His movie ‘The Raid 2: Berandal’ (2014) is proof of that.
He was awarded with several prestigious nominations and awards for the role.Ī choosy actor when it comes to movies, Arifin always wants to challenge himself and step out of his comfort zone with every role he takes on.
He caught the attention of avid moviegoers and film critics. In his second movie, Macabre (2009), Arifin played the role of Adam, a psychopathic cold-blooded killer and canibal. In this movie Arifin was required to speak French, English and Indonesian fluently, which came easy to Arifin for he studied all mentioned languages for many years at school. A romantic comedy where he played Alex, a love interest whose nationality is a mystery. He honed his skills for 1,5 years, performing plays primarily in English, while acting in Bahasa Indonesia on screen.Īfter a 7 year TV career young Arifin had his film debut in ‘Lost In Love’ (2008).
His sudden fame took him to enroll in a professional acting class at Sakti Aktor Studio, famous for its local stars almamaters. His big break came in 2004 through a national TV series dubbed "Kisah Kasih di Sekolah" (High School Love Story). He met his manager in 2001 and even though Arifin didn’t win both the cover boy nore the VJ Hunt competition, job offers kept on pouring in. His sister Sari played a big role in bringing Arifin’s charm and happier personality back on track, just in time for a cover boy competition held by a well-known teen magazine in 2000 and a music program host competition famously known as MTV VJ Hunt, in 2003. He continued to love acting and played in a number of plays at the German International School he attended in Indonesia. But his parents’ divorce took a toll on young Arifin and made him into a shy and reclusive person. His mother, Joyce Sunandar, was a housewife turned catering business entrepreneur.įrom a very young age Arifin already showed signs of interest in the acting world, playing out scenes from movies he had seen on television and putting on shows for his mother and sister.
His father, Axel Werner Andreas Scheunemann, was a gardener turned exporter of dried flowers and landscaping expert in Jakarta, Indonesia. Arifin Putra was born Putra Arifin Scheunemann on May 1st, 1987, in Mainz, Germany, before moving to Jakarta, Indonesia at the tender age of 3.
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