Afdlin Shauki

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Aksan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Afdlin Shauki.

Yang Hormat Dato' Afdlin Shauki DIMP
افضلين شوقي‎
Afdlin presenting the 16th Anugerah Industri Muzik in 2009
Born	Afdlin Shauki bin Aksan (1971-05-19) May 19, 1971 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
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)
Spouses	Datin Maria Christina Orow Abdullah ​ ​ (m. 1997; div. 2022)​ Datin Marcella ​ (m. 2023)​
Children	3
Parents	Aksan Abu Bakar (father) Fadzilah Jelani (mother)

Dato' Afdlin Shauki bin Aksan (born 19 May 1971) is a Malaysian producer, screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter, and television presenter and politician.

Career

Music

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'.

Television

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.

Film making

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.

Politics

He became a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR) since joining the party in March 2021 together with rapper Altimet. 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. 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. 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. 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.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Credited as			Role	Notes
		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				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
2024	Harimau Malaya: The Untold Journey				Roslan
	Baik Punya Ah Long				Lan Panda

Television

Year	Title	Role	TV channel	Notes
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

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Actorlympics
2005	Why you still fat?
2009	Cuci	Fairil	Based on the 2008 film Cuci

Discography

Fuuyo! (2003)

• • Aku Lelaki
  • Miasara (As OST in Papadom)
  • Gadis Pilihan Ibu
  • Percaya (As OST in Buli and Buli Balik)
  • Waras (As OST in Buli)
  • Tiada Lagi
  • Tuan Dan Hamba
  • Bukan Cinta (As OST in Los Dan Faun)
  • Sampai Bila
  • Am I Too Late
  • Mangsa Keadaan
  • Disco Dancer
  • Ku Tak Mahu
  • Hingga Ke Akhirnya
  • Reprise

Others

• Soalnya Hati (duet with Erra Fazira)
• Diva Bermimpi (Themesong of Diva Popular – with Umie Aida, Sheila Rusly & Ezzlynn)
• Baik Punya Cilok (As themesong of Baik Punya Cilok)
• Tanya (As Soundtrack of Sumolah)

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
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

Others

• Asian Television Award 1999 – Best Presenter

Personal life

Afdlin Shauki was born and grew up in Johor Bahru, Johor. He is an eldest child among 10 siblings in his family to his parents, Fadzilah Jelani (died 2018) and Aksan Abu Bakar (died 2020).

Honour

• Pahang :
  • Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) – Dato' (2017)

External links

• Afdlin Shauki at IMDb