Chicco Jerikho


Chicco Jerikho Jarumillind is an Indonesian actor and film producer. In 2014, he received the Citra Award for Best Actor for his performance as Sani Tawainella in Lights from the East: I Am Maluku.

Early life

Chicco Jerikho Jarumillind was born in Jakarta on 3 July 1984 to a Thai father and Batak mother of Panggabean clan.

Career

Jerikho started his career by participating in a cover boy competition held by teen magazine Aneka Yess! in 2000. In his early acting career, he frequently starred in soap operas, most notably SCTV's Cinta Bunga in 2007. He made his feature film acting debut as an extra in 2007 horror film Lawang Sewu: Dendam Kuntilanak.
In 2014, he starred as Sani Tawainella, a former football player, in biographical sports drama Lights from the East: I Am Maluku. His performance in the film earned him the Citra Award for Best Actor at the 2014 Indonesian Film Festival. In 2015, he starred as Ben Soesilo, a barista in Angga Dwimas Sasongko's adaptation of Dewi Lestari's Filosofi Kopi. He also served as a co-producer for the film. Jerikho starred as Alex, a pirate DVDs subtitler, in Joko Anwar's A Copy of My Mind, which had its world premiere at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival.
In 2016, he made his producing debut and starred in Sasongko's Letters from Prague. The film was selected as the Indonesian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. In 2017, he reprised his role as Ben in the sequel, Filosofi Kopi 2: Ben & Jody. In 2018, he starred as Romo Yosef, a Catholic priest involved in a romantic relationship with a nun in romantic drama film Ave Maryam. Jerikho starred in English-language science fiction film Foxtrot Six. In 2019, it was announced that Jerikho would portray Godam in the Bumilangit Cinematic Universe, making his debut appearance in a mid-credit scene of Sri Asih. In 2022, he starred in the Indonesian remake of Doctor Foster, Mendua as Ivan Atmajaya.

Personal life

On 3 March 2018, Jerikho married actress and model Putri Marino in Bali. Their daughter, Surinala, was born in September 2018.
Along with director Angga Dwimas Sasongko, actor Rio Dewanto, writer Dewi Lestari, producers Anggia Kharisma and Handoko Hendroyono, Jerikho opened a coffee shop, Filosofi Kopi, inspired by the film they worked on.