Nicholas Saputra
Birthday: Born in 1984-02-24 in Jakarta, Indonesia
Deathday: Alive
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.
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Secret Ingredient
Character: Arif
It follows the story of a Korean social elite Hajoon finding his lost love Maya....
Piknik Pesona
Character: Andika
Piknik Pesona is an anthology of ten short films by ten talented young directors that tell various stories from all over Indonesia...
Nic & Mar
Character: Nic
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The Photograph
Character: Waria
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....
Siapa Dia..
Character:
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....
What's Up with Cinta?
Character: Rangga
A popular high school girl strains her relationship with her close-knit clique when she begins falling for a reclusive, lower-class schoolmate....
Joni's Promise
Character: Joni
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....
Gie
Character: Soe Hok Gie
Indonesian activist Soe Hok Gie experiences a political awakening during the tumultuous regimes of Soeharto and Soekarno....
Broken Wings
Character: Adji
In 2018, the headquarters of the Mobile Brigade Command Headquarters in Kelapa Dua, Depok was attacked by terrorists who tried to break into the detention center and killed 5 members of Densus 88....
The Stringless Violin
Character: Bhisma
A woman with a dark past dedicates herself to taking care of multi-handicapped children. When a young musician comes into her life, she is forced to face her history, or it will destroy her future....
What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About Love
Character: Edo
As pupils at a school for the visually impaired, best friends Diana and Fitri are living full and complicated lives in spite of their sensory limits....
Us vs. Corruption
Character: Vano
An omnibus about fighting corruption in our daily life: in workplace, in our family, in school....
Three Days to Forever
Character: Yusuf
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....
Postcards from the Zoo
Character: Cowboy
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....
Someone's Wife in the Boat of Someone's Husband
Character: Sukab
Legends abound on the Indonesian island of Sawai, but when a young woman arrives to find out more about a story her grandmother told her, no one knows a thing about Halimah who ran away from her husband to have an affair with the sailor Sukab. She does meet a young traveller called Sukab though. In this modest romance, almost documentary shots of village life are combined with the captivating beauty of jungle and sea. With a small walk-on for a squid. Edwin was invited to shoot this modern fairy...
The Architecture of Love
Character: River
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....
Strangers
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The Golden Cane Warrior
Character: Elang
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....
Kau, Rabu, dan Perkara2 Sepintas Lalu
Character: Rhun
Rhun, a well-known novelist, must finish his latest novel soon. Ajeng was chosen by a publisher to read the script before the novel was declared finished. Rhun is captivated by her. But in the end, the woman stopped coming....
(s)Aya
Character: Andhika
AYA (25), is an influencer who is slowly losing her popularity. She decides to go on a holiday to an exotic coast resort, far from the demands of her work in Jakarta. Although she is far from the city, her manager, ANDHIKA (33), sends her a few products to review. Aya is then trapped in a contract, which obliges her to work....
Drupadi
Character: Arjuna
Adapted from the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata, this movie depicts the story of Drupadi, the wife of five brothers known as the Pandawas....
What's Up with Cinta 2
Character: Rangga
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....
Borderless Fog
Character: Batalyon Commander
A big-city detective investigates a series of gruesome murders along the Indonesia-Malaysia border — forcing her to confront ghosts from her past....
Interchange
Character: Belian
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...
3 Wishes 3 Loves
Character: Huda
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....
Aruna & Her Palate
Character: Bono
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!...
Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2018: Journey
Character: Kenji
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 ...
Motel Acacia
Character: Don
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....
Love Potpourri
Character: Aa' Penjual DVD
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 televi...
Paranoia
Character: Raka
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....
Hulahoop Soundings
Character: Nico
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....
Love From Wamena
Character: Daniel
Litius, Tembi and Martha are three friends who live in Wamena, Papua. They have a dream to go to school. This dream led them to Wamena, where they could go to school for free. But there, their friendship and dreams are tested with a permissive lifestyle, and the AIDS epidemic that afflicts young Papuans. Their life journey also took them to different directions and places, from Papua to Jakarta, where a meeting with a musician made Litius search again for the lost friendship....
Tukar Takdir
Character: Rawa
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