Donny Alamsyah

Acting

Donny Alamsyah

Born 1978-12-07 · Jakarta, Indonesia

Donny Alamsyah Benjamin (born December 7, 1978) is an Indonesian actor and martial artist. His acting career began in 2004 when he accompanied a friend to an audition for the film Gie (2005). Eventually, he was asked to join the production and was cast as the character Jaka. Donny gained further recognition with his role as “Barry” in the film Fiksi (2008), which earned him a nomination for Best Actor at the Indonesian Film Festival. Donny began learning martial arts at a young age. His father, Benjamin Junaedi, a Cimande pencak silat coach, encouraged four-year-old Donny to study martial arts. While still in elementary school, he studied karate. In junior high school, he turned to kung fu. During his high school years, he learned Muay Thai, followed by Wing Chun, wrestling, boxing, and aikido.

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

The Raid 2 poster
7.6

After fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goes undercover, joining a powerful Indonesian crime syndicate to protect his family and uncover corrupt members of his own force.

The Raid 2

2014

The Thorn: One Sacred Night poster
3.0

The story of a man who felt down and lost faith after experiencing the tragedy of losing his wife and children on the first night of Suro.

The Thorn: One Sacred Night

2024

V/H/S/94 poster
6.1

After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police SWAT team launches a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.

V/H/S/94

2021

Shutter poster
5.8

Darwin, a senior photographer who consistently uses a manual camera, is shocked to discover the appearance of a woman's shadow in every photo he takes. Soon, the woman's figure appears in real life, terrorizing him. Pia, Darwin's girlfriend, decides to investigate the woman's identity. It turns out the woman is Lilies, an outstanding student who once studied at their university. When Darwin's friends die one by one, Pia is convinced this is related to a 'sin' Darwin committed in the past.

Shutter

2025

Merantau poster
6.5

In Minangkabau, West Sumatera, Yuda a skilled practitioner of Silat Harimau is in the final preparations to begin his "Merantau" a century's old rites-of-passage to be carried out by the community's young men that will see him leave the comforts of his idyllic farming village and make a name for himself in the bustling city of Jakarta.

Merantau

2009

The Hostage's Hero poster
NR

Ship hijackings in the Malacca Strait are on the rise and attracting global attention. Lieutenant Colonel Taufiq is reassigned to Indonesia to lead a maritime patrol aboard the KRI Karel Satsuitubun. While on their mission, they face the hijacking of the MT Pematang tanker by a group of pirates. Amidst the dangerous task, the soldiers are faced with a dilemma between national responsibility and family.

The Hostage's Hero

2026

Badik poster
NR

“Badik” tells the story of two brothers, the children of a martial arts teacher in a remote part of Makassar, who follow different paths in life.

Badik

2025

Buffalo Boys poster
6.6

Betrayed by the Dutch colonial forces, Arana manages to escape along with his nephews Jamar and Suwo, the newborn sons of Hamza, one of the last Indonesian sultans fighting against foreign tyranny. In 1860, after wandering for years on the plains of the American Wild West, Arana and the two brothers return to Indonesia to avenge their dead loved ones and punish the evil man who caused their misfortune.

Buffalo Boys

2018

Pengin Hijrah poster
NR

Alina, a popular Instagram celebrity, is facing various challenges in her life. The death of her best friend further depresses her. Her encounter with Omar, a final-semester student, rekindles her hope for love. Omar also encourages her to become a better person. However, just as her life's direction begins to change, Alina loses her "migration" direction.

Pengin Hijrah

2025

Panji Tengkorak poster
6.5

Panji, who sold his soul to black magic to avenge his wife's death, intended to end his life, but found his body now shackled by black magic that controlled his soul. After wandering aimlessly, Panji met an old warrior who asked for his help to chase a bandit who had seized a sacred heirloom that was said to be able to eliminate the power of black magic. Panji accepted the offer that dragged him into a long war between two kingdoms and revealed the reality of his dark past.

Panji Tengkorak

2025

Gundala poster
6.2

Sancaka has lived on the streets since his parents left him. Living a hard life, Sancaka survives by thinking about his own safety. When the condition of the city gets worse and injustice rages throughout the country, Sancaka must decide whether he continues to live to look after himself or rise to become their oppressed hero.

Gundala

2019

A Man Called Ahok poster
7.6

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

A Man Called Ahok

2018

Vanished poster
6.7

After Sita's disappearance at Mount Sarangan on Drupadi's 10th birthday, Tito's attitude became cold, leaving Drupadi sad. Her boyfriend, Raka, and her best friends, Maya, Ucok, Jamal, and Nurul, along with her parents' friends Bagus and Oji, and her uncle, Gancar, provided support for Drupadi. However, this was not enough, and on her 17th birthday, Drupadi set off for Mount Sarangan to search for her mother.

Vanished

2025

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NR

In a remote village, a former soldier and his grandchildren fight against merciless criminals while facing fear and regret.

Never Surrender

2026

The Cursed of Satan Temptation poster
5.2

An ustad exorcist expert in a remote village attacked by a powerful demon. When the exorcist tries to perform an exorcism to drive out the demon, the demon instead enters the exorcist's family and begins to tempt and threaten the safety of the exorcist's family.

The Cursed of Satan Temptation

2025

Gie poster
6.3

Indonesian activist Soe Hok Gie experiences a political awakening during the tumultuous regimes of Soeharto and Soekarno.

Gie

2005

Panik poster
NR

A Malaysian mother, Ida (Nadiya Nisaa), loses her asthmatic daughter, Fasha (Naomi Ivana), at a Jakarta mall. Desperate, she seeks help from a security officer, Hidayat (Mike Lucock), and Anton (Donny Alamsyah), a supposed ex-policeman.

Panik

2014

The Unholy 2 poster
6.5

Ustadz Qodrat now embarks on the next journey to find his wife, Azizah and once again strike the revenge of evil powers.

The Unholy 2

2025

3: Alif, Lam, Mim poster
6.6

Jakarta 2036. Alif, Lam and Mim are three friends from martial art school Al-Ikhlas. Alif chooses to become state apparatus. He is determined to eradicate all forms of crime and searching for the killers of his parents. Lam, becomes a journalist. While Mim chooses to serve as a teacher in their school. All three are reunited after the explosion of a bomb in a cafe.

3: Alif, Lam, Mim

2015

Jelita Sejuba poster
6.0

Without dating, Jaka immediately proposes for Sharifah and they get married. However, the love story is not just about the meeting. Become wife of a soldier, she must learn to hold his longing whenever Jaka is assigned to the battlefield.

Jelita Sejuba

2018

Zharfa poster
NR

Zharfa was abandoned by her biological father since she was one year old. Her mother then remarried a cunning man. Because Zharfa always quarrels with her stepfather, she was sent to a boarding school.

Zharfa

2019

Drupadi poster
NR

Adapted from the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata, this movie depicts the story of Drupadi, the wife of five brothers known as the Pandawas.

Drupadi

2008

Night Bus poster
8.0

A group of civilians share a bus ride to Sampar, a town full of natural resources. It is heavily guarded by the state army who is fighting against the rebel militias, who want freedom over their homeland.

Night Bus

2017