Winky Wiryawan

Winky Wiryawan who has full name Nurayendra Irwindo (born 9 December 1978) is an actor from Indonesia. In addition, he is also known as one of the DJ (disc jockey) from Jakarta thus the nickname DJ Winky is also attached to it.

Career[]

Before plunging into the world of film, Winky has been known as one of the famous DJs under the name DJ Winky. Involvement in the world of acting came from a star Nescafe ad, Ponds, and Relaxa. He then was offered a role as Ferdy in the film Jelangkung (2001), who starred with directed by and .

Winky then played in a similar themed film, (2002) directed by , who later introduced himself as the director Rudy Soedjarwo and producer . Introduction was then opened up opportunities for Winky to star in Singa Karawang-Bekasi (2003), and Chasing the Sun (2004),^[1] With the Chasing the Sun, Winky won the category of Best Crying Scene MTV Indonesia Movie Awards (MIMA) 2004.^[2]

The year 2006 may be practically in luck for Winky. In that year, Winky starred in 4 movies at once, Ruang (2006), Berbagi Suami (2006), (2006), and Americana (2006).^[3] In the same year, Winky also won the Most Favorite Supporting Actor nomination in the MTV Indonesian Movie Award 2006 through the film Berbagi Suami.^[4] Same film, Berbagi Suami managed to get the Golden Orchid Award for Best Foreign Language Film in Hawaii Film Festival, United States.

In 2007, Winky play in Surat Untuk Ayah (2007) with , and the film remake of Badai Pasti Berlalu (2007). In Badai Pasti Berlalu which ever made in the 1970s (when it was directed by Teguh Karya), Winky playing with and Slamet Rahardjo and worked on by Teddy Soeriaatmadja. Wingky role as Helmy, a character who never played the antagonist character actor Slamet Rahardjo Djarot in the original version.

Personal life[]

Winky is married to Asmara Siswandari aka Kenes, which is 3.5 years courted it on 1 October 2004 at Masjid At-Taqwa, South Jakarta.^[5] Once before, the ceremony performed on the proposal 17 July 2004.^[6]

Discography[]

As Junko[]

• TOKYO (2005)
• Flower Transformer (2007)

As Music Director[]

• Street Society featuring Evan Virgan (2014)

Filmography[]

Film[]

Television series[]

Awards and nominations[]

External links[]

• Profile on Cineplex
• (in Indonesian) Winky Wiryawan on IMDb
• (in Indonesian) Winky Wiryawan Official Twitter
• (in Indonesian) Winky Wiryawan Fanbase Official Twitter

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