Yoshi Sudarso

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Yoshi Sudarso
Born
Yoshua Sudarso

(1989-04-12) April 12, 1989 (age 35)
Surabaya, Indonesia
Nationality American
Indonesian
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
Spouse
Sarah Garcia
(m. 2015)

Yoshua Sudarso (born April 12, 1989[ citation needed ]) is an Indonesian-born American actor.

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Biography

Sudarso was born in Surabaya, Indonesia to Indonesian parents of Chinese descent. His family moved to Cerritos, California, when he was nine years old. [1] He studied at Cal State Long Beach initially pursuing a career in math and accounting before eventually switching to theater. [2] He is famous for playing Koda, the Blue Ranger in Power Rangers Dino Charge and Power Rangers Dino Super Charge. Sudarso also has one younger brother, Peter Adrian Sudarso, who is also an actor and model. He played a Power Ranger as well, playing as Preston Tien, the Blue Ranger from Power Rangers Ninja Steel and Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel.

Career

Sudarso began his career working in stunts working on major motion pictures and television shows such as The Maze Runner, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , Alita: Battle Angel and more. [3]

Sudarso was a suit-actor for Power Rangers Samurai and Power Rangers Megaforce [4] before he was finally cast in a main role as Koda for Power Rangers Dino Charge .

He was cast as the lead in Mike Wiluan's Indonesian-language spaghetti western film Buffalo Boys . The film was the first project back in his home country. [5] The movie became Singapore's submission for the Oscars Foreign Film category. [6]

In August 2018, he joined the cast of the Manila-set independent drama Empty by Design and starred alongside Rhian Ramos, Osric Chau and Chris Pang. [7] The same month, it was announced he joined the cast in a key supporting role in his second Indonesian-language project Milly & Mamet, [8] a spin-off from Riri Riza's popular Ada Apa Dengan Cinta? franchise, alongside Sissy Priscilla and Dennis Adhiswara.

In 2022, Sudarso starred in the David Leitch action film, Bullet Train , as the younger version of Hiroyuki Sanada's character, "the Elder." [9]

Filmography

Television and film roles
YearTitleRoleNotesRefs
2010 Easy A Eric LingFilm; uncredited[ citation needed ]
2013 My Life as a Video Game The Noobkiller1 episode
2014It's Not You, It's MeIanTV miniseries
2015 Shuriken Sentai Ninninger Tourist1 episode
2015Super Power Beat DownSpider Man1 episode
2015Apt. 210 ConfessionalJosh AdrienTV miniseries
2015–2016 Power Rangers Dino Charge KodaMain roles
2016 NCIS: Los Angeles Aaron Kim1 episode
2016 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Hydra Agent1 episode; uncredited[ citation needed ]
2016–2019 Pretty Dudes SunjiMain role
2017 K.C. Undercover Enemy Agent1 episode
2018 Power Rangers Hyperforce Joe ShihRecurring role, 9 episodes
2018 The Thundermans Hockey Goon Brock1 episode
2018 Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel Koda3 episodes
2018 Buffalo Boys SuwoFilm
2018 Milly & Mamet: Ini Bukan Cinta & Rangga JamesFilm
2019Empty by DesignMarcoFilm
2019 At Your Service Benson Wu1 episode
2020 Power Rangers Beast Morphers Koda2 episodes
2020 Project Power KnifebonesFilm; uncredited[ citation needed ]
2020 The Paper Tigers Teen DannyFilm
2020 Avatar: The Last Airbender: Agni Kai Zuko Fan film [10] [11]
2021 Serigala Langit  [ id ]Herman Laksono "Jaguar"Film
2022Death's Diner Death Short film [12]
2022 Bullet Train Young ElderFilm
2022 Blade of the 47 Ronin SunFm
2023Escape from LoveDavid HasenFilm
2024 The Brothers Sun Lance WangEpisode: "Gymkata"

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