Leon Miguel

Noel I. Aparilla (born 17 December, 1968), known professionally as Leon Miguel, is a Filipino actor, model, and engineer. He won Best Actor (Short) at the Festival Manhattan (IFFM) in 2016 for his performance in the short film ''Redlights''.

Earlier in his career, Miguel portrayed Visel, the primary antagonist in the crime thriller ''Graceland: A Life for Every Lie'' (2012),Graceland Movie , https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2131523/ directed by Ron Morales. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival where it was second place in the Audience Choice Award competition, and later won the Audience Award at the Gasparilla Film Festival in Tampa, Florida.

Miguel was recognised for his role in ''Mang Abe's Ube,'' directed by Paolo Bitanga, a modern-day folktale about a Filipino ube farmer protecting his magical crop from corporate exploitation. His work includes ''EJK (Extra-Judicial Killing)'', a political drama produced by Red Carpet Philippines, which premiered at Greenbelt 1, Cinema 2, Ayala Center, Makati.

Early career

Leon Miguel first gained international exposure through supporting roles in American, Japanese, and Italian movies shot in the Philippines. He appeared in minor roles in films such as ''In the Name of the Queen'' (1996), ''Behind Enemy Lines'' (1998), and ''Legacy'' (1998).

Notable roles

Leon Miguel has appeared in various notable Filipino films, taking on roles such as ''Kanto boy'' (Street Toughie), ''siga'' (Toughie), syndicate member, school worker, youngster’s hoodlum, snatcher, hitman, rapist, banker (boatman), Katipunero (rebel), and Hukbalahap (rebel).

Miguel portrayed the guerilla Juan in ''Concerto'' (2008), a Cinemalaya finalist directed by Paul Alexander Morales. In Sean Lim's films, ''Panahon Na'' (2009) and ''Pendong'' (2010), he played a Lobo and a farmer. He appeared as a gangster in ''Third World Happy'' (2010) with Sam Milby as the lead actor, of CinemaOne/Brass Knuckles Inc., directed by Edward James Salcedo. Miguel also played a rebel in a CinemaOne Originals film ''Tsardyer'' (2010), directed by Sigfried Barros-Sanchez. Additionally, he took on the role of Baloy in ''Isda'' (Fable of the Fish), a 2011 Cinemalaya entry directed by Adolfo Alix Jr. He again appeared in a film directed with Alix in July 2012, portraying a guerrilla in ''Death March''.

Television commercials

Leon Miguel was in several television commercials as a ''Katipunero'' in KKK (Andres Bonifacio) (1998), and Isang Bandila (Emilio Aguinaldo) (1998) for the Philippine Centennial Celebration. He was the lead actor Katipunero in the Duty-Free Centennial Presentation (2010) directed by Raymond Red. He also appeared in San Miguel Beer (2004), SMB Vietnam Setting commercial, Metro Bank (2004), Blend 45 (2005), SMB Walang Kupas (2005), Oracle (2006) and Touch Mobile (2008). He also portrayed a Chavacano fisherman in an intrusion project of GMA Channel 7 and Globe Company, in the music video "Believe" which was used as a Station ID for the Peace and Unity information-dissemination drive.

He was also featured in a Talk & Text (''Hati'') (2010) commercial, Snitch Choco Bar (Rockers Dream) (2010), Head & Shoulders (2010), Project Building Medicine TVC (2010), and Ayos Dito Rocker TVC.Archived a
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Filmography

Film

Commercials

Television

Theater

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1968 births
Filipino male television actors
Living people
People from Masbate
Filipino male film actors
Actors of Asian descent