Max Huang You-liang (born Julian Maximilian Widjaja; 22 September 1988) is a German-Chinese actor,

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and

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. He is known for his role of

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in the 2021 film ''

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'', based on the fighting video game of the same name, and for being a member of the

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Early life

Huang was born Julian Maximilian Widjaja in

Nuremberg Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the Franconia#Towns and cities, largest city in Franconia, the List of cities in Bavaria by population, second-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Bav ...

to an Indonesian-Chinese father, conductor Noorman Widjaja, and a German mother. He began studying

Wing Chun Wing Chun (Cantonese) or Yong Chun (Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin) (, lit. "singing spring") is a concept-based martial art, a form of Nanquan (martial art), Southern Chinese kung fu, and a close-quarters system of self-defense. It is a martial ...

at the age of 11, and later joined the German National

Wushu Wushu may refer to: Martial arts * Chinese martial arts, the various martial arts of China * Wushu (sport) Wushu () (), or kung fu, is a competitive Chinese martial art. It integrates concepts and forms from various traditional and modern ...

Team, winning a gold medal at the 2009 German Nationals. He studied acting in the United Kingdom. While working in the Chinese film industry, he adopted the Chinese name Huang You-liang ( zh, 黃又亮) - Widjaja is the Indonesian transliteration of ‘Huang’ and ‘You-liang’ is the Chinese soundalike for ‘Julian’.

Career

Huang started in the film industry as a member of the

, as stunt performer and coordinator; he has worked in films such as ''

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'' (2013),

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's '' Kingsman: The Secret Service'' (2014) and '' The Foreigner'' (2017). He was the first German-born member of the team. Huang played

in the 2021 film ''

''. ;Music In April 2021, he wrote and released a single titled "Flawless Victory", which was produced by rapper

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and featured his brother, violinist Iskandar Widjaja.

Personal life

Huang is the brother of stuntman/stunt coordinator/actor Lee Huang and cousin of violinist Iskandar Widjaja. He resides in

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Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Huang, Max German male film actors German male television actors German wushu practitioners Living people 1988 births Indo people 21st-century German male actors German people of Chinese descent German people of Indonesian descent German expatriates in the United Kingdom German expatriates in Hong Kong German expatriates in China Actors from Nuremberg Male actors from Bavaria