Paul Cedrick Gutierrez Juan (born June 26, 1990) is a Filipino theater, movie and television actor. He is best known for portraying the role of Fr. Jose Burgos in historical film ''

GomBurZa Gomburza, alternatively stylized as GOMBURZA or GomBurZa ("Gom" for Gómes, "Bur" for Burgos, and "Za" for Zamora), refers to three Filipino Catholic priests, Mariano Gómes, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora, who were executed by a garrot ...

'', and was awarded as the

2023 Metro Manila Film Festival The 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is the 49th edition of the annual Metro Manila Film Festival. During the festival, no foreign films are shown in Philippine theaters (excluding IMAX and 4D theaters). Entries Feature films The first ...

Best Actor.

Life and career

Paul Cedrick Gutierrez Juan was born on June 26, 1990, in Santa Cruz, Manila. He grew up in

Santa Maria, Bulacan Santa Maria ( , ), officially the Municipality of Santa Maria (), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 289,820 peo ...

. He is the second eldest among the eight siblings. Juan began his acting career in theater in 2008. His early acting stints include being part of the Dulaang UP at the

University of the Philippines The University of the Philippines (UP; ) is a Higher education in the Philippines#State universities and colleges, state university system in the Philippines. It is the country's national university, as mandated by List of Philippine laws, Re ...

in Diliman from 2013 to 2016, and at the FEU-Art Theatre Clinique of the

Far Eastern University Far Eastern University (), also referred to by its acronym FEU, is a Private university, private research non-sectarian university in Manila, Philippines. Created by the merger of Far Eastern College and the Institute of Accounts, Business and ...

. He was also cast in the musical ' (''From the Moon''), a musical adaptation of

Edmond Rostand Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (, , ; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism and is known best for his 1897 play ''Cyrano de Bergerac''. Rostand's romantic plays contrasted with th ...

's ''Cyrano De Bergerac''. In 2023, he was cast as Fr.

Jose Burgos Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. Given name Mishnaic and Talmudic periods * Jose ben Abin * Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Galilean * Jose ben Halafta ...

in the historical drama film ''GomBurZa'', a dramatization of the events that led to the execution of the titular martyr priests who were implicated in the

Cavite Mutiny The Cavite mutiny (; ) was an uprising of Filipino military personnel of Fort San Felipe, the Spanish arsenal in Cavite, Philippine Islands (then also known as part of the Spanish East Indies) on January 20, 1872. Around 200 locally recruited ...

. Originally, he was auditioning for a different role until the movie's director Pepe Diokno asked him if he wanted to take the role of Fr. Burgos instead. On December 27, 2023, he won the Best Actor award at the

. In 2024, Juan signed a contract with Manny Pangilinan's newly-launched MediaQuest Artist Agency, becoming one of the newest 13 artists to appear in TV5's dramas.

Personal life

Juan married actress Kate Alejandrino on February 2025. The couple have one child.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

References

External links

* * 1990 births Living people Filipino male film actors Filipino male stage actors Filipino male television actors TV5 Network people {{Philippines-actor-stub