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Elijah Canlas

2000-08-16 (24 years old) in Philippines

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

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Tony
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Uninvited
0 %|Dec 25, 2024
Thriller
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Water Sports
0 %|Nov 9, 2024
Science Fiction, Romance, Comedy
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Sunshine
0 %|Sep 13, 2024
Drama
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GomBurZa
60 %|Dec 25, 2023
History, Drama
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Keys to the Heart
69 %|Oct 4, 2023
Drama
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About Us But Not About Us
55 %|Apr 8, 2023
Drama
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LiveScream
43 %|Nov 9, 2022
Horror, Thriller
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Blue Room
0 %|Aug 7, 2022
Crime, Comedy, Drama
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Gameboys: The Movie
80 %|Jun 30, 2021
Romance, Drama, Music
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He Who Is Without Sin
60 %|Nov 21, 2020
Drama
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How to Die Young in Manila
35 %|Oct 28, 2020
Drama
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The Real Enemy
0 %|Apr 22, 2020
Thriller, Horror
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Kalel, 15
64 %|Dec 18, 2019
Drama
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The Girl and The Gun
61 %|Oct 13, 2019
Action, Crime, Thriller
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LSS
0 %|Sep 13, 2019
Music, Romance, Drama
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Edward
68 %|Aug 2, 2019
Drama
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The Flaming History of the Dela Cruz Family
80 %|Dec 1, 2018
Drama, History
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Contestant #4
10 %|Oct 16, 2016
Drama
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Gasping for Air
66.5 %|Aug 5, 2016
Drama
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In Case They Don't Arrive
78 %|Mar 16, 2016
Drama
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Rice Soldiers
0 %|Aug 2, 2014
Crime, Drama, Family, War
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EDJOP
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Series

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High Street
0 %|May 13, 2024
Drama, Mystery
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Senior High
77 %|Aug 28, 2023
Drama, Mystery
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The Iron Heart
76 %|Nov 14, 2022
Action & Adventure, Drama
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Gameboys 2
60 %|May 22, 2022
Comedy, Drama
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Misis Piggy
0 %|Apr 25, 2022
Drama, Family
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Paano ang Pasko?
0 %|Nov 23, 2020
Drama
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Gameboys
67 %|May 22, 2020
Comedy, Drama
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Almost Paradise
69 %|Mar 30, 2020
Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
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Unconditional
0 %|May 4, 2019