Elijah Canlas

Name: Elijah Canlas
Native name: Elijah Canlas
Nationality: Filipino
Gender: Male
Born: August 16, 2000
Age: 26

Elijah Canlas is a Filipino television, film and theater actor and commercial model. He started acting at the age of 14 in the film "Sundalong Kanin", but his lead roles in the film "Kalel, 15"and the Netflix and YouTube series "Gameboys" gave him numerous local and international awards and a large fan base in such a short time. He was named "Actor of the Year" by CNN Philippines in 2020.

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Year	Title	Type	Rating
2019	Ang Totoong Kalaban	Movie	7.5

Year	Title	#	Role	Rating
TBA	Gameboys NYC Filipino Drama, 0000, 0 eps Cairo Lazaro (Main Role)	0	Cairo Lazaro Main Role	0.0
2025	Memories Season 31 Filipino Drama, 2025, 13 eps Sofronio Vasquez (Ep. 1) (Main Role)	13	Sofronio Vasquez (Ep. 1) Main Role	0.0
2025	Incognito Filipino Drama, 2025, 128 eps Donato Escalera / "Spade" (Guest Role)	128	Donato Escalera / "Spade" Guest Role	7.9
2024	High Street Filipino Drama, 2024, 80 eps Archie Aguerro (Main Role)	80	Archie Aguerro Main Role	7.2
2024	Life after Senior High Filipino Drama, 2024, 5 eps Archie Aguerro (Main Role)	5	Archie Aguerro Main Role	7.1
2023	Senior High Season 2 Filipino Drama, 2023, 55 eps Archie Aguerro (Main Role)	55	Archie Aguerro Main Role	7.7
2023	Senior High Filipino Drama, 2023, 50 eps Archie Aguerro (Main Role)	50	Archie Aguerro Main Role	7.6
2022	The Iron Heart Filipino Drama, 2022, 163 eps Conrado Reyes (Guest Role)	163	Conrado Reyes Guest Role	7.6
2022	Suntok sa Buwan Filipino Drama, 2022, 65 eps Dos (Main Role)	65	Dos Main Role	7.0
2022	Gameboys 2 Filipino Drama, 2022, 8 eps Cairo Lazaro (Main Role)	8	Cairo Lazaro Main Role	7.9
2022	Misis Piggy Filipino Drama, 2022, 6 eps Jeffrey (Main Role)	6	Jeffrey Main Role	7.9
2021	My Fantastic Pag-Ibig Filipino Drama, 2021, 32 eps [The Lucky One] Dwayne (Main Role)	32	[The Lucky One] Dwayne Main Role	6.7
2021	Paano Ang Pangako? Filipino Drama, 2021, 63 eps Noel Aguinaldo (Main Role)	63	Noel Aguinaldo Main Role	7.7
2020	Gameboys Level-Up Edition Filipino Drama, 2020, 13 eps Cairo Lazaro (Main Role)	13	Cairo Lazaro Main Role	8.0
2020	Paano ang Pasko? Filipino Drama, 2020, 30 eps Noel (Main Role)	30	Noel Main Role	7.9
2020	Pearl Next Door Filipino Drama, 2020, 8 eps Cairo Lazaro (Guest Role)	8	Cairo Lazaro Guest Role	7.2
2020	Unconditional Filipino Drama, 2020, 10 eps Arthur Martinez (Main Role)	10	Arthur Martinez Main Role	8.2
2020	Gameboys Filipino Drama, 2020, 13 eps Cairo Lazaro (Main Role)	13	Cairo Lazaro Main Role	8.0
2020	Almost Paradise Filipino Drama, 2020, 10 eps [Dealer #1] (Ep. 8) (Guest Role)	10	[Dealer #1] (Ep. 8) Guest Role	7.4
2019	Past, Present, Perfect? Filipino Drama, 2019, 7 eps Marius [2003] (Support Role)	7	Marius [2003] Support Role	7.4

