Indonesia soldierly artist and actor
Yayan Ruhian ( bear 19 October 1968 ) is an indonesian soldierly artist and actor. He is known for co-star in Gareth Evans ‘ films The Raid ( 2011 ) as Mad Dog, The Raid 2 ( 2014 ) as Prakoso, Star Wars: The Force Awakens ( 2015 ) as Tasu Leech, [ 2 ] and Beyond Skyline ( 2017 ) as the police head. [ 3 ] He reprises this function in Skylines ( 2020 )

Life and career [edit ]

Yayan was born in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia on 19 October 1968. By the senesce of 13, hoping to “ show his masculinity ”, he began studying the traditional warlike art pencak silat ; [ 4 ] his don had practiced karate. Yayan coach with what late became Pencak Silat Tenaga Dasar, finally becoming a trainer and referee – although he late learned that this disqualified him from participating in tournaments. [ 5 ] By the mid-2000s Yayan had taught pencak silat in countries such as Belgium, France, and the Netherlands, and besides learned several further martial arts techniques, such as aikido. [ 2 ] [ 6 ] In 2008, Yayan was asked by Gareth Evans to help with the choreography for his film Merantau. He besides auditioned for the function of Eric, by and by stating that he did not care if he was cast, so long as he did his best. He received the part, and Merantau was released in 2009. [ 4 ] In the film, his fictional character, an antagonistic and bantam soldierly artist, is capable of overcoming a well larger man in moments. [ 7 ] Afterwards, he had several people approach him and ask to study silat, although some called him Eric. [ 6 ]

Yayan played Mad Dog in Evans ‘ 2011 film The Raid, [ 4 ] and handled the competitiveness stage dancing together with costar Iko Uwais. [ 6 ] Evans described the character as “ such an persistent, cold, irreclaimable sociopath that when he kills person, he wants to feel it ”, such that he would rather kill a man bare-handed than shoot him. [ 8 ] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times described the character as the film ‘s stand-out, “ a dominate physical bearing ”. [ 9 ] After this operation, Yayan ‘s likeness and the term gereget ( used by his quality ) became a memetic visualize macro on the internet. In a 2014 interview, Yayan stated that he did not mind the memes, as the individuals posting them could not create such macros if they had not seen the film. [ 6 ] The magazine Tempo reported in June 2012 that Yayan and Iko had gone to Hollywood to handle choreography for an american remake of the film. [ 10 ] Evans ‘ 2014 free, The Raid 2, cast Yayan as Prakoso, an assassin and confidante of mafia kingbolt Bangun ( Tio Pakusadewo ). [ 4 ] [ 11 ] Recognising that Yayan had already been identified with Mad Dog, Evans emphasized that Prakoso was a new character : a fail beget and conserve, aged sixty, who is however a faithful employee. [ 12 ] As with the earlier film, Yayan worked with Iko Uwais on choreography. [ 11 ] Charlotte O’Sullivan of the London Evening Standard found Yayan ‘s depicting of Prakoso “ sublime ”, writing that “ when his body starts flying through the air, you feel as if you ’ ra reading his life report ”. [ 13 ] In mid-2014 it was announced that Yayan would appear in Takashi Miike ‘s Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War of the Underworld, playing aboard Hayato Ichihara. In this film, penned by Yoshitaka Yamaguchi, a yakuza penis is caught in international intrigue after discovering that his foreman is a vampire. [ 14 ] In December 2014 it was reported Yayan would appear in the indonesian heist military action sequel Comic 8: Casino Kings [ 15 ] and co-star in Takashi Miike ‘s military action repugnance film Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War of the Underworld. [ 16 ]

He appeared in Star Wars: The Force Awakens ( 2015 ) as Tasu Leech, alongside his co-stars from The Raid and The Raid 2, Iko Uwais and Cecep Arif Rahman. [ 17 ] In 2017, he appeared in the estrange invasion movie Beyond Skyline where he played a patrol foreman in Laos credited lone as the Chief in the movie. In 2020, he reprised this character in Skylines where his character was given the name Huana. In 2019, he appeared in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum as Shinobi # 2, one of Zero ‘s students, along with Cecep Arif Rahman as Shinobi # 1. He besides appeared in the 2019 Malaysian film Wira as Ifrit another fictional character and antagonist alike to his Mad Dog character from The Raid ( 2011 )

personal life [edit ]

Yayan speaks fluent Sundanese, and Indonesian. He besides speaks colloquial English a little morsel. As of 2017, Yayan has three children, who live with his wife in Tasikmalaya ; Yayan, because of his sour, must live in Jakarta. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] Aside from his act, he teaches pencak silat. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]

style [edit ]

On screen, Yayan is often cast in antagonistic roles, portraying characters who speak small but have capital survival, stamina and fighting skills. [ 4 ]

Filmography [edit ]

film [edit ]

television receiver series [edit ]

Year Title Role Network Notes
2020 Strike Back: Vendetta Kabul Cinemax 1 episodes

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