Yoshi Sudarso

Yoshua "Yoshi" Sudarso (born April 12, 1989) is an Indonesian-American actor.

Yoshi Sudarso
Born
Yoshua Sudarso

(1989-04-12) April 12, 1989
Surabaya, Indonesia
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor
Years active2007–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
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

  1. "To play an Asian-American cowboy, actor Yoshi Sudarso needed to go to Indonesia". NBC News. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  2. "Catch Up With Your Favorite SHAG (Super Hot Asian Guy) Yoshi Sudarso". Kore Asian Media. February 21, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  3. "Blue Ranger Yoshi Sudarso Enjoying Life as a Stuntman". Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  4. That Hashtag Show (January 18, 2016), Yoshi Sudarso Interview Round 3 | Power Rangers Dino Charge | Morphin' Monday, retrieved November 2, 2018
  5. "Yoshi Sudarso Talks About His Hollywood Journey". Da Man. August 27, 2018.
  6. Frater, Patrick (September 4, 2018). "'Buffalo Boys' Selected by Singapore for Foreign-Language Oscar Campaign". Variety. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  7. 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.
  8. "Hammer Girl and Power Ranger Join Cast of 'Milly & Mamet' | Jakarta Globe". Jakarta Globe. August 28, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  9. Bullet Train (2022) – IMDb, retrieved February 3, 2022
  10. Re:Anime (March 24, 2020). "Avatar: The Last Airbender: Agni Kai – Re:Anime (Zuko vs. Azula)". YouTube.
  11. Muncy, Julie (March 29, 2020). "This Fan Film Reimagines Avatar: the Last Airbender's Final Agni Kai".
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