Fedi Nuril

Fedi Nuril (born July 1, 1982) is an Indonesian actor, model, and musician. He is known for his roles as Fahri in ''Ayat-Ayat Cinta'' (2008) and '' Ayat-Ayat Cinta 2'' (2016), and as Genta in ''5 cm'' (2012). Nuril has been referred to as an icon of polygamy Indonesian cinema.

Early life

Fedrian Nuril was born on July 1, 1982, in Jakarta, Indonesia, as the youngest child and son of Tuty and Nuril Rachman (1924–1993), a soldier. He had a brother, Marzuki "Uki" Nuril. His parents were migrants of Minangkabau descent. Nuril went to the Faculty of Economics and Business at University of Indonesia, and majored in accounting.

Personal life

Nuril is married to Vanny Widyasasti, a businesswoman, at Balai Sudirman Hall in Jakarta on January 17, 2016. They had three sons, Hasan Fadilah (b. 9 December 2016), Aksa Ganindra (b. 10 September 2020), and Kay Mahdi Nuril (b. 28 February 2022).

Career

Nuril started his career as a catwalk, magazine, and advertisement model. He made his film debut by starring in Rudy Soedjarwo-directed ''Mengejar Matahari'' (2004), followed by ''Apa Artinya Cinta?'' (2005), and '' Janji Joni'' (2005). Nuril was then cast by director Mira Lesmana to star in ''Garasi'' (2006) as a member of a music band called Garasi, along with Ayu Ratna and Aries Budiman. After the film was finished, Garasi released a single titled "Hilang," which received positive reviews from music listeners. In 2007, Hanung Bramantyo cast him in ''Ayat-Ayat Cinta'' (2008), a film adapted from the Habiburrahman El Shirazy novel Fahri. Nuril later won an award for Best Actor from the film at Bandung Film Festival in 2008.

Nuril was cast as Rendy in '' Get Married 3'' (2011), the third film in the ''Get Married'' series, co-starring Nirina Zubir. In 2013, he starred in '' Moga Bunda Disayang Allah'' as a drunkard. He then starred in ''Ayah: Menyayangi Tanpa Akhir'' (2015) as Juna, a pharmacist and single parent who is struggling to cure his children of brain cancer, followed by ''Surga Yang Tak Dirindukan'' (2015) as a man who practices polygamy co-starring Raline Shah, and then starred in the sequel of the film two years later. In 2017, Nuril starred in '' Ayat-Ayat Cinta 2'', a sequel to the film with the same name, as Fahri. The film attracted a million viewers and received a mixed review due to the plot. Due to his role in the ''Ayat-Ayat Cinta'' and ''Surga Yang Tak Dirindukan'' series, Nuril was considered a polygamy icon in Indonesian cinema.

In 2021, Nuril starred in ''Surga Yang Tak Dirindukan 3'', a third installment of the ''Surga Yang Tak Dirindukan'' series. He also starred in ''48 Jam Untuk Indah'' (2022) as a father who lived in poverty, followed by ''Air Mata di Ujung Sajadah'' (2023) as a husband who was fighting for custody of his adopted child. In order to break his polygamy image, Nuril starred in ''Rumah Masa Depan'' (2023) as Sukri co-starring Laura Basuki as his wife Surti. He also starred in ''Kapan Hamil'' (2023) again with Basuki.

Views

Political views

Nuril is an actor with critical views and upholds human rights, and often shows his arguments to the media. During the 2024 Indonesian presidential election, he is against second candidate Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka, and said that he won't vote for them due to Prabowo being the perpetrator of kidnapping activists during the fall of Suharto in 1998. He also defended Maria Catarina Sumarsih, an activist who initiated the Kamisan action, which is considered to have raised human rights issues regarding Prabowo as the perpetrator of kidnapping every five years, and added that he did not want the perpetrator of the kidnapping during the 1998 riots to become president.

Nuril received both positive and negative responses to his actions. He also became viral on X (formerly Twitter) and was accused of doing a black campaign by Prabowo's supporters. Labour law lecturer at Gadjah Mada University, Nabiyla Risfa Izzati, praised Nuril's courage and joked that she would seek attention so that Nuril would pay attention to him.

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1982 births
Living people
Indonesian actors
Indonesian models
Indonesian musicians
Actors from Jakarta
University of Indonesia alumni