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name: "Syamsul Arifin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/syamsul-arifin"
fi1m_id: "syamsul-arifin"
imdb_id: "nm5262761"
tmdb_id: 1172487
roles: []
born: "22 September 1952"
died: "17 October 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:51:17.132116+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."
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# Syamsul Arifin

## Identity

Syamsul Arifin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/syamsul-arifin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** syamsul-arifin
- **IMDb ID:** nm5262761
- **TMDB ID:** 1172487
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5262761/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1172487

Actor. Born 22 September 1952 in Medan, Indonesia. Died 17 October 2023.

## Details

- **Born:** 22 September 1952, Medan, Indonesia
- **Died:** 17 October 2023
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5262761/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1172487

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Syamsul Arifin was an Indonesian politician who served as Governor of North Sumatra from June 2008 until his dismissal in March 2011. He appeared as himself in the 2012 documentary film *The Act of Killing*, credited as Self - Governor of North Sumatra.

Born in Medan on 22 September 1952, Arifin had previously held office as Regent of Langkat for two terms. He died in Jakarta on 17 October 2023.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Syurga Di Hati Rahmah* (2022), Actor
- *XL: Extra Large* (2008), Location Manager

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