Yoshi Sudarso
Yoshua "Yoshi" Sudarso (born April 12, 1989) is an Indonesian-American actor.
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Born | Yoshua Sudarso April 12, 1989 Surabaya, Indonesia |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2007–present |
Spouse |
Sarah Garcia (m. 2015) |
Biography
Sudarso was born in Surabaya, Indonesia to Indonesian parents of Chinese and Japanese descent. His family moved to Cerritos, California, when he was nine years old.[1] He studied at Cal State Long Beach initially pursuing a career in math and accounting before eventually switching to theater.[2] Sudarso also has one younger brother, Peter Adrian Sudarso, who is also an actor and model. He played as Preston Tien, the Blue Ranger from Power Ranger Ninja Steel and Power Ranger Super Ninja Steel.
Career
Sudarso began his career working in stunts working on major motion pictures and television shows such as The Maze Runner, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Alita: Battle Angel and more.[3]
Sudarso was a suit-actor for Power Rangers Samurai and Power Rangers Megaforce [4] before he was finally cast in a main role as Koda for Power Rangers Dino Charge.
He was cast as the lead in Mike Wiluan's Indonesian-language spaghetti western film Buffalo Boys. The film was the first project back in his home country.[5] The movie became Singapore's submission for the Oscars Foreign Film category.[6]
In August 2018, he joined the cast of the Manila-set independent drama Empty by Design and starred alongside Rhian Ramos, Osric Chau and Chris Pang.[7] The same month, it was announced he joined the cast in a key supporting role in his second Indonesian-language project Milly & Mamet,[8] a spin-off from Riri Riza's popular "Ada Apa Dengan Cinta?" franchise, alongside Sissy Priscilla and Dennis Adhiswara.
In 2022, Sudarso starred in the David Leitch action film, Bullet Train as the younger version of Hiroyuki Sanada's character, "the Elder."[9]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Refs |
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2010 | Easy A | Eric Ling | Uncredited | |
2013 | My Life as a Video Game | The Noobkiller | TV series; 1 episode | |
2014 | It's Not You, It's Me | Ian | TV mini-series; 3 episodes | |
2015 | Shuriken Sentai Ninninger | Tourist | TV series; 1 episode | |
2015 | Super Power Beat Down | Spider Man | TV series; 1 episode | |
2015 | Apt. 210 Confessional | Josh Adrien | TV mini-series; 2 episodes | |
2015–2016 | Power Rangers Dino Charge | Koda | TV series; main cast, 44 episodes | |
2016 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Aaron Kim | TV series; 1 episode | |
2016 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Hydra Agent | TV series; 1 episode (uncredited) | |
2016 | Pretty Dudes: Ain't Afraid of No Ghost | Sunji | Short film | |
2016–2019 | Pretty Dudes | Sunji | TV series; main cast | |
2017 | Two Bellmen Three | David | Short film | |
2017 | K.C. Undercover | Enemy Agent | TV series; 1 episode | |
2018 | Power Rangers Hyperforce | Joe Shih | ||
2018 | The Thundermans | Hockey Goon Brock | TV series; 1 episode | |
2018 | Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel | Koda | TV series; 3 episodes | |
2018 | Final Fight: The Broken Gear | Guy | Short film; fan movie | |
2018 | Buffalo Boys | Suwo | Film; lead actor | |
2018 | Milly & Mamet: Ini Bukan Cinta & Rangga | James | Film | |
2019 | Pretty Dudes: The Double Entendre | Sunji | Short film | |
2019 | Empty by Design | Marco | Film | |
2019 | At Your Service | Benson Wu | TV series; 1 episode | |
2019 | Allegiance | Woo-jin | Short film | |
2020 | Power Rangers Beast Morphers | Koda | TV series; 2 episodes | |
Project Power | Knifebones | Uncredited | ||
The Paper Tigers | Teen Danny | Film | ||
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Agni Kai | Zuko | Fan film | [10][11] | |
2021 | Serigala Langit | Herman "Jaguar" | Film | |
2022 | Death's Diner | Death | Short film | |
2022 | Bullet Train | Young Elder | Film | |
2022 | Blade of the 47 Ronin | Sun | Netflix Original Film | |
2023 | Escape from Love | David Hasen | Film; post-production |
References
- "To play an Asian-American cowboy, actor Yoshi Sudarso needed to go to Indonesia". NBC News. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
- "Catch Up With Your Favorite SHAG (Super Hot Asian Guy) Yoshi Sudarso". Kore Asian Media. February 21, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
- "Blue Ranger Yoshi Sudarso Enjoying Life as a Stuntman". Retrieved November 2, 2018.
- That Hashtag Show (January 18, 2016), Yoshi Sudarso Interview Round 3 | Power Rangers Dino Charge | Morphin' Monday, retrieved November 2, 2018
- "Yoshi Sudarso Talks About His Hollywood Journey". Da Man. August 27, 2018.
- Frater, Patrick (September 4, 2018). "'Buffalo Boys' Selected by Singapore for Foreign-Language Oscar Campaign". Variety. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
- Ramos, Dino-Ray (August 20, 2018). "Danny Pudi Set For 'Babysplitters'; 'Crazy Rich Asians' Star Chris Pang Joins Osric Chau In 'Empty By Design'". Deadline. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
- "Hammer Girl and Power Ranger Join Cast of 'Milly & Mamet' | Jakarta Globe". Jakarta Globe. August 28, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
- Bullet Train (2022) – IMDb, retrieved February 3, 2022
- Re:Anime (March 24, 2020). "Avatar: The Last Airbender: Agni Kai – Re:Anime (Zuko vs. Azula)". YouTube.
- Muncy, Julie (March 29, 2020). "This Fan Film Reimagines Avatar: the Last Airbender's Final Agni Kai".