Gerak Khas is a Malaysian police procedural television drama series broadcast since 5 April 1999 on Radio Televisyen Malaysia's TV1 and later TV2. It is the longest-running action drama series on Malaysian television. Gerak Khas centers on murders, bank robberies, loan sharks, terrorists, kidnappings, drug trafficking, money laundering and other crimes committed in Malaysia, where the eponymous unit within the Royal Malaysia Police was called to handling these particular cases. Though some of the series' episodes were fictitious, there have been some episodes based on a true story. Datuk Yusof Haslam directed both the series and its film adaptations and produced by his company, Skop Productions. Original cast members include Abby Abadi as Inspektor Aleeza, AC Mizal as Inspektor Mazlan, A. Galak as SI Hashim and Farid Amirul as Det. Lim. The series receive recognition from The Malaysia Book of Records as the country’s longest running television drama series. The cast members of Gerak Khas was diverse and changing; except forYusof Haslam, Farid Amirul, Deen Maidin, A. Galak, ACP Shaharon Anuar and Abby Abadi was the original cast members since its inception. The series went on hiatus in 2011 and it is replaced by Metro Skuad, a similar sister series also produced by Yusof and ran for two seasons aired from 2012 to 2013. Gerak Khas was revived in 2014, with its 14th season began airing on February 14. In 2018, it is reported that AC Mizal will be reprise his role as Mazlan after he left the series in 2002, but he declined as Yusof Haslam says "let his involvement in Gerak Khas become a nostalgia". Reruns of the series' previous seasons were broadcast on TV2 since December 2019, however, only episodes from Season 11 onwards was aired.
Cast and characters
The following list below are the past and presentGerak Khas actors :
From 1999 to 2011 and since 2014, Gerak Khas features some of well-known Malaysian actors as a guest cast in each episode. There are also some guest casts who appeared in more than one episode. Notes: All guest casts were listed in alphabetical order. ;Notes
Episodes
Film adaptation
The success of Gerak Khas led to its film adaptations. There are three films based from the series:
The first movie, released in early 2001, topped the Malaysian box office. In the first film, they faced crime bosses Castelo and Rafayel. In its storyline, Aleeza was jealous of Mazlan's relationship with Inspektor Shafikah. However, in the sequel, Mazlan was jealous of Aleeza and new member Inspektor Zamri, whom he also suspected of being corrupt.
