Max Huang

Huang was born Julian Maximilian Widjaja in Nuremberg to an Indonesian-Chinese father, conductor Noorman Widjaja,^[4][5] and a German mother. He began studying Wing Chun at the age of 11, and later joined the German National Wushu Team, winning a gold medal at the 2009 German Nationals.^[6] He studied acting in the United Kingdom.

While working in the Chinese film industry, he adopted the Chinese name Huang You-liang (Chinese: 黃又亮) - Widjaja is the Indonesian transliteration of ‘Huang’^[7] and ‘You-liang’ is the Chinese soundalike for ‘Julian’.

Huang started in the film industry as a member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team, as stunt performer and coordinator; he has worked in films such as Police Story 2013 (2013), Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and The Foreigner (2017). He was the first German-born member of the team.^[1]

Huang played Kung Lao in the 2021 film Mortal Kombat.^[3]

Music

In April 2021, he wrote and released a single titled "Flawless Victory", which was produced by rapper Vinnie Paz^[8] and featured his brother, the violinist Iskandar Widjaja.

Huang is the brother of stuntman/stunt coordinator/actor Lee Huang and cousin of violinist Iskandar Widjaja. He resides in Taiwan.^[2]