Ramon San Diego Bagatsing III, known professionally as Raymond Bagatsing (born 15 September 1971), is a Filipino actor. Having jumpstarted his acting career in the early 1990s, he is most notable for the roles of Jaime Laurel in the hit
ABS-CBN
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series ''
Pusong Ligaw'', and Edgardo Magallanes in the
GMA action-drama series ''
Black Rider''.
Early life
Raymond is the grandson of
Ramon D. Bagatsing, Sr., a former
Mayor of Manila
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. His parents are actor Ramon "Boy" Bagatsing Jr. and Marilou San Diego-Bagatsing. He is the older brother of actress Monina Bagatsing and actor
Ramon Khino "RK" Bagatsing.
Acting career
Throughout the 1990s, he starred in several action movies, notably ''Buenaventura Daang: Bad Boys Gang'' and ''Bastardo''. He was part of the long-time drama series ''
Mula sa Puso'' from 1997 to 1999. Since then, he starred in some drama series. In 2019, Bagatsing portrayed
Manuel L. Quezon
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in ''
Quezon's Game''. He also played corrupt governor Arturo "Art" Alcantara in an
iWant
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digital series Bagman with
Arjo Atayde.
Political career
Vice mayoralty bid
Bagatsing ran for vice mayor of
Manila
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in
2022
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under
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan
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with former Mayor
Mel Lopez's son
Alex
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People
Multiple
* Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alex Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alex Forsyth (disambiguation), multiple people
* Al ...
(of
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas) as his running mate. However, he lost to
Manila's 3rd district representative
Yul Servo Nieto.
Mayoralty bid
Bagatsing filed his candidacy for
mayor of Manila
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in
2025
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under
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas, but later lost to former Mayor
Isko Moreno, placing fourth.
Filmography
Film
Television series
Television shows
Web series
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Living people
ABS-CBN people
Actors from Las Piñas
Raymond Bagatsing
Filipino male film actors
Filipino male television actors
Filipino people of Indian descent
GMA Network (company) people
Male actors from Manila
People from Tondo, Manila
TV5 Network people
1971 births
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan politicians
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas politicians