Joe Taslim

Acting

Joe Taslim

Born 1981-06-23 · Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia

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.

Acting credits

The Furious poster
8.2

After a criminal network kidnaps Wang Wei's daughter and the corrupt police refuse to assist him, Wei sets out on his own to locate her. Navin, a tenacious journalist whose wife has mysteriously vanished, is his only ally. In this explosive martial arts showdown, the unlikely duo fights the kidnappers ruthlessly driven by a furious vengeance.

The Furious

2026

Mortal Kombat II poster
7.8

The fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.

Mortal Kombat II

2026

Mortal Kombat poster
7.0

Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's best warrior, Sub-Zero, seeks out and trains with Earth's greatest champions as he prepares to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.

Mortal Kombat

2021

Star Trek Beyond poster
6.8

The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.

Star Trek Beyond

2016

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 Night Comes For Us poster
6.9

After sparing a girl's life during a massacre, an elite Triad assassin is targeted by an onslaught of murderous gangsters.

The Night Comes For Us

2018

The Swordsman poster
7.5

After being blinded in a coup against the king, Joseon's greatest swordsman goes into hiding, far removed from his city's anguish. But when traffickers kidnap his daughter, he has no choice but to unsheathe his sword once more.

The Swordsman

2020

Extraction 3 poster
NR

The third installment in the franchise. Plot TBA.

Extraction 3

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

Fast & Furious 6 poster
6.8

Hobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries; Dominic unexpectedly gets sidetracked with facing his presumed deceased girlfriend, Letty.

Fast & Furious 6

2013

A Diary of Letters to God poster
5.4

Two orphan siblings, Anton and Angel, were forced to work as street beggars. An accident lead them separation for fifteen years. Angel's life now is filled with happiness, but the past still haunts her and she decided to find Anton.

A Diary of Letters to God

2017

Hit & Run poster
6.3

A celebrity policeman, always followed by cameras due to his reality show, is paired with a conman to arrest a drug kingpin who escaped from prison.

Hit & Run

2019

Feeling poster
6.0

Rianti, a young painter, shuts out the outside world in her daily life, including the sincere attention given by Wisnu, a curator who always helps to sell Rianti’s paintings. Wisnu doesn’t know that Rianti is trying to conceal her ability to see the future. At the same time, a British professor, Anthony, is searching for the answer to the disappearance of his wife, Laras, and child, Mariah. They were kidnapped when he arrived late for his child’s birthday.

Feeling

2009

Mandala: Golok Setan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mandala: Golok Setan

La Tahzan poster
8.0

During her study in Japan, Viona falls in love with Yamada, a Japanese photographer. Their relationship is soon ruined when her long lost crush comes back into her life.

La Tahzan

2013

No artwork available
NR

For the past decade, Jian has lived in hiding in Jakarta, a reclusive man once known as one of the city’s most feared enforcers before tragedy erased his family and past. When a fearless young girl from his neighborhood is abducted by a powerful criminal network, Jian is forced back into the city’s violent underworld, confronting old enemies and unleashing a relentless fury to save her and destroy the world that took everything from him — this time with nothing left to lose.

The Man from Nowhere

Karma poster
7.0

When Arman brings his pregnant girlfriend, Sandra back home, strange occurrence begin to terrorise his family.

Karma

2008