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Asero
''Asero'' () is a 1995 Philippine action film directed by Joey del Rosario. The film stars Cesar Montano in the title role. Plot Victor (Cesar) and Narding (Ricky) separate during childhood and grew up in different lives. Victor becomes a criminal, while Narding becomes a priest. Their friendship is put to a test when they meet again years later. Cast * Cesar Montano as Victor Asero ** Patrick Garcia as Young Victor * Ricky Davao as Narding ** Kristopher Peralta as Young Narding * Gelli de Belen as Vivian ** Paula Peralejo as Young Vivian * Bembol Roco as Spade * Al Tantay as Bugoy * Lito Legaspi as Col. Marino * Jao Mapa as Troy * Alfred Manal as Tisoy * Victor Neri as Ratso * Mark Vernal as Bembo * Kevin Vernal as Bentot * Christopher Roxas as Turko * Jason San Pedro as Topak * Eruel Tongco as Mando * Susan Africa as Chayong * Gamaliel Viray as Editor * Cita Astals as Aling Mameng * Lucita Soriano as Narding's Foster Mother * Ernie Zarate as Narding's Foster Father * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Garcia
Franz Patrick Velasco Garcia (; born September 14, 1981), is a Filipino actor and model. Early life At the age of 9, Garcia started as an altar boy at St. James Parish Church Headed by Bro. Paul Abiog of Ayala, Alabang where they used to live. He served for several years until his family moved to Frisco del Monte, Quezon City. His parents are Francisco Pablo Pellicer Garcia and Maria Celeste Dahlia Villalobos Velasco. Career At the age of 13, his older actress sister Cheska convinced him to try acting. He tried out for the 1994 Philippine movie, ''Separada'', and was cast right away. The movie was well received by the critics and became an instant hit, and also cemented Garcia's status as the newest young heartthrob in the Philippines. A year later, Garcia landed many more roles in movies and soap operas, such as ''Gimik'', ''Araw-araw, gabi-gabi'', ''Asero'', among others. Then in 1996, he received the Best Child Actor award at the FAMAS Awards, for his role as Ryan in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesar Montano
Cesar Demontaño Manhilot (born August 1, 1962), known professionally as Cesar Montano (), is a Filipino actor, film producer, film director and aspiring politician. Montano started in show business as a commercial model.Biography www.tv.com Retrieved November 29, 2006. He portrayed roles in numerous B movies, before playing major roles in several s, along with a successful television career, with his most notable television role being in the sitcom ''Kaya ni Mister, Kaya ni Misis''. One of his best-known roles is his portrayal of the titular patriot in the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Lee
Ricardo Arreola Lee ONA (born March 19, 1948) is a Filipino screenwriter, journalist, novelist, and playwright. Starting in 1973, he has written more than 180 film screenplays and collaborated with many of the Philippines' most notable film directors, including Lino Brocka, Marilou Diaz-Abaya, and Ishmael Bernal. Many of his films he written have been screened in international film festivals, including Cannes, Toronto, and Berlin, among others. A major prominent figure of Filipino screenwriters and one of the greatest and most influential figures in the Philippines, Lee was awarded the Order of National Artists of the Philippines for Film and Broadcast Arts in 2022. His work has earned him over seventy awards from various accolades including three lifetime achievement awards from the Cinemanila International Film Festival, the Gawad Urian, and the PMPC. He was also the recipient of the 2015 UP Gawad Plaridel and one of the Gawad CCP awardees for that year. In 2018, he rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Peralejo
