Elijah Canlas
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Maalaala Mo Kaya
Sofronio Vasquez
1991
Series
The Iron Heart
Conrado Reyes
2022
Series
Almost Paradise
Dealer #1
2020
Series
Family Feud Philippines
Self - Contestant (Gameboys)
2022
Series
Rainbow Rumble
Self - Contestant
2024
Series
Senior High
Archie Aguerro
2023
Series
Gameboys
Cairo
2020
Series
High Street
Archie Aguerro
2024
Series
Paano ang Pasko?
Noel
2020
Film
Raging
Eli
2026
Film
Manila's Finest
Teenage Boy
2025