Afdlin Shauki | |
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افضلين شوقي | |
![]() Afdlin presenting the 16th Anugerah Industri Muzik in 2009 | |
Born | Afdlin Shauki bin Aksan May 19, 1971 |
Nationality | Malaysian |
Other names | Chief Kodok, Alf |
Occupation(s) | Actor, film director, singer, songwriter, television presenter, comedian, politician |
Years active | 1989–present |
Political party | People's Justice Party (PKR) (2021–present) |
Other political affiliations | Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2021–present) |
Spouse(s) | Datin Maria Christina Orow Abdullah (m. 1997;div. 2022)Datin Marcella (m. 2023) |
Children | 3 |
Parents |
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Dato' Afdlin Shauki bin Aksan (born 19 May 1971) is a Malaysian producer, screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter, and television presenter and politician.
A singer, musician and live performer Afdlin, together with his band Acid Iz, presents a flavour of R&B, acid jazz and funk. His debut album FUUYO! was released in late 2003. In 1992, he performed for an audience of 50,000 in the 'Ikhlas Concert' alongside Zainal Abidin and Sheila Majid among others. He has performed in one of the most respected jazz clubs in Europe such as Ronnie Scott's, as an opening act for Sheila Majid for her 1996 UK Tour. He also made a guest appearance with David Foster's protege Jordan Hill for her 1997 Malaysian tour singing 'Till the end of time'.
He won the Best Ethnic Pop song category at the Anugerah Juara Lagu ke-19 in 2005 for a song he wrote for Dayang Nurfaizah called 'Erti Hidup'.
Afdlin has been working as an actor, director and TV presenter. Afdlin received the award for Best Presenter in an Entertainment Programme during the prestigious 1999 Asian Television Awards for his role as the host on the late night talk show Bila Larut Malam on Astro. He has hosted the illustrious for six years running, as well as game shows, sports, music and lifestyle programmes.
As a film actor, his local debut was as part of the supporting cast for Pesona Pictures' Mimpi Moon, which was followed by his role as the "Interpreter" in the Hollywood movie "Anna and the King". He played his first romantic lead in Serangkai Filem's Soal Hati, and was honoured with a Best Actor award for his portrayal of "Daniel" at the Anugerah Skrin Panca Delima Awards, 2000. He has since filmed "Soalnya Siapa?", a continuation of the story.
Afdlin has been involved in various direct-to-VCD projects, the latest being "Kelibat", a profit-sharing venture between the actors involved and Vision Works. For this Afdlin wrote, directed and acted, and it was released April 2004
His screen debut as a writer and director, as well as lead actor, manifested in Buli a Grand Brilliance produced film about a technical savant and social misfit in a corporate and highly socialised world. He was awarded Most Promising New Director, Best Screenplay and Best Original Story in the 2005 Malaysian Film Festival for this work. In the same year he was awarded for Best Actor, Best Director and Best Screenplay at the Anugerah Skrin organized by TV3. An eventual sequel, "Buli Balik", was awarded Best Director, Best Original Story and Best Film Awards at the 2006 Malaysian Film Festival and also the Best Director and Best Screenplay Awards at the Anugerah Skrin (TV3) awards of the same year.
Other movies since then include Gila-Gila Pengantin Remaja, Pontianak, Biar Betul and Baik Punya Cilok (which received the Film Goer's Choice Award at the Anugerah Skrin Era Awards of 2006).
In 2007 he produced, co-directed and co-wrote Sumolah under his company Vision Works, which was invited to show at the Fukuoka International Film Festival. He also produced, directed and wrote "Los Dan Faun" under the same company. He played main and supportive roles in both films.
In 2009, Afdlin produced the film Papadom, a story about a distracted, busy father who loses his wife in an accident, and ends up becoming over-protective of his only daughter. This bittersweet comedy drama garnered multiple awards at the 22nd Malaysian Film Festival on the same year for the categories of Best Original Story, Best Actor, Best Film, as well as Best Music Score for Film. Afdlin and his co-star Liyana Jasmay also won the Couple With Best Chemistry in the 2010 Shout Awards organized by 8TV. "Papadom" was in competition in the Asia Pacific International Film Festival held in Taiwan in December 2009. The film also competed in the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2010 in the International Competition and received 3rd place out of 12 movies taking part in the Audience Choice Award. "Papadom" was re-made as a Tamil version for the Malaysian Tamil audience and was released in November 2010.
