Cecep Arif Rahman (born 18 August 1972) is an Indonesian martial artist and actor. He is a martial art practitioner from the Silat Panglipur school. His career in pencak silat brought him to the Bercy Festival des Arts Martiaux in France from 2005 to 2008. His early acting career began with the movie '' The Raid 2''.

Early life

Cecep Arif Rahman grew up in the area near Mount Galunggung, Garut. Inspired by his grandfather, who was a

silat Silat is the collective term for a class of martial arts from the Nusantara and surrounding geocultural areas of Southeast Asia. It is traditionally practised in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Southern Thailand, Southern Philippi ...

figure, he started learning silat at Panglipur Galih school in Garut in 1986. He started teaching silat in 1991 after completing his teacher education. He went to Bandung to learn silat from R. Enni Rukmini Sekarningrat. While in Bandung, he also got acquainted with several other silat teachers. Cecep Arif Rahman won the first place trophy in an international pencak silat championship in Thailand in the mid 1990s. He regularly attended the Bercy martial arts festival in Paris and was often invited to conduct silat workshops in France, Italy, England, the Netherlands, and the USA. In 2001, Cecep Arif Rahman began working as a teacher. He taught English at SD Tegalpanjang 3, Tegalpanjang, Sucinaraja, Garut and managed school administration.

Film career

Cecep Arif Rahman became acquainted with

Iko Uwais Uwais Qorny (), known professionally as Iko Uwais, (born 12 February 1983) is an Indonesian actor, stuntman, fight choreographer, and martial artist. He is best known for acting in the action films '' Merantau'' (2009), '' The Raid'' (2011), '' ...

and

Yayan Ruhian Yayan Ruhian (born 19 October 1968) is an Indonesian martial artist and actor. He is known for co-starring in Gareth Evans' films '' The Raid'' (2011) as Mad Dog, '' The Raid 2'' (2014) as Prakoso, '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015) as Ta ...

at the Bercy festival in 2006. In 2008, Cecep Arif Rahman was contacted by the two of them to assist in the making of his first film Merantau but at that time he had just been appointed a civil servant and turned it down. Cecep Arif Rahman was again contacted by Iko to take part in the film The Raid 2 in 2013 because the film needed an actor experienced with the karambit. His role as "The Assassin" in The Raid 2 led him to star in other films, such as the Indonesian movie ''3: Alif Lam Mim'', as a martial arts teacher and also a fight choreograph. In 2015, Cecep Arif Rahman,

and

were also involved in starring in '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens''. In 2019, he appeared in '' John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum'' as Shinobi #1, one of Zero's students, alongside Yayan Ruhian as Shinobi.

Filmography

Film

Television series

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rahman, Cecep Arif Indonesian male film actors 1972 births Living people 21st-century Indonesian male actors