Maria Elena Paula Bautista Peralejo-Fernandez (born June 29, 1984), known by the stage name Paula Peralejo (), is a former Filipino actress. She is the younger sister of actress Rica Peralejo and the aunt of actress Heaven Peralejo. TV career Peralejo was among the cast of ABS-CBN's '' Ang TV''. In 1995, she made her film debut as Jessie in Star Cinema's '' Sarah... Ang Munting Prinsesa''. In most of her teen years, she was paired with Patrick Garcia. In 1997, Peralejo was relaunched as a teen actress via ABS-CBN's Talent Center's, now Star Magic, Star Circle Batch 4 and joined the cast of ''Gimik'' in the same year. She portrayed the role of Joie in the hit teleserye '' Mula sa Puso''. When ''Gimik'' ended, she was cast as Anne in ''Tabing Ilog'' in 1999. Personal life Peralejo completed her Bachelor of Science in Philosophy, with a Tourism minor, in the University of the Philippines. She graduated on April 26, 2008, as magna cum laude. On February 23, 2013, Peralejo mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Africa
Susan Africa (born August 20, 1959) is a Filipinos, Filipino screen and stage actress, writer, painter, beauty queen and former television host with a career spanning four decades. After placing first runner-up at the Binibining Pilipinas, 1980 Binibining Pilipinas pageant, she pursued a career in showbusiness. A prominent figure in Soap opera, soap operas, she rose to fame in the television series ''Mara Clara'' (1992) and is noted for playing impoverished maternal characters. She won Best Supporting Actress at the 1987 Metro Manila Film Festival for her portrayal in ''Olongapo... The Great American Dream'' and has been involved in several international productions such as ''Noriega: God's Favorite'' (2000), ''Blood Surf'' (2000) and ''Under Heavy Fire'' (2001). Africa also served as the host of PTV4's ''For Art’s Sake'' (1989) and ''Batibot, Sesame'' (1984). Among her acclaimed performances include ''A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery, Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis'' (2016) which co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Vernal
Kevin Vernal (born 1981) is a Filipino actor, television host, and commercial model A model is a person with a role either to display commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as an artist's model. Modelling ("modeling" in American English) entails using one's body to represent someone els .... Filmography Television Film References * External links * * 1981 births Living people Filipino male television actors Filipino people of American descent Male actors from Quezon City Filipino male film actors Bubble Gang cast members {{Philippines-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Neri
Victor Luis Juan Hilado Neri (born February 19, 1976) is a Filipino actor, singer, entrepreneur and chef. Personal life Neri is also a chef and owns a restaurant named ''Saute''. In 2007, Neri took a break from the entertainment industry and spent three years in Bangkok, studying Culinary Arts in ''Le Cordon Bleu'' and moonlighting as a cook in a Thai restaurant. He also spent two and a half years in Hong Kong to work for an insurance company and more than a year in Beijing to study Mandarin. Neri also trained as a bomb disposal technician in the Philippine Coastguard and briefly worked in the Philippines' Bureau of Immigrations' fugitive search unit. Neri was a Catholic before joining Iglesia ni Cristo. He worked in the Department of Social Welfare and Development first as a Driver (Administrative Aide), then suddenly, Assistant Secretary for Visayas Affairs during the term of President Rodrigo Duterte. Actor and ''Ang TV'' co-star Christopher Roxas is his close friend. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jao Mapa
Jose Vicente D. Mapa III, who is better known by his stage name, screen name Jao Mapa (born February 17, 1976), is a Filipino actor. He is also an accomplished Painting, painter. Acting career Mapa is best known for his Pepsi-Cola advertisement. He started a modeling career in the late 1990s, and co-hosted television variety shows like ''Eat Bulaga!'' and ''ASAP (Philippine TV program), ASAP''. He first starred in the movie ''Pare Ko'' in 1995, and left show business in 2000 to study art. He expected to be back on television screen via ''Sine Novela: Trudis Liit (TV series), Trudis Liit'' aired on GMA Network. Painting career In 2000, he took a break from his showbiz career and went back to school to earn his degree in Fine Arts (major in Advertising) at the University of Santo Tomas. He graduated in 2003 and continued to paint. He had his first major show at Grey Gallery in Antipolo, Rizal in 2012. Portrayals in media Mapa's life story was feature in Associated Broadcasting C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bembol Roco
