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

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, 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 Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

. 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 The (INC; ; ) is an independent Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian Christian denomination, church founded in 1913 and registered by Felix Manalo, Félix Manalo in 1914 as a corporation sole, sole religious corporation ...

. He worked in the

Department of Social Welfare and Development The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD; ) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the protection of the social welfare of rights of Filipinos and to promote social development. History In 1915, ...

first as a Driver (Administrative Aide), then suddenly, Assistant Secretary for Visayas Affairs during the term of President

Rodrigo Duterte Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the first Philippine president from Mindanao, and is the oldest person to assum ...

. Actor and ''Ang TV'' co-star Christopher Roxas is his close friend.

Political career

In October 2024, Neri filed his candidacy to run for mayor of Makati in

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as an

independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in Pennsylvania, United States * Independentes (English: Independents), a Portuguese artist ...

Filmography

Television

Film

Discography

Studio albums

Guest appearances

References

External links

* 1977 births Living people Filipino male television actors ABS-CBN people Star Magic GMA Network (company) people 21st-century Filipino male actors Members of Iglesia ni Cristo Former Roman Catholics {{Philippines-actor-stub