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Elijah Canlas

Elijah Canlas

Birthday: 2000-08-16 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Misis Piggy

as    Jeffrey Martinez

2021
Gameboys: The Movie

as    Cairo Lazaro

2020
Gameboys

as    Cairo

2020
He Who Is Without Sin

as    Martin

2020
How to Die Young in Manila

as    Young Boy

2019
The Girl and The Gun

as    Jun

2019
Kalel, 15

as    Kalel

2019
Edward

as    Renz

2016
In Case They Don't Arrive

as    Benjie