Zainal Abidin

Zainal Abidin

Abidin was born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies on 31 August 1928. He completed his education through senior high school before beginning work at a shipping company based at Tanjung Priok in 1950. He left the position in 1952, and the following year made his feature film debut, taking a minor role in Chaidar Djafar's Sedarah Sedaging.
In 1994 Abidin completed his final feature film, Maman Firmansjah's Setetes Noda Manis. Afterwards, with the domestic film industry on a downturn, he migrated to televised soap operas, acting in several between 1994 and 1997. This included his only directorial effort, the series Maunya Macam-Macam. Abidin died on 7 January 2000, having acted in over 150 feature films.
Abidin was nominated for seven Citra Awards from the Indonesian Film Festival, including four for Best Leading Actor and three for Best Supporting Actor. He received the award twice, 1st in 1981 for his supporting role in Teguh Karya's Usia 18 and then in 1982 for his leading role in Wim Umboh's Putri Seorang Jendral. He was later styled one of the fathers of Indonesian film.

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