Filipino actor born in Manila in 1981, both a national television titan and an art-house festival favourite. He pushed the limits of Filipino cinema with Brillante Mendoza’s Serbis (2008) and the Cannes-set Kinatay (2009), before crossing over into mainstream stardom with the marathon action series Ang Probinsyano (2015). He also headlined the fantasy blockbuster Ang Panday (2017) and produces and directs his own action vehicles. Few Filipino performers have straddled festival cinema and prime-time populism with his ease. Read more