Elijah Canlas
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(31 total)
Gasping for Air
as Rey
Gameboys: The Movie
as Cairo Lazaro
Keys to the Heart
as Jayjay
Kalel, 15
as Kalel
Edward
as Renz
LiveScream
as Exo
About Us But Not About Us
as Lance
How to Die Young in Manila
as Young Boy
GomBurZa
as Paciano Mercado
Sunshine
as Miggs
He Who Is Without Sin
as Martin
Babae at Baril
as Jun
In Case They Don't Arrive
as Benjie
Uninvited
as Tofy
The Flaming History of the Dela Cruz Family
as Tonio Dela Cruz
Water Sports
as Jelson
Raging
as Eli
TV Shows
(10 total)
Almost Paradise
as Dealer #1
The Iron Heart
as Conrado Reyes
Gameboys
as Cairo
Senior High
as Archie Aguerro
Maalaala Mo Kaya
as Sofronio Vasquez
Gameboys 2
as Cairo Lazaro
Misis Piggy
as Jeffrey Martinez
Unconditional
as Arthur
High Street
as Archie Aguerro
Paano ang Pasko?
as Noel