Joseph Cecil Marco (born October 4, 1988) is a
Filipino actor and model who played the role of Santi Domingo in the
GMA Network
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Philippine drama series ''
La Vendetta'' and who is currently a
Star Magic
ABS-CBN Center for Communication Arts, Inc., doing business as Star Magic (formerly known as ABS-CBN Talent Center), is a Philippine talent agency owned by ABS-CBN Corporation based in Quezon City, Metro Manila. Founded in 1992, Star Magic ha ...
artist in the
ABS-CBN
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, who appeared in ''
Sabel'', ''
Honesto'', ''
Pasión de Amor'' and played Diego Torillo in ''
Wildflower
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''. Before this, he used to appear on several commercials like ''E-Aji Dip Snax'', ''
Downy
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Brand history
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'' and ''
Head & Shoulders
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The active anti-fungal ingredient in Head & Shoulders is piroctone olamine or zinc pyrithione, with some "cl ...
''. On September 15, 2007, he was launched as part of the 15 new discoveries of
GMA Artist Center
Sparkle (stylized in all caps, formerly known as GMA Artist Center, also formally as GMA Talent Development and Management Department and Sparkle GMA Artist Center) is the talent agency owned by GMA Network Inc. based in Quezon City, Philippin ...
,
and was one of the first few who was quickly given a project via ''La Vendetta''.
Biography
Joseph Cecil Marco, born on October 4, 1988, he is the fourth of eight children of his parents, having an elder sister who resides in California, two elder brothers, and four younger sisters. He is the nephew of DZMM anchor Tita Norma Marco.
Marco graduated high school in Faith Christian School in
Cainta
Cainta, officially the Municipality of Cainta (, ), is a municipality in the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Rizal (province), Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 376,933 people.
It is one of the ...
,
Rizal
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* Rizal (province), a province of the Philippines
* José Rizal, Filipino national hero whom the province is named after
Rizal may also refer to:
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* Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli, Malaysian footballer
* Atep Ri ...
in 2005 and did not finish college after he was discovered by his manager in
Eastwood City
Eastwood City is an mixed-use development complex located in Barangay Bagumbayan, Quezon City. Launched in 1997, it is Megaworld Corporation’s first “live-work-play” community that is known to offer complete facilities, amenities, and e ...
. He said, ''"Nagulat nga po ako na first VTR ko, nakapasa agad ako."'' (I was surprised that I got approved on my first VTR.) during the initial
presscon of ''
La Vendetta''.
Marco currently dates Russian Daria Romanova, previously dated
Miss Philippines Earth 2018 Celeste Cortesi.
Career
2007–2009
After his first commercial, he came up more TV commercials with products such as
Coca-Cola
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, E-Aji Dip Snax and
Downy
Downy, also known as Lenor in Europe, Taiwan and Japan, is an American brand of fabric softener produced by Procter & Gamble that was introduced in 1960.
Brand history
Lenor is a brand name of fabric softener and dryer sheets, also produced by ...
.
Marco signed up with
GMA Artist Center
Sparkle (stylized in all caps, formerly known as GMA Artist Center, also formally as GMA Talent Development and Management Department and Sparkle GMA Artist Center) is the talent agency owned by GMA Network Inc. based in Quezon City, Philippin ...
in September 2007.
He was one of the first of his batch to have been given a TV project when he was added to the cast of the then airing TV drama series, ''
La Vendetta''. Here, he played the role of a geek teenager Santi Domingo.
At the initial phase of their presentation as new artists, Marco was able to guest at different programmes on GMA such as ''
Showbiz Central
''Showbiz Central'' is a Philippine television talk show broadcast by GMA Network. Originally hosted by Raymond Gutierrez, Pia Guanio and John Lapus, it premiered on April 29, 2007. The show concluded on July 29, 2012 with a total of 275 epi ...
'', ''
SOP Rules'' and ''
Nuts Entertainment''.
In 2007, he was included in
Philippines
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'
Cosmopolitan
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Internationalism
* World citizen, one who eschews traditional geopolitical divisions derived from national citizenship
* Cosmopolitanism, the idea that all of humanity belongs to a single moral community
* Cosmopolitan ...
magazine's 2007 69 Bachelors but did not join the fashion show held at
The Fort.
For the fantasy TV drama, ''
Dyesebel'', he played an assistant named Joseph
2010–2014
In 2010, Marco transferred network to
ABS-CBN
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. Marco was picked to be one of the lead cast in ABS-CBN's show ''
Sabel'' as Raymond Sandoval, with
Jessy Mendiola and
AJ Perez. Marco also appeared in some episodes of the anthology, ''
Maalaala Mo Kaya
(, abbreviated as ''MMK'') is a Philippine television drama anthology series broadcast by ABS-CBN and Kapamilya Channel. Hosted by Charo Santos-Concio, its first iteration was aired from May 15, 1991 to December 10, 2022. It is the longest ...
''.
In 2014, he played the main role of Dave Martinez in the afternoon TV series entitled ''
Pure Love'', alongside
Alex Gonzaga
Catherine "Alex" Cruz Gonzaga-Morada (; born January 16, 1988) is a Filipino media personality, host, comedian, actress, businesswoman, singer and vlogger. She played the lead role of Diane Santos on the Philippine television drama series '' P ...
and
Yen Santos.
2015–present
In March 2015, ''
ASAP'' launched his newest boy group called "
Harana" together with his co-members,
Marlo Mortel, Bryan Santos and Michael Pangilinan with their carrier single, "''Number One''".
[Marlo Mortel overwhelmed by success of his tandem with Janella Salvador and his group Harana Boys]
''Pep.ph''. Retrieved April 26, 2015. . He was one of the main cast of the primetime series ''
Pasión de Amor'', a Philippine remake of ''
Pasión de Gavilanes
''Pasión de Gavilanes'' (international title: ''Hidden Passion'') is a Colombian telenovela written by Julio Jiménez (writer), Julio Jiménez. It is produced by RTI Colombia in conjunction with the Telemundo network and with the participation ...
'', that aired in June 2015.
In 2016, Marco joined the cast of ''
Dolce Amore''. He played the role of River Cruz and became the new rival of Tenten to Serena's heart.
In 2017, he was cast as one of the leading men in the
ABS-CBN
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teleserye, ''
Wildflower
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''. Marco played the role of Diego Ardiente Torillo, whose parents caused the death of Ivy's – the female lead – parents. His character later challenged Ivy's plans, of which falling in love was not included.
In 2019, after taking a 10-month hiatus from teleseryes, he joined the cast of ''
Los Bastardos'', another ABS-CBN teleserye. Joseph played the lead role of Lorenzo Cardinal, one of the sons of Don Roman Cardinal.
''ABS-CBN Lifestyle''. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
In 2020, he portrayed the role of Avel Mansueto in '' Ang sa Iyo ay Akin''.
Filmography
Film
Television series
Variety shows
Discography
* '' Harana'' (2015)
Accolades
References
External links
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1988 births
Living people
ABS-CBN people
Filipino male child actors
Filipino male film actors
Filipino Christians
Filipino evangelicals
Filipino male models
Filipino people of German descent
Filipino people of Italian descent
Filipino people of Spanish descent
GMA Network (company) people
Male actors from Rizal (province)
Star Magic