Nicholas Saputra

Acting

Nicholas Saputra

Born 1984-02-24 · Jakarta, Indonesia

Nicholas Saputra (born Nicholas Schubring Saputra on February 24, 1984, in Jakarta) is an Indonesian actor, model, and film producer. He gained widespread recognition after starring in Ada Apa dengan Cinta? (2002) as Rangga, a role that became an icon in Indonesian cinema. His career continued to flourish with strong performances in various films, including Gie (2005), where he portrayed activist Soe Hok Gie and won the Citra Award for Best Actor at the Indonesian Film Festival (FFI). Other films that solidified his status as a top-tier actor include Janji Joni (2005), 3 Hari untuk Selamanya (2007), Aruna & Lidahnya (2018), and Paranoia (2021). Saputra holds a degree in architecture from the University of Indonesia. As of 2007 Saputra has become a VJ for Channel V Asia, hosting such segments as 'The Ticket' and 'Screentime'. In addition to acting, Nicholas is also active as a producer and has been involved in several documentary projects and environmental advocacy. He is known as an environmental ambassador, actively campaigning for nature conservation, particularly in forest and marine preservation. With his charisma and selectivity in choosing roles, Nicholas Saputra remains one of the most respected and influential actors in the Indonesian film industry.

Acting credits

Borderless Fog poster
6.2

A big-city detective investigates a series of gruesome murders along the Indonesia-Malaysia border — forcing her to confront ghosts from her past.

Borderless Fog

2024

Twisted Fate poster
7.2

Rawa, the only surviving passenger with injuries and trauma, must face the grief of Zahra, the pilot’s daughter, as well as the anger of Dita, the wife of a passenger who questions: “Why wasn’t it her husband who survived?”

Twisted Fate

2025

Interchange poster
5.0

Haunted by somber visions, forensics photographer Adam retreats from the world, staying home and taking photos of his neighbors until he is dragged into another investigation by his best friend, the detective Man, who asks his help to solve a series of macabre ritual murders. At the same time, Adam’s seemingly innocuous pastime soon turns darker when he spies Iva, a young woman from Borneo. Smitten by her, he is soon entangled in her web of mystery and murder. As Adam is dragged further into Iva’s tribal world and Man delves deeper into his investigation, they discover the city’s mystical underground of shamans and supernatural beings.

Interchange

2016

The Golden Cane Warrior poster
6.5

A martial arts master angers two of her protégés when she selects a third to take her post and the legendary weapon that comes with it.

The Golden Cane Warrior

2014

Joni's Promise poster
6.8

A film delivery man promises a beautiful young woman to deliver a film reel on time to a movie theater, but the the whole city seems to conspire against him.

Joni's Promise

2005

Siapa Dia poster
7.4

Layar, a popular film star who feels bored with his career wants to make a musical theater set in a family history that is always linked to Indonesian film history.

Siapa Dia

2025

Gie poster
6.3

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

Gie

2005

Paranoia poster
5.5

Dina runs away with her teenage daughter Laura after her abusive husband Gion gets imprisoned. However, Gion is released from the prison due to the pandemic and Dina is panicking because not only she took Laura but also took Gion’s valuable antique statue away. Raka, a mysterious man appears and makes things even more complicated.

Paranoia

2021

Hulahoop Soundings poster
NR

Was it black magic that took him from her? Or the vision of her rival's swaying hips? Lana works at a phone sex company, and hula-hoops when calling her customers to make moaning sounds.

Hulahoop Soundings

2008

Motel Acacia poster
4.3

In the cold west, Motel Acacia is tasked with exterminating immigrants by the government through a BED, haunted with the spirit of a Filipino tree demon, that eats men and impregnates women. A young Filipino man, JC, is groomed by his tyrannical caucasian Father to take over the business.

Motel Acacia

2020

The Architecture of Love poster
7.3

Raia, a famous writer struggling with writer's block, travels to New York to get inspired. There, she meets River and becomes entangled in a love story haunted by the past.

The Architecture of Love

2024

What's Up with Cinta 2 poster
6.3

14 years after their budding romance in high school, Rangga and Cinta reunite in Yogyakarta to have their closure after Rangga had left Cinta with no explanation years prior.

What's Up with Cinta 2

2016

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

Love Potpourri poster
NR

Eight stories are interwoven including the story of a child who works hard just to get a bottle of clean water and a pair of roller skates. Then there are siblings who sell pirated DVDs and start fighting each other when the younger one only wants to drink Starbucks coffee. The third story is about the daughter of a prostitute who has a crush on her moral studies teacher. Then we meet a Japanese man who is hungry for true love and meets a karaoke girl and we hear the story of a lowly-paid television director who is looking to escape the pressures from his wife and boss. Then there is the story of a female kindergarten principal who is trying to apply the Islamic way of life to defuse the temptations of the material world; or the tale of an expatriate’s former chauffeur who gets into trouble after receiving a farewell gift from the boss.

