Yadi Timo

Yadi Timo was born Yadi Mulyadi on 12 February 1960, according to the death notice shared by his friend Joko Nugroho and reported by Indonesian media. He studied theatre at the Institut Kesenian Jakarta (IKJ) in Jakarta and graduated from the theatre department of its Faculty of Performing Arts, the training that shaped his work for the rest of his life. His Indonesian Wikipedia entry also lists earlier studies at SMAS Al-Hikmah Cibatu and a period at the Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Komunikasi Bandung, which he left before completing.

Yadi Timo was active on screen from 1996, working first in television series such as Angin Tak Dapat Membaca, 1 Kakak 7 Ponakan, in which he played Sal, and Jin & Jun, where he appeared as a guest. He played Mang Jaja in Doaku Harapanku (1998) and Mardikun in the first season of Lorong Waktu (1999), returning to the series in 2004 in a different role.

His best known film role came in Petualangan Sherina (2000), the musical adventure directed by Riri Riza and produced by Mira Lesmana's Miles Films, which helped revive Indonesian cinema at the turn of the century. He played Mastur, one of the kidnappers who pursue Sherina and Sadam in the hills, alongside Butet Kertaradjasa as Pak Raden. He also appeared in the short film A Very Slow Breakfast (2002) and in the features Petualangan 100 Jam, Rindu Kami PadaMu and Brownies (2004), Banyu Biru (2005) and Marley (2022), in which he played Pak Broto.

Television gave him steady work for nearly thirty years. His series included Doa Membawa Berkah, Ada Apa dengan Cinta?, Kisah Sedih di Hari Minggu, Bajaj Baru Bajuri, Liontin, Buku Harian Nayla, Eneng dan Kaos Kaki Ajaib, Putri yang Ditukar, Binar Bening Berlian, Tukang Bubur Naik Haji the Series, in which he played Haji Syairun, Catatan Hati Seorang Istri, Go BMX, Romeo dan Juminten, Dewi Rindu, in which he played Toni Wahyudi, Ikatan Cinta and, in 2025, Ketika Cinta Memanggilmu. He was frequently cast as cunning antagonists or as fathers living through hardship, and was still preparing new work at the time of his death.

Yadi Timo was married, and his wife's family came from Bogor in West Java. In his later years he lived in the Pondok Cibubur housing estate in Cisalak, Cimanggis, in Depok. Friends from the theatre world, among them Joko Nugroho, his junior at IKJ, remembered him as a critical and outspoken colleague whose blunt comments hid real care for fellow artists. Nugroho recalled that Yadi was the first to take him to a film set and then insisted on sharing his fee with him so that he could feel what it was like to work on a shoot.

On the evening of Thursday 15 October 2026 Yadi Timo attended a creative meeting to prepare a short film project with the director Gita Asmara. Friends who were with him said he appeared healthy and was singing and joking. After returning home he complained of severe stomach pain and was taken toward Grand Melia hospital in Cibubur, but died on the way. His death, on Friday 16 October 2026 at the age of 66, was announced on social media by Joko Nugroho and widely reported by ANTARA, CNN Indonesia, CNBC Indonesia and Liputan6. No official cause of death was confirmed.

The director Hanung Bramantyo was among those who shared the news. Relatives and colleagues from theatre and film gathered at his home in Pondok Cibubur, Depok, and burial was planned at the Taman Bahagia Dredet public cemetery in Bogor, his wife's home town.

For many Indonesians who grew up around 2000, Yadi Timo will always be Mastur, one of the comic villains of Petualangan Sherina, a film that is still widely watched and was later followed by a sequel. Beyond that role he was one of the dependable character actors who carried Indonesian television drama for three decades, and a theatre-trained performer who passed on his craft and his exacting standards to younger artists. A message shared in tribute thanked him for his dedication to the Indonesian stage and cinema.