Elijah Canlas
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
Actor
as Tony
as Edgar "Edjop" Jopson
as Tofy
as Jelson
as Miggs
as Archie Aguerro
as Paciano Mercado
as Jayjay
as Lance
as Archimedes Aguerro / Archie
as Exo
as Troy
as Conrado Reyes
as Cairo Lazaro
as Jeffrey Martinez
as Cairo Lazaro
as Martin
as Young Boy
as Himself
as Noel
as Cairo
as Dealer #1
as Kalel
as Jun
as Renz
as Arthur
as Tonio Dela Cruz
as Rey
as Benjie
Crew
as Cinematography
Writer
as Writer
Director
as Director