Marcel Chandrawinata (born March 29, 1987) is a Chinese Indonesian

Chinese Indonesian

Chinese Indonesians, also called the Indonesian Chinese, are an overseas Chinese group whose ancestors emigrated from China to Indonesia, formerly a colony of the Netherlands known as the Dutch East Indies...

 actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 and model

Model (person)

A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

 best known for his role in film Alexandria co-starring with actress Julie Estelle

Julie Estelle

Julie Estelle is an Indonesian actress and model. Her first leading role in 2005 at the age of 15 was in the drama Alexandria, followed by the horror film Kuntilanak in 2006 , and two sequels in 2007 and 2008...

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Early life

Chandrawinata was born in Hannover, Germany. His father is Indonesian of Chinese descent and his mother is German. He has two siblings: twin identical brother Mischa, who also an actor, and elder sister Nadine Chandrawinata

Nadine Chandrawinata

Nadine Chandrawinata was Puteri Indonesia 2005, and a delegate representing Indonesia in the 2006 Miss Universe Pageant. She was the second Miss Indonesia to participate in the pageant after a long hiatus in 1996. Her mother is German and her father is Chinese Indonesian...

, an actress and beauty queen. His family later moved to Indonesia after his birth.

Chandrawinata is a Catholic

Catholic

The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...

. He attended 'Ora et Labora Elementary School' and 'Tirta Martha BPK Penabur Catholic High School'. After graduating from high school, he continued his studies at Pelita Harapan University, majoring in Industrial Engineering.

Career

Chandrawinata started his career as a teen model before turning his attention to acting. He had appeared in several Indonesian movies including Catatan Akhir Sekolah (2005), Alexandria

Alexandria (film)

Alexandria is a 2005 Indonesian film, featuring a soundtrack by Indonesian pop rock band, Peterpan.-Plot synopsis:Bagas keeps his feeling towards his neighbor and childhood friend, Alexandria , but he is unable to express it out...

(2006), Summer Breeze (2008), and Air Terjun Pengantin (2009).

He also starred in soap operas such as "Cowok Impian", "Selamat Jalan Natasya", "Mawar", "Alisa", "Air Mata Cinta" and "Rama dan Ramona".