Max Huang

Max Huang You-liang (born Julian Maximilian Widjaja;¹² 22 September 1988) is a German-Indonesian actor, martial artist and stunt performer. He is known for his role of Kung Lao in the 2021 film Mortal Kombat,³ based on the fighting video game of the same name, and for being a member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team.

Huang was born Julian Maximilian Widjaja in Nuremberg to an Indonesian father, conductor Noorman Widjaja,⁴⁵ 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 Paz⁸ and featured his cousin, 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