Donny Alamsyah

Donny Alamsyah Benjamin born December 7 1978 is an Indonesian actor and martial artist His acting career began in 2004 when he accompanied a friend to an audition for the film Gie 2005 Eventually he was asked to join the production and was cast as the character Jaka Donny gained further recognition with his role as Barry in the film Fiksi 2008 which earned him a nomination for Best Actor at the Indonesian Film Festival Donny began learning martial arts at a young age His father Benjamin Junaedi a Cimande pencak silat coach encouraged fouryearold Donny to study martial arts While still in elementary school he studied karate In junior high school he turned to kung fu During his high school years he learned Muay Thai followed by Wing Chun wrestling boxing and aikido