He became a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR) since joining the party in March 2021 together with rapper Altimet. [1] In 2012, it was reported that Afdlin previously had joined UMNO with the hope of getting more people to support the then Barisan Nasional (BN) government under the leadership of former prime minister Najib Razak. [2] On 13 April 2022, it was reported that Afdlin would contest for the position of Setiawangsa PKR branch chief by challenging incumbent Nik Nazmi in the PKR party elections. In response, Nik Nazmi welcomed the "healthy contest" as candidates "would use the platform to propose various initiatives in bringing PKR forward". Afdlin explained his candidacy that he "have no ill-feeling but only utmost respect of Nik Nazmi". On a separate note, he was "driven by the passion to serve the people" and the branch "needs rejuvenations on engagements with the people" and his candidacy "provides members another option of a candidate without political baggage" given to his identity as relatively new PKR member and junior politician without political experience. [3] However on 29 May 2022, he was defeated by Nik Nazmi who won his reelection as the Setiawangsa PKR branch chief with a total votes of 372 votes and by a minority of 110 votes in unofficial results revealed. [4] On 7 June 2022, it was reported that he had lodged a police report at Pudu police station two days ago on 5 June 2022 against election committee of PKR (JPP) which he claimed it had failed to ensure the wellbeing of voting process and prevent an ongoing fraud. Afdlin also claimed that there were missing ballot papers when the number of votes announced by the JPP did not tally with the number of votes at the Setiawangsa division polling station. Afdlin raised concrete examples of his claim, the counting of ballot papers was done without a representative of the candidates present and the manner in which the counting process was done was not disclosed and the JPP was also alleged to had appointed the former secretary of the Setiawangsa division as the coordinator of the polling station and the husband of one of the candidates for the position of women wing of the division to work in the polling station hall during election day. Afdlin then warned that all these could be seen as biased as both of them had a direct relationship with the contesting candidates and there was no guarantee of transparency and integrity as they were also members of the party but not neutral. [5]
Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Credited as | Role | Notes | ||
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Actor | Director | Screenwriter | ||||
1999 | Anna and the King | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Interpreter | Hollywood debut film |
2000 | Mimpi Moon | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Sook Van | |
Soal Hati | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Ahmad Daniel | ||
2002 | Gerak Khas The Movie II | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Wahid | |
Soalnya Siapa? | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Ahmad Daniel | ||
2003 | City Sharks | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Zul | Singaporean movie |
2004 | Buli | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Nordin | |
Gila-Gila Pengantin Remaja | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Bakar | ||
Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Admiral Madura | ||
Biar Betul | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Fuad | ||
Kelibat | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Selamat | As producer, Direct-to-VCD | |
2005 | Gila-Gila Pengantin Popular | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Awin | |
Baik Punya Cilok | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Aben | As producer | |
2006 | Buli Balik | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Nordin | As producer |
Diva Popular | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Jojo | ||
2007 | Sumolah | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Ramlee | As executive producer |
Brave | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Tong | Thai movie | |
2008 | Cuci | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Fairil | |
Sepi | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Adam | ||
Los dan Faun [6] | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Soffarudin Al Sogood | As executive producer | |
2009 | Setem | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Joe | |
Papadom | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Saadom | ||
Pisau Cukur | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Ship Captain | ||
My Spy | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | — | ||
2010 | Kapoww! | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Din Abu | |
2011 | Homecoming | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Taxi driver | Singaporean movie |
Help! My Girlfriend Is A Vampire | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Don | ||