Year	Title	Role	Rating
TBA	One for the Road Filipino Movie, 0000, Luke (Main Role)	Luke Main Role	0.0
2026	Edjop Filipino Movie, 2026, Edgar Jopson / "Edjop" (Main Role)	Edgar Jopson / "Edjop" Main Role	0.0
2026	HB2ME Filipino Movie, 2026, Jon (Main Role)	Jon Main Role	0.0
2026	Drags to Riches Filipino Movie, 2026, (Main Role)	Main Role	0.0
2025	Salvageland Filipino Movie, 2025, Jules (Main Role)	Jules Main Role	0.0
2025	Gabi ng Lagim: The Movie Filipino Movie, 2025, {Berbalang} Kain (Main Role)	{Berbalang} Kain Main Role	0.0
2025	Raging Filipino Movie, 2025, Eli (Main Role)	Eli Main Role	0.0
2024	Uninvited Filipino Movie, 2024, Tofy (Support Role)	Tofy Support Role	7.1
2024	Water Sports Filipino Movie, 2024, Ipe (Main Role)	Ipe Main Role	0.0
2024	Sunshine Filipino Movie, 2024, Miggy (Support Role)	Miggy Support Role	8.0
2023	Gomburza Filipino Movie, 2023, Paciano Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda (Support Role)	Paciano Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda Support Role	8.2
2023	Keys to the Heart Filipino Movie, 2023, Jayjay (Main Role)	Jayjay Main Role	7.6
2022	About Us but Not About Us Filipino Movie, 2022, Lancelot (Main Role)	Lancelot Main Role	7.8
2022	Livescream Filipino Movie, 2022, Exo (Main Role)	Exo Main Role	6.9
2022	Blue Room Filipino Movie, 2022, (Main Role)	Main Role	7.3
2021	Gameboys: The Movie Filipino Movie, 2021, Cairo Lazaro (Main Role)	Cairo Lazaro Main Role	8.2
2020	He Who Is without Sin Filipino Movie, 2020, Martin (Main Role)	Martin Main Role	7.6
2020	How to Die Young in Manila Filipino Movie, 2020, [Young boy] (Main Role)	[Young boy] Main Role	6.3
2019	KALEL, 15 Filipino Movie, 2019, Kalel (Main Role)	Kalel Main Role	7.7
2019	The Girl and the Gun Filipino Movie, 2019, Jun (Support Role)	Jun Support Role	7.1
2019	LSS Filipino Movie, 2019, Cedie (Support Role)	Cedie Support Role	7.5
2019	Edward Filipino Movie, 2019, Renz (Support Role)	Renz Support Role	7.6
2019	Ang Totoong Kalaban Filipino Movie, 2019, Jelo (Main Role)	Jelo Main Role	7.5
2019	Immaculada, A Mother's Love Filipino Movie, 2019, (Support Role)	Support Role	0.0
2018	The Flaming History of the Dela Cruz Family Filipino Movie, 2018, Tonio (Main Role)	Tonio Main Role	7.5
2016	Contestant #4 Filipino Movie, 2016, [Young Boy] (Main Role)	[Young Boy] Main Role	7.4
2016	1-2-3 Filipino Movie, 2016, Rey (Support Role)	Rey Support Role	8.0
2016	The Amazing Journey of the Letters Filipino Movie, 2016, Benjie (Support Role)	Benjie Support Role	7.7
2014	Sundalong Kanin Filipino Movie, 2014, Badong (Main Role)	Badong Main Role	10.0
2014	Tony Filipino Movie, 2014, Tony (Main Role)	Tony Main Role	8.3

Year	Title	#	Role	Rating
2021	Gameboys: Out in the Open Filipino Special, 2021, 1 eps Cairo Lazaro (Main Role)	1	Cairo Lazaro Main Role	8.0

Year	Title	#	Role
TBA	Y Speak 2.0 Season 2 Filipino TV Show, 0000, 0 eps (Main Host)	0	Main Host
2026	Y Speak 2.0 Filipino TV Show, 2026, 10 eps (Main Host)	10	Main Host
2025	Rainbow Rumble Season 2 Filipino TV Show, 2025, 56 eps (Ep. 6) (Guest)	56	(Ep. 6) Guest

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