Rafael Aranda Roco, Jr. (born November 20, 1953), professionally known as Bembol Roco, is a Filipino actor whose work ranges from films to television. He is best known for his role as Julio Madiaga in the 1975 film ''Manila in the Claws of Light'', which has since gained prominence as one of the greatest Philippine films of all time. He also had an important role in the 1982 Australian-U.S. film '' The Year of Living Dangerously''. He also portrayed villain roles in Filipino action movies due to his signature bald head as well as various supporting roles. He has twin sons who are also actors named Felix and Dominic. He is well known for his collaborations with director Lino Brocka, where he is a part of a group of actors called "Brocka babies", and directors such as Ishmael Bernal, Chito S. Roño, Marilou Diaz-Abaya, and Joel Lamangan in the late twentieth century. Career Prior to beginning his acting career, Roco underwent an 18-month rehabilitation program at the Drug Abu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Tantay
Alfredo Tantay (born March 15, 1957), professionally known as Al Tantay, is a Filipino actor, comedian, writer, and director. He was discovered by Joey Gosiengfiao and was launched through the Regal Films movie, ''Iskandalo'', starring Lorna Tolentino in July 1979. In 1987, he played his first villain role to Rudy Fernandez (actor), Rudy Fernandez in the action film ''Humanda Ka, Ikaw Ang Susunod''. On television, Tantay became a regular actor in the sitcom, ''Duplex'' playing neighbor to Ading Fernando and Marissa Delgado. He also joined the ''Goin' Bananas (TV series), Goin' Bananas'' group with Christopher de Leon, Jay Ilagan, Johnny Delgado and Edgar Mortiz. When he did VH Films' ''Gamitin Mo Ako'' in 1985 under National Artist Ishmael Bernal and sharing stellar billing with Rita Gomez and newbie Stella "Pinky" Suarez, he fell in love with the former. As a film director, he has directed several comedy films such as ''Mana-Mana, Tiba-Tiba'', ''S2pid Love'' and ''A.B. Normal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Davao
Frederick Charles Abiera Davao (May 30, 1961 – May 1, 2025) was a Filipino actor and television director. Career Davao began his career in the entertainment industry in 1978 as a dancer for the Vicor Crowd group. Later in the year, he had his first stint in acting as a cast member in the film ''Patayin si Mediavilla'' starring Fernando Poe Jr. and directed by Armando Herrera. He entered theater in 1982 by appearing in ''Convent Bread'', produced by Nora Aunor Nora Cabaltera Villamayor (May 21, 1953 – April 16, 2025), known professionally as Nora Aunor (), was a Filipino actress, producer and singer. Known for her leading roles with patriotic, feminist and Political sociology, socio-political th ... and directed by Maryo J. de los Reyes. He was also known for portraying a fictionalized version of Bongbong Marcos in the play ''Bongbong at Kris'' in the 1980s. In 1996, he made his first directorial piece, an episode of the drama anthology '' Maalaala Mo Kaya'' title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gelli De Belen
Anna Gianelli Yap de Belen-Rivera, more commonly known as Gelli de Belen (born May 25, 1973), is a Filipino actress. She is known for her role as a host of ''SiS'', a daytime television program that ran on GMA Network from 2001 to 2010. Early life The younger sister of actress and television presenter Janice de Belen, she began her career in show business at the age of 8. Her mother was heavily involved in her early career (where she was often included on set for tapings and shootings), and as a result, her reputation developed alongside Gelli de Belen's career. Personal life de Belen married Filipino recording artist and actor Ariel Rivera in 1997. They have two children. On March 19, 2016, her mother Susan de Belen died of cardiac arrest at the age of 67. As of 2019, de Belen and her immediate family live primarily in Canada. Philanthropy de Belen has a rare blood type of RH Negative which she regularly donates on Philippine Red Cross. She has been recognized as one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
