Fachri Albar (born 15 November 1981) is an Indonesian actor and musician. He is best known for starring in

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thriller '' Dead Time: Kala'' in 2007 and

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'' The Forbidden Door'' in 2009.

Career

Acting

Albar debuted on the small screen in a modern retelling of the folklore ''Malin Kundang'' opposite veteran actress Desy Ratnasari. The series premiered in January 2005 on SCTV and ran for two seasons, but Albar only appeared in one season. Albar then had his feature film debut in November 2005 with the release of ''Alexandria'' as one of the main characters opposite Marcel Chandrawinata, Julie Estelle, and Kinaryosih. His next projects came in 2007 in the role of drag performer Amanda in '' Jakarta Undercover'' and as Janus in '' Dead Time: Kala''. His performance in the latter earned him his first Citra Award nomination in the Best Actor category, losing to

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'') as well as an MTV Indonesia Movie Awards in the Most Favorite Actor category, this time losing to Mizwar's co-star in ''

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. He then appeared opposite Marsha Timothy in Anwar's follow-up release '' The Forbidden Door'' as Gambir, an artist who one day meets a young boy and starts to uncover secrets. The film was critically acclaimed and introduced Albar to the international scene through screenings at international film festivals. After years of absence from films, Albar appeared in Richard Oh's experimental film ''Melancholy Is a Movement'' as himself as well as in a segment co-directed by Timo Tjahjanto and Gareth Evans for the horror anthology film '' V/H/S/2'' in 2015. He then made a brief special appearance in a post-credit scene in Joko Anwar's 2017 international hit ''

Satan's Slaves ''Satan's Slaves'' () is a 2017 Indonesian supernatural horror film written and directed by Joko Anwar. It is a loose remake-prequel to the 1980 film of the same name directed by Sisworo Gautama Putra based on a story by Subagio S. The plot fo ...

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Music

Fachri is a drummer for the punk rock band Jibriel. His brother Fauzy Albar is also part of the band as lead vocalist. The band released their debut single "Raih" in May 2007 and their debut studio album ''...Memecah Kesunyian'' (lit. ''Breaking the Silence'') in June the following year.

Personal life

Albar is the son of rock star and vocalist Ahmad Albar of the legendary Indonesian

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God Bless and actress Rini S. Bono. He is the middle of 3 brothers. His older brother Fauzi Albar is the lead vocal of Jibriel, the punk rock band of which Albar is also a member of as a drummer. In August 2018, Albar lost his other brother Faldi Albar due to

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. Albar is also a step brother to racing driver Sean Gelael by his mother's subsequent marriage to business mogul Ricardo Gelael. On 12 June 2014, Albar married model and actress Renata Kusmanto. They have two children: son River Syech Albar and daughter Clover Satin Albar.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Albar, Fachri 1981 births Living people Indonesian male film actors Indonesian people of Yemeni descent Musicians from Jakarta Male actors from Jakarta Indonesian drummers