Syamsul Yusof

Syamsul Yusof
شمس اليوسف
Syamsul interviewed in MeleTOP in 2016.
Born
Mohd Syamsul bin Mohd Yusof

(1984-05-21) 21 May 1984 (age 40)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Occupations
  • Actor
  • film director
  • writer
  • producer
  • rapper
  • singer
Years active1998–present
Spouses
Puteri Sarah Liyana
(m. 2014; div. 2023)
Ira Kazar
(m. 2023; div. 2024)
Children2
Parents
RelativesSyafiq Yusof (brother)
Faizal Yusof (half-brother)
Rizal Ashreff (cousin)
Sabrina Ali (cousin)
AwardsBest Director (FFM)
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Years active2012–present

Mohd Syamsul Mohd Yusof (born 21 May 1984) is a Malaysian actor, film director, writer, producer, rapper and singer. He is the son of producer and director Yusof Haslam. He is the youngest director to win the Malaysian Film Festival for Best Director award, doing so at the age of 25.

Having won best director awards six times ever since at the Malaysian Film Festival and Anugerah Skrin, and was named Best Director at the 57th Asia Pacific Film Festival in Cambodia for his work in the horror/religious movie Munafik. In 2018, its sequel, Munafik 2, set a record as the highest grossing Malaysian film, which it held until it was surpassed by his 2022 epic war film Mat Kilau.