Elijah Canlas
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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- 2024 · WATER SPORTS as Jelson
- 2024 · Sunshine as Miggs
- 2024 · High Street as Archie Aguerro
- 2023 · GomBurZa as Paciano Mercado
- 2023 · Keys to the Heart as Jayjay
- 2023 · Senior High as Archimedes Aguerro / Archie
- 2023 · About Us But Not About Us as Lance
- 2022 · The Iron Heart as Conrado Reyes
- 2022 · LiveScream as Exo
- 2022 · Blue Room as Troy
- 2022 · Gameboys 2 as Cairo Lazaro
- 2022 · Misis Piggy as Jeffrey Martinez
- 2021 · Gameboys: The Movie as Cairo Lazaro
- 2020 · Paano ang Pasko? as Noel
- 2020 · He Who Is Without Sin as Martin
- 2020 · How to Die Young in Manila as Young Boy
- 2020 · Gameboys as Cairo
- 2020 · The Real Enemy as Himself
- 2020 · New Queer Visions: Seeing is Believing as
- 2020 · Almost Paradise as Dealer #1
- 2019 · Kalel, 15 as Kalel
- 2019 · The Girl and The Gun as Jun
- 2019 · LSS as
- 2019 · Edward as Renz
- 2019 · Unconditional as Arthur
- 2018 · The Flaming History of the Dela Cruz Family as Tonio Dela Cruz
- 2016 · Contestant #4 as
- 2016 · Gasping for Air as Rey
- 2016 · In Case They Don't Arrive as Benjie
- 2014 · Rice Soldiers as
- 2024 · Tony as Tony
- 2024 · EDJOP as Edgar "Edjop" Jopson