1. Iko Uwais is best known for acting in the action films Merantau, The Raid, The Raid 2, Headshot, Mile 22, The Night Comes for Us, Stuber, and the Netflix series Wu Assassins.
16 Facts About Iko Uwais
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Iko Uwais was born Uwais Qorny in Jakarta, to Musthafa and Maisyaroh Kamaluddin.
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Iko Uwais's grandfather, H Achmad Bunawar, was a silat master and founded a silat school.
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Iko Uwais is named after the 7th-century Islamic figure Owais al-Qarani.
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In 2007, Uwais met director Gareth Evans, who was filming a documentary about silat, a form of martial arts, in Uwais's training hall.
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In 2014, Iko Uwais collaborated on a third movie with Evans, The Raid 2, a sequel to the original film.
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Iko Uwais appeared briefly in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, alongside his The Raid 2 co-stars Yayan Ruhian and Cecep Arif Rahman.
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Iko Uwais was asked to choreograph a lightsaber fight in the film by director JJ Abrams, but the sequence was rejected for being too violent.
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In 2018, Iko Uwais starred in the films, Mile 22 and The Night Comes for Us.
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Iko Uwais reprised his role in the sequel film, Fistful of Vengeance.
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In 2019, Iko Uwais starred in the action comedy film Stuber alongside Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista.
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Iko Uwais was announced to star in The Bellhop, one of the first five films in development by Balboa Productions, the new production company co-founded by Sylvester Stallone in 2018.
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In October 2021, Iko Uwais joined the cast of Expend4bles, which was released in 2023 to poor reviews.
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In May 2023, Iko Uwais was announced to star in a sci-fi thriller Ash directed by Flying Lotus alongside Aaron Paul, Eiza Gonzalez, Beulah Koale, and Kate Elliott.
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In January 2025, Iko Uwais revealed that he had started a film production company, Iko Uwais Pictures.
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On 25 June 2012, Iko Uwais married singer Audy Item at the Hotel Gran Mahakam in Jakarta.