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