Chicco Jerikho Jarumillind (born 3 July 1984) is an Indonesian actor and film producer. In 2014, he received the Citra Award for Best Actor for his performance as Sani Tawainella in '' Lights from the East: I Am Maluku''.

Early life

Chicco Jerikho Jarumillind was born in

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on 3 July 1984 to a Thai father and

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mother of Panggabean clan.

Career

Jerikho started his career by participating in cover boy competition held by

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Aneka Yess! in 2000. In his early acting career, he frequently starred in

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, most notably SCTV's ''Cinta Bunga'' in 2007. He made his feature film acting debut as an extra in 2007 horror film '' Lawang Sewu: Dendam Kuntilanak''. In 2014, he starred as Sani Tawainella, a former football player, in

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'' Lights from the East: I Am Maluku''. His performance in the film earned him the Citra Award for Best Actor at the 2014

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. In 2015, he starred as Ben Soesilo, a

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in Angga Dwimas Sasongko's adaptation of

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's ''Filosofi Kopi''. He also served as a co-producer for the film. Jerikho starred as Alex, a pirate DVDs subtitler, in

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's '' A Copy of My Mind'', which had its world premiere at the

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. In 2016, he made his producing debut and starred in Sasongko's '' Letters from Prague''. The film was selected as the Indonesian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the

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but it was not nominated. In 2017, he reprised his role as Ben in the

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, ''Filosofi Kopi 2: Ben & Jody''. In 2018, he starred as Romo Yosef, a

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involved in a romantic relationship with a

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film '' Ave Maryam''. Jerikho starred in English-language

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film '' Foxtrot Six''. In 2019, it was announced that Jerikho would portray Godam in the Bumilangit Cinematic Universe, making his debut appearance in a mid-credit scene of '' Sri Asih'' (2022). In 2022, he starred in the Indonesian

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of '' Doctor Foster'', '' Mendua'' as Ivan Atmajaya.

Personal life

On 3 March 2018, Jerikho married actress and model Putri Marino in

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. Their daughter, Surinala, was born in September 2018. Along with director Angga Dwimas Sasongko, actor

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, writer

, producers Anggia Kharisma and Handoko Hendroyono, Jerikho opened a coffee shop, Filosofi Kopi, inspired by the film they worked on.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jerikho, Chicco 1984 births Living people Indonesian male actors Indonesian film producers Indonesian people of Thai descent People of Batak descent