Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 16, 2000
Place of Birth
Philippines
Credits
45 titles
Elijah Canlas
Biography
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
Filmography
EDJOP
Edgar "Edjop" Jopson
HB2ME
Drags to Riches
Andre
Raging
Eli
KMJS' Gabi Ng Lagim: The Movie
Kain (segment "Berbalang")
Salvageland
Jules
Sunshine
Miggs
Paging Elise
Uninvited
Tofy
Water Sports
Jelson
Rainbow Rumble
Self - Contestant
High Street
Archie Aguerro
GomBurZa
Paciano Mercado
Keys to the Heart
Jayjay
Senior High
Archie Aguerro
About Us But Not About Us
Lance
The Iron Heart
Conrado Reyes
LiveScream
Exo
Blue Room
Troy
Gameboys 2
Cairo Lazaro
Misis Piggy
Jeffrey Martinez
Family Feud Philippines
Self - Contestant (Gameboys)
Gameboys: The Movie
Cairo Lazaro
Paano ang Pasko?
Noel
He Who Is Without Sin
Martin
How to Die Young in Manila
Young Boy
Gameboys
Cairo
The Real Enemy
Himself
New Queer Visions: Seeing is Believing
Almost Paradise
Dealer #1
Kalel, 15
Kalel
The Woman and the Gun
Jun
LSS
Edward
Renz
Unconditional
Arthur
The Flaming History of the Dela Cruz Family
Tonio Dela Cruz
Contestant #4
Gasping for Air
Rey
In Case They Don't Arrive
Benjie
Rice Soldiers
Maalaala Mo Kaya
Sofronio Vasquez
YSpeak 2.0
Self
Tony
Tony
Ano Ba Talaga Tayo - a short film by the Juans
Joms
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