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name: "Herman Koto"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/herman-koto"
fi1m_id: "herman-koto"
imdb_id: "nm5262780"
tmdb_id: 1349417
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:51:17.280848+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Herman Koto

## Identity

Herman Koto

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/herman-koto
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** herman-koto
- **IMDb ID:** nm5262780
- **TMDB ID:** 1349417
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5262780/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1349417

Actor.

## Details

- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5262780/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1349417

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Act of Killing*](https://film.one/film/the-act-of-killing.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Herman Koto is an Indonesian actor. He appeared as himself in the 2012 documentary *The Act of Killing*, playing the role of a gangster and paramilitary leader alongside Anwar Congo.

Koto and Congo had previously worked as black-market ticket sellers before joining death squads during the 1965–66 mass killings. Koto has a background in local theatre, in which he played women's roles. He stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Workers and Employers Party in the 2009 Indonesian legislative election.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Act of Killing* (2012), Fi1m 88, as Self - Gangster & Paramilitary Leader — [page](https://film.one/film/the-act-of-killing.md)

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