Nasi Lemak 2.0 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Fisherman | ||
Vote! | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Video short | ||
Old Road Mistery | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Harak | ||
Appalam | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Hassan | Movie itself is a Tamil remake of Papadom | |
2012 | Azura | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Tan Sri Putih | |
Untuk Tiga Hari | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Armi | ||
Berani Punya Budak | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Shuhaimi Abdullah / Tong | As executive producer | |
Pontianak vs Orang Minyak | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Pak Rejab | ||
2013 | Husin, Mon dan Jin Pakai Toncit | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Wahab B. | |
Lawak ke der? 2 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Boboi | ||
Ops Kossa Dappa 3 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Tamil movie | ||
Lemak Kampung Santan | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
Bola Kampung: The Movie | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Sabok | Voice only | |
Papadom 2 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Saadom | As executive producer | |
2014 | Kami Histeria | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Himself | |
2018 | The Big Day | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Inspector Rashid | Singaporean movie, special appearance |
2019 | Bikers Kental 2 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Aidid | |
2022 | Cikgu VS Hantu | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Cikgu Daud | |
2023 | Imaginur | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Dr Ramli | |
Polis Evo 3 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Kassim | ||
Baik Punya Ah Long | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Filming | ||
Year | Title | Role | TV channel | Notes |
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1989 | Senandung Irama | TV1 | ||
1998 | Kopitiam | Pete Ramlee | NTV7 | 1 episodes |
1999–2000 | Bila Larut Malam | Host | Astro Ria | |
2002–2005 | Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd | Bobo | Mediacorp Channel 5 | 15 episodes |
2004–2005 | Ah-Ha | TV3 | ||
2004–2007 | Show Me The Money | NTV7 | ||
2015 | Bola Kampung | Sabok (voice) | TV1 | |
2008 | Babak Empat Madu Tiga | Jamil | Astro Prima | A part of a telemovie anthology |
Orang Minyak Naik Minyak | Telemovie | |||
2009 | Spontan | Himself (host) | Astro Warna | |
Mandi | Himself (guest) | |||
2009–2010 | Redah Kasi Pecah | Himself (guest) | ||
2010–2011 | Raja Lawak Astro | Himself (permanent judge) | Astro Prima | Comedy talent show |
Oh Yeah | Astro Warna | |||
2012 | Upin & Ipin (Season 6) | Himself (voice) | TV9 | Episode: "Raja Buah" |
2013–2014 | Liga Lawak Superstar | Host | TV3 | with Adibah Noor |
2013–2015 | Bintang Mencari Bintang | |||
2014 | Nostalgila | Pakcik | Astro First Exclusive | Telemovie |
2017 | Konsert Komedi | Himself - Week 5 (Baik Punya Cilok) | Astro Warna | |
Bas Stop | Himself | |||
Kasut Bola Pink | Prof. Tipu | Astro First Exclusive | Telemovie | |
2019 | Emma Sofea: All in the Family | Norman James D'Cruz | Disney Channel | TV short |
Wizards of Warna Walk | 14 episodes | |||
2020 | Warung Wak | Wak Zamzam | Awesome TV | |
2022 | Bini-Bini Lockdown | Azim | TV3 | Telemovie |
AI.5YA | Dato Soffaruddin Al Sogud | Viu | As director, screenwriter and executive producer | |
2023 | Mega Spontan | Game Master | Astro Warna |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Actorlympics | ||
2005 | Why you still fat? | ||
2009 | Cuci | Fairil | Based on the 2008 film Cuci |
Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
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2001 | Malaysia Film Festival | Best Actor | Soal Hati | Won |
2004 | Malaysia Film Festival | Most Promising Director | Buli | Won |
Best Original Story | Buli | Won | ||
Best Screenplay | Buli | Won | ||
Best Actor | Buli | Nominated | ||
2006 | Malaysia Film Festival | Best Actor | Buli Balik | Won |
Best Original Story | Baik Punya Cilok | Won | ||
Best Original Theme Song | Baik Punya Cilok | Nominated | ||
Best Screenplay | Baik Punya Cilok | Nominated | ||
Best Music Score | Baik Punya Cilok | Nominated | ||
Best Film Director | Buli Balik | Nominated | ||
2007 | Malaysia Film Festival | Best Original Theme Song | "Pacai" from Sumolah | Nominated |
Best Editor | Sumolah (alongside Faizul Mohd Noh) | Nominated | ||
Best Actor | Sumolah | Nominated | ||
Best Film Director | Sumolah | Nominated | ||
Best Screenplay | Sumolah | Nominated | ||
2009 | Malaysia Film Festival | Best Actor | Papadom | Won |
Best Original Story | Papadom | Won | ||
Best Film Director | Papadom | Nominated | ||
2010 | Osaka Asian Film Festival | 3rd out of 12 Audience Award | Papadom | Won |
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