ghost Island

2024

Dopamine poster
7.3

A young couple facing eviction and debt experiences an unexpected event that changes their lives.

Dopamine

2025

The Ultimate Actor poster
6.8

Gilang is an extra actor with 10 years in the film industry but has been blacklisted by many directors due to his excessive effort. He struggles financially and loves actress Rachel Hesington, who is dating a rising actor, Kevin Sumitro. During a shooting, Kevin is kidnapped by Mr. Chen, who mistakes Gilang for Kevin. Gilang, Rachel, and the director are also taken. Gilang uses his experiences to conquer various challenges.

The Ultimate Actor

2025

Ruma Maida poster
7.0

A scholar researches the historical significance of a house that serves as a free school in hopes of saving it from being demolished by a developer.

Ruma Maida

2009

Sweet Dreams poster
6.9

Tumultuous events triggered by the death of a Dutch sugar plantation owner who ends up leaving his Indian Ocean island estate to his young illegitimate son - the child of his Indonesian housemaid.

Sweet Dreams

2023

7/24 poster
7.0

A workaholic couple winds up hospitalized in the same room, presenting a chance for them to spend quality time together and testing their relationship.

7/24

2014

As White as the Heart, as Red as the Lips poster
7.0

A study of middle class life in Jakarta.

As White as the Heart, as Red as the Lips

1982

My Own Last Supper poster
NR

76-year-old widower Encek convenes his children for a final dinner, unveiling concealed memoirs of love, loss and generational wounds before choosing the sea as his reunion place with his deceased wife.

My Own Last Supper

2026

Jangan Seperti Bapak poster
4.0

Angel has to face the harsh reality after her father, Pablo, was found brutally murdered on her 20th birthday. Pablo was one of the leaders of the Red Dragon gang along with Vincen, Hans, and Chandra. Pablo's death becomes the starting point for Angel to find the mastermind behind this murder.

Jangan Seperti Bapak

2026

Jakarta Undercover poster
7.0

After accidently killing her temperamental father in order to save her mom from his abuse, Viki flees from Medan to Jakarta with her autistic brother, Ara. To make ends meet in Jakarta, Viki poses as a transvestite and works as a striptease dancer. With no one to watch over her brother, Viki brings Ara every night to the club where she works and hide him in one corner of the room at the club. One day, Ara accidently witnesses an act of murder by Haryo, son of an official, and his friends. Realizing his crime action witness by Ara, Haryo and his friends chase Viki and Ara, determined to silene the two before they go to the police. For the sake of saving his brother’s life, Viki secretly flee from one place to another in order to escape Haryo and friends. Will Viki and Ara escape?

Jakarta Undercover

2007

A Man Called Ahok poster
7.6

An indonesian biopic movie on the controversial former Jakarta governor Ahok.

A Man Called Ahok

2018

The Butterfly House poster
6.3

An engaged couple returns to the groom's ancestral home after his aunt's death. But a ghostly bride who hides a dark family secret threatens their peace.

The Butterfly House

2025

Pamali: The Little Devil poster
7.6

When Putri's mother suddenly disappeared mysteriously, she decided to trace the available clues to find her mother again, starting from walking through a haunter forest, an abandoned factory, until arriving at an old house which turned out to be inhabited by "tuyul" and the terrifying black "kuntilanak".

Pamali: The Little Devil

2025

Jump Scare poster
NR

A horror action comedy that blends the homage to the long lost Chinese vampire subgenre from HK cinemas into a modern-set Indonesian local culture.

Jump Scare

Claudia/Jasmine poster
NR

A hopeful high schooler and a skeptical woman in her thirties take different roads through love, only to realize fate has its own plans.

Claudia/Jasmine

2008

Behind the camera