--- name: "Yayan Ruhian" canonical: "https://film.one/person/yayan-ruhian" fi1m_id: "yayan-ruhian" imdb_id: "nm3345670" tmdb_id: 142019 wikidata_id: "Q12525054" roles: ["Actor"] born: "19 October 1968" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 78 average_as: "actor" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-09-19T16:17:58.265272+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." --- # Yayan Ruhian ## Identity Yayan Ruhian - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yayan-ruhian - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** yayan-ruhian - **IMDb ID:** nm3345670 - **TMDB ID:** 142019 - **Wikidata ID:** Q12525054 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yayan_Ruhian, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12525054, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3345670/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142019 Actor. Born 19 October 1968 in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 19 October 1968, Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia - **Active:** 2012–present - **Frequently works with:** [Joe Taslim](https://film.one/person/joe-taslim.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 77 (3), 2020s 82 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 80 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Action 4, Crime 3, Thriller 3, Adventure 1, Science Fiction 1 - **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $2,445m across 4 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yayan_Ruhian, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12525054, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3345670/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142019 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*The Raid*](https://film.one/film/the-raid.md) (83) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Yayan Ruhian > Yayan Ruhian makes a threat credible with little need for dialogue. We rate his physical authority and his skill in shaping fights; the reservation is how often films ask him to be dangerous and little else. Ruhian does not need much dialogue to make violence seem imminent. As Mad Dog in *The Raid* (2012), his physical authority gives us plenty to watch in a film with thin characters. We were exhilarated by the fighting because Gareth Evans gives its punishing exchanges such clarity. Iko Uwais supplies extraordinary speed, while Ruhian gives the film a physically formidable opponent. The repetition is a fault, but Evans understands how much an action performer can communicate without stopping to explain himself. He also helps devise the violence. In *Merantau* (2009), his first film with Evans and Uwais, he played Eric and worked on the choreography; he returned to both acting and choreography for *The Raid*. That credit matters when judging the performance, since the fighting we admire is partly work he helped construct. *The Raid 2* (2014) gave him more dramatic material as Prakoso, though he has described the acting between fights as a greater challenge than the fights themselves. The international turn included a Hollywood debut as Tasu Leech in *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015). His recurring villains and supporting fighters leave less evidence of what he can do outside the action, and that limits how far we can judge his dramatic acting. We would like to see him asked for more than menace more often, without treating his physical performances as something he needs to graduate from. *The Furious* (2026), with Ruhian as Tak, earns our recommendation for much the same reasons as *The Raid*. Kenji Tanigaki makes the fights inventive and punishing without sacrificing the clarity that lets us appreciate the performers’ work. Its thin kidnapping story and awkward dialogue are real drawbacks, even if the action seldom leaves them much time to irritate. Start with *The Raid*, provided thin characters are a price worth paying for fighting staged this well. ## Biography Yayan Ruhian is an Indonesian actor and martial artist, born on 19 October 1968 in Tasikmalaya, West Java. He trained in pencak silat from the age of 13 and later worked as an instructor and choreographer. Ruhian made his acting debut in *Merantau* (2009). He is known for his performances in Gareth Evans' films *The Raid* (2011) as Mad Dog and *The Raid 2* (2014) as Prakoso, in which he also contributed to fight choreography alongside Iko Uwais. His other credits include *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015) as Tasu Leech, *Beyond Skyline* (2017), *Boy Kills World* (2024) and *The Shadow Strays* (2024). He is cast as Tak in *The Furious* (2026). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) - *The Furious* (2026), Fi1m 82, as Tak — [page](https://film.one/film/the-furious.md) - *John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum* (2019), Fi1m 72, as Shinobi #2 — [page](https://film.one/film/john-wick-chapter-3-parabellum.md) - *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015), Fi1m 77, as Tasu Leech — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-force-awakens.md) - *The Raid* (2012), Fi1m 83, as Mad Dog — [page](https://film.one/film/the-raid.md) ## Complete filmography (43) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Bluefish* (2026), Actor - *The Furious* (2026), as Tak — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-furious.md) - *Gayong 2* (2026), as Wak Kusang · Action Director - *Lone Samurai* (2025), as Witch - *The Ultimate Actor* (2025), as Yayan Ruhian - *Gayong* (2025), as Wak Kusang · Action Director - *The Shadow Strays* (2024), as Master Burai - *Boy Kills World* (2024), as Shaman - *Warrior Awang and Master Tok Gajah* (2024), as Toga (archive footage) - *Who Is Erin Carter?* (2023), series, Actor - *Ashiap Man* (2022), as Mr. Jamet - *Mat Kilau* (2022), as Toga - *Legend of Gatotkaca* (2022), as Beceng - *Ben & Jody* (2022), as Tubir - *Photocopier* (2021), as Rama's Father - *Gas Kuy* (2021), as Mang Ujang - *Tarung Sarung* (2020), as Khalid - *Skylines* (2020), as Huana - *All Because of You* (2020), as Maman - *Wira* (2019), as Ifrit · Choreographer - *Hit & Run* (2019), as Coki - *John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum* (2019), as Shinobi #2 — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/john-wick-chapter-3-parabellum.md) - *Foxtrot Six* (2019), Choreographer - *Sinopsis filem Wira* (2019), Actor - *Wiro Sableng: 212 Warrior* (2018), as Mahesa Birawa · Fight Choreographer - *Beyond Skyline* (2017), as The Chief · Fight Choreographer - *Satria Heroes: Revenge of Darkness* (2017), as Master Torga - *Iseng* (2016), as Edi - *Comic 8: Casino Kings - Part 2* (2016), as The Ghost - *Pre Vis Action* (2016), as Assassin #1 · Writer - *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015), as Tasu Leech — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-force-awakens.md) - *Gangster* (2015), as Jangkung - *Comic 8: Casino Kings - Part 1* (2015), as The Ghost - *Yakuza Apocalypse* (2015), as Mad Dog - *The Raid 2* (2014), as Prakoso · Fight Choreographer - *The Raid* (2012), as Mad Dog · Fight Choreographer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-raid.md) - *Merantau* (2009), as Eric - *POW!*, Actor - *Birds of a Feather*, as Burai - *The Original Gangster*, as Pablo - *Skyline: Warpath*, as Huana - *Ibu: Mother of the Lost*, Actor - *Blood Rush*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Yayan Ruhian](https://film.one/media/person/93416/gallery-6a0f766ff0e1.jpg) Yayan Ruhian — Sara Komatsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Yayan_Ruhian_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._02.jpg/1280px-Yayan_Ruhian_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Yayan Ruhian](https://film.one/media/person/93416/gallery-4030f75c2f05.jpg) Yayan Ruhian — Image via TMDB - ![Yayan Ruhian](https://film.one/media/person/93416/gallery-8f68bde91f9d.jpg) Yayan Ruhian — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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