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Yoshi Sudarso
Born
Yoshua Sudarso

(1989-04-12) April 12, 1989 (age 35)
Surabaya, Indonesia
Nationality American
Indonesian
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
Spouse
Sarah Garcia
( m. 2015)

Yoshua Sudarso (born April 12, 1989[ citation needed]) is an Indonesian-born American actor.

Biography

Sudarso was born in Surabaya, Indonesia to Indonesian parents of Chinese 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] He is famous for playing Koda, the Blue Ranger in Power Rangers Dino Charge and Power Rangers Dino Super Charge. Sudarso also has one younger brother, Peter Adrian Sudarso, who is also an actor and model. He played a Power Ranger as well, playing as Preston Tien, the Blue Ranger from Power Rangers Ninja Steel and Power Rangers 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

Television and film roles
Year Title Role Notes Refs
2010 Easy A Eric Ling Film; uncredited [ citation needed]
2013 My Life as a Video Game The Noobkiller 1 episode
2014 It's Not You, It's Me Ian TV miniseries
2015 Shuriken Sentai Ninninger Tourist 1 episode
2015 Super Power Beat Down Spider Man 1 episode
2015 Apt. 210 Confessional Josh Adrien TV miniseries
2015–2016 Power Rangers Dino Charge Koda Main roles
2016 NCIS: Los Angeles Aaron Kim 1 episode
2016 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Hydra Agent 1 episode; uncredited [ citation needed]
2016–2019 Pretty Dudes Sunji Main role
2017 K.C. Undercover Enemy Agent 1 episode
2018 Power Rangers Hyperforce Joe Shih Recurring role, 9 episodes
2018 The Thundermans Hockey Goon Brock 1 episode
2018 Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel Preston Main role (Koda, 3 episodes)
2018 Buffalo Boys Suwo Film
2018 Milly & Mamet: Ini Bukan Cinta & Rangga James Film
2019 Empty by Design Marco Film
2019 At Your Service Benson Wu 1 episode
2020 Power Rangers Beast Morphers Koda 2 episodes
2020 Project Power Knifebones Film; uncredited [ citation needed]
2020 The Paper Tigers Teen Danny Film
2020 Avatar: The Last Airbender: Agni Kai Zuko Fan film [10] [11]
2021 Serigala Langit [ id] Herman "Jaguar" Film
2022 Death's Diner Death Short film [12]
2022 Bullet Train Young Elder Film
2022 Blade of the 47 Ronin Sun Streaming film
2023 Escape from Love David Hasen Film
2024 The Brothers Sun Lance Wang Episode: "Gymkata"

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".
  12. ^ Hale, James. "Indie Spotlight: Time's Up For Two Souls In Short Film 'Death's Diner'". Tubefilter. Retrieved October 1, 2023.

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