Love Potpourri

2008

Strangers poster
NR

A couple who have lived under the same roof for years without speaking a word, as if practicing a silent meditation. Marina, who came to Sawai Island in search of a legendary love story, and another foreigner, a young man with the same name as the legendary protagonist. The landscape of foreigners living difficult lives in Guro-dong, Garibong-dong, Sillim-dong, and Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Director Kobayashi Masahiro, beloved by Cannes, Edwin, the future of Indonesian cinema, and cineaste Jang Ryul unfold a story of "people who feel alone even when together."

Strangers

2013

Three Days to Forever poster
7.6

Yusuf and his cousin Ambar spend a wild night out just before heading out of town for a relative’s wedding. When the pair passes out overnight and Ambar misses her flight, the two head off on a three-day road trip. Little do they realize those three days will have a lasting impact on their lives.

Three Days to Forever

2007

What's Up with Cinta? poster
7.5

A popular high school girl strains her relationship with her close-knit clique when she begins falling for a reclusive, lower-class schoolmate.

What's Up with Cinta?

2002

Pesantren: 3 Wishes 3 Loves poster
7.2

Huda, Rian, and Syahid are friends living in Islamic boarding school. They lost someone in their family and aspire to different things in their lives.

Pesantren: 3 Wishes 3 Loves

2008

Aruna & Her Palate poster
6.8

A food-loving epidemiologist Aruna has to go to the countryside to investigate the avian flu outbreak. A chef and a food critic also accompany her—this could turn out to be a food trip!

Aruna & Her Palate

2018

No artwork available
5.5

An Indonesian couple run away to be with each other. However, not having the necessary documents and letters, they cannot get married. The groom wants to bribe the officials, but the bride refuses. After all, the very reason they ran away is because her father is involved in a corruption case.

I Am Into You

2013

Postcards from the Zoo poster
6.1

Little Lana was 3 years old when she was abandoned alone in the zoo. Raised by a giraffe trainer, the zoo is the only world she knows. Until one day, a charming magician arrives and Lana finds her love, for she is ready to leave the zoo. Lana embarks on journey, until one day, she decided to go back to the place where she was abandoned.

Postcards from the Zoo

2012

The Photograph poster
5.6

Sita is an escort at a karaoke bar who struggles to raise money to send her daughter out of the city to live with her grandmother and settle her debts with her pimp. She moves in with aging photographer Jan and helps him fulfill his last wishes.

The Photograph

2007

Someone's Wife in the Boat of Someone's Husband poster
4.7

Mar believes in the mysterious legend of the lovers Halimah and Sukab on the island of Sawai from a hundred years ago. She travels to Sawai to experience what Halimah once felt, hoping to find Sukab there.

Someone's Wife in the Boat of Someone's Husband

2013

Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2018: Journey poster
NR

This omnibus film consists of three films made by three directors from three countries. With “Journey” as the theme, each of these films tells about a journey. “The Sea” is a film by Degena Yun (China), telling about mother and child’s trip to the sea from Beijing. “Hekishu,” a film by Daishi Matsunaga (Japan), tells about the journey of a Japanese businessman involved in infrastructure development in Yangon. The film depicts the entrepreneur’s emotional feelings in the face of Yangon residents who lost their homes due to the construction of the new infrastructure. The last is a film titled “Variable No. 3” by Edwin (Indonesia), which tells the story of a couple’s journey to Tokyo. There they meet a mysterious man. The man who works as a tour guide and rents out the inn, gives a strange advice to the husband and wife.

Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2018: Journey

2018

Behind the camera

Salute to the Pig! poster
NR

In the 1999 Timor war, Darius (40), a financially strapped father, fights to protect a state-owned priceless sandalwood tree in his front yard from thieves, while struggling to support his daughter’s dream of joining the military.

Salute to the Pig!

2025

Islands of Faith poster
8.0

Through the lens of faiths and cultures in seven provinces in Indonesia, this documentary follows individuals who strive to address climate change.

Islands of Faith

2020

Rangga & Cinta poster
7.1

Jakarta, 2001. Cinta seems to have it all—close friends, a loving family, and the title of the most popular girl in school. But her perfect world starts to shift when she unexpectedly loses a poetry contest to Rangga, a quiet and mysterious boy who prefers books to people. Annoyed yet intrigued, Cinta finds herself drawn into his world, so different from her own. As emotions grow and loyalties are tested, she must choose between the friends who’ve always stood by her or the first love she never saw coming.

Rangga & Cinta

2025

Rojer poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rojer

2015

No artwork available
NR

Adrian, Kemala, and Raska have been best friends since their college days. But Raska disappeared after Adrian proposed and Kemala accepted. Seventeen years later, Adrian and Kemala go through a divorce, and Raska reappears. Raska has terminal cancer and only have months, or even weeks, to live. He tells them that he has always love Kemala away on a trip, just the two of them. Adrian refuses this absurd idea, but Kemala is determined to go. Out of jealousy, Adrian follows them to South Korea, where a secret of Kemala's past is revealed.

A Trip With Your Wife