Ario Bayu

Acting

Ario Bayu

Born 1985-02-06 · Jakarta, Indonesia

Ario Bayu (born in Jakarta, 6 February 1985) is an Indonesian model and actor. He is best known for his roles in Dead Time: Kala as Eros, Dead Mine as Captain Tino, and in the Hollywood production Java Heat as Lieutenant Hashim.

Acting credits

Headshot poster
6.4

A young man washes ashore, his memory gone - but his past comes back to haunt him after he is nursed back to health and his killing ability is needed when he takes on a powerful drug lord.

Headshot

2016

Impetigore poster
6.7

A woman inherits a house in her ancestral village, but she's unaware that members of the community have been trying to locate and kill her to remove the curse that has plagued them for years.

Impetigore

2019

Sri Asih poster
6.6

Alana discover the truth about her origin: she’s not an ordinary human being. She may be the gift for humanity and become its protector as Sri Asih. Or a destruction, if she can’t control her anger.

Sri Asih

2022

The Queen of Black Magic poster
6.7

Revisiting the orphanage where they grew up, three men and their families discover a horrific supernatural presence lingering in their former home.

The Queen of Black Magic

2019

Samsara poster
7.6

Darta, a man from an impoverished family, is rejected by the wealthy parents of the woman he loves. Desperate, he strikes a bargain with the Monkey King, performing a dark ritual to gain wealth. However, in doing so, he accidentally curses his wife and child to a life of suffering. Rooted in Indonesian mysticism, this universal narrative explores the insatiable hunger to become something one is not and the boundaries one is willing to cross to achieve it.

Samsara

2024

Dead Mine poster
4.9

The legend of Yamashita's Gold lures a treasure hunter and his group deep into the Indonesian jungle. Once they are trapped in an abandoned World War II Japanese bunker, they face the terrifying reality that the only way out is to go further in.

Dead Mine

2012

Java Heat poster
5.2

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

Java Heat

2013

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

One Two Jaga poster
NR

# English Translation The story revolves around what happens behind the scenes of the Royal Malaysian Police force, exposing the dark side of certain officers who are willing to betray their trust by accepting bribes and becoming entangled in criminal activities. An Indonesian immigrant, Sugiman (Iman), is a single father plagued by nightmares filled with violence and blood. His son Joko, who doesn't listen, spends too much time with the unreliable Adi and his sister Sumiati runs away from her job as a housemaid because she wants to return to Indonesia. Sugiman asks for help from his employer, Sarip, a construction company boss and father to Adi, to arrange for his sister to board an illegal boat, but there is a price to be paid. At the same time, he must protect Sumiati from the police by hiding her in a cheap hotel. The hotel room next to his is rented by Rico, a Filipino fixer who is constantly pressured to send money to his mother.

One Two Jaga

2018

Macabre poster
6.3

Six friends are captured and tortured by a murderous family after giving a ride home to a desperate stranger.

Macabre

2009

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

Sultan Agung poster
7.0

The story of Sultan Agung Hanyakrakusuma, the king of Mataram when he was still a teenager until he becomes a king.

Sultan Agung

2018

A Copy of My Mind poster
6.3

The new romance between a beauty salon worker and a subtitle writer for pirated DVDs gets pulled into danger when they view a forbidden recording.

A Copy of My Mind

2016

Till Death Do Us Part poster
6.4

In the wake of her marriage to Edwin turning violent, strange occurrences in Renata’s apartment drive her to question her husband’s past loyalty, her long-held religious beliefs, as well as her own sanity.

Till Death Do Us Part

2024

The Forbidden Door poster
6.5

A successful sculptor's life is turned upside down when he starts to receive mysterious messages from someone asking for his help. As he digs deeper, he discovers a boy is being abused and has to choose between saving the boy or losing everything.

The Forbidden Door

2009

Dilema poster
4.5

Dilemma is an omnibus film, five stories that depict dark side of Jakarta's underbelly. Jakarta's underground world that seldom to talk about, and forgotten by most of the people.

Dilema

2012

22 Minutes poster
6.8

Events happening in the 22 minutes before, during and after the explosions of the Thamrin bombings. Based on a true story.

22 Minutes

2018

Bunda: Kisah Cinta 2 Kodi poster
NR

A woman with two children is faced with a choice between her family or a business in Muslim clothing for children.

Bunda: Kisah Cinta 2 Kodi

2018

Soekarno poster
7.4

This biographical drama about Indonesia's first president recounts his nationalist crusade to seize independence from Dutch colonial rule.

Soekarno

2013

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

The Rainbow Troops poster
7.5

A group of 10 students struggles with poverty and develop hopes for the future in Gantong Village on the farming and tin mining island of Belitung.

The Rainbow Troops

2008

Kadet 1947 poster
5.7

When the Dutch initiates an aggression against Indonesia to regain its rule post World War II, a group of inexperienced cadets need to defend the last remaining airbase so they may have a chance to help the Republic win the revolutionary war and to protect what they have come to care for.

Kadet 1947

2021

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

Message from Heaven poster
NR

As the rock band Topeng navigates love triangles, secrets, and personal crises, their biggest concert looms—until a coma patient awakens with a message that could change everything.

Message from Heaven

2006