About

Known credits:
34
Birthday:
2000-08-16
Place of birth:
Philippines
Website:
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Elijah Canlas

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2024 Uninvited Actor Tofy N/A
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2024 Water Sports Actor Jelson N/A
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2024 Sunshine Actor Miggs N/A
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2024 High Street Actor Archie Aguerro N/A
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2023 GomBurZa Actor Paciano Mercado 58
Average
2023 Keys to the Heart Actor Jayjay 59
Average
2023 Senior High Actor Archimedes Aguerro / Archie 70
Good
2023 About Us But Not About Us Actor Lance 58
Average
2022 LiveScream Actor Exo 58
Average
2022 Blue Room Actor Troy N/A
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2022 Gameboys 2 Actor Cairo Lazaro 69
Fair
2022 Misis Piggy Actor Jeffrey Martinez N/A
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2021 Gameboys: The Movie Actor Cairo Lazaro 59
Average
2020 Paano ang Pasko? Actor Noel N/A
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2020 He Who Is Without Sin Actor Martin 59
Average
2020 How to Die Young in Manila Actor Young Boy 58
Average
2020 Gameboys Actor Cairo 69
Fair
2020 The Real Enemy Actor Himself N/A
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2020 New Queer Visions: Seeing is Believing Actor 58
Average
2019 Kalel, 15 Actor Kalel 59
Average
2019 The Girl and The Gun Actor Jun 59
Average
2019 LSS Actor N/A
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2019 Edward Actor Renz 59
Average
2019 Unconditional Actor Arthur N/A
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2018 The Flaming History of the Dela Cruz Family Actor Tonio Dela Cruz N/A
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2016 Contestant #4 Actor 59
Average
2016 Gasping for Air Actor Rey 59
Average
2016 In Case They Don't Arrive Actor Benjie 59
Average
2014 Rice Soldiers Actor N/A
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Tony Actor Tony N/A
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EDJOP Actor Edgar "Edjop" Jopson N/A
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Directing
2020 The Real Enemy Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2020 The Real Enemy Writing Writer N/A
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Crew
2020 The Real Enemy Crew Cinematography N/A
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