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Elijah Canlas

Elijah Luiz Madiclum Canlas is a Filipino television, film and theater actor and commercial model. His lead and title role in the film Kalel, 15 paved the way for more acting opportunities in his career. This film also bagged its director, Jun Robles Lana, the best director award at the Tallinn International Film Festival in Estonia, and Elijah's first Best Actor award at the 17th Asian Film Festival held in Rome, Italy. In May 2020, he was cast as one of the main actors in the YouTube series, Gameboys. Produced by The IdeaFirst Company, it is a boys love (BL) series in the Philippines that tackles the story of two young men who find each other online amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Second of three siblings, he is fondly called Jelo by his older brother Jerom, and younger brother, JM. The Canlas brothers are all actors who played various roles in film, theater and television. With their mother being a theater actress in Bacolod, they were exposed to theater at a very young age.


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Born:
Aug 16, 2000 In Philippines
Movie/TV Credits:
32
First Appeared:
In the movie EDJOP
Latest Project:
Movie Some Nights I Feel Like Walking 2024-11-13
Known For
Filmography
Movie EDJOP Edgar "Edjop" Jopson 2025
Movie Tony Tony 2025
Movie Some Nights I Feel Like Walking Unknown 2024-11-13
Series High Street Archie Aguerro 2024-05-13
Movie Sunshine Miggs 2024-09-13
Movie About Us But Not About Us Lance 2023-04-08
Movie Keys to the Heart Jayjay 2023-10-04
Series Senior High Archimedes Aguerro / Archie 2023-08-28
Movie GomBurZa Paciano Mercado 2023-12-25
Series Misis Piggy Jeffrey Martinez 2022-04-25
Movie LiveScream Exo 2022-11-09
Series The Iron Heart Conrado Reyes 2022-11-14
Series Gameboys 2 Cairo Lazaro 2022-05-22
Movie Blue Room Troy 2022-08-07
Movie Gameboys: The Movie Cairo Lazaro 2021-06-30
Series Almost Paradise Dealer #1 2020-03-30
Movie New Queer Visions: Seeing is Believing 2020-04-06
Movie How to Die Young in Manila Young Boy 2020-10-28
Movie The Real Enemy Himself 2020-04-22
Movie He Who Is Without Sin Martin 2020-11-21
Series Paano ang Pasko? Noel 2020-11-23
Series Gameboys Cairo 2020-05-22
Movie Edward Renz 2019-08-02
Series Unconditional Arthur 2019-05-04
Movie Kalel, 15 Kalel 2019-12-18
Movie The Girl and The Gun Jun 2019-10-13
Movie LSS 2019-09-13
Movie The Flaming History of the Dela Cruz Family Tonio Dela Cruz 2018-12-01
Movie Gasping for Air Rey 2016-08-05
Movie Contestant #4 2016-10-16
Movie In Case They Don't Arrive Benjie 2016-03-16
Movie Rice Soldiers 2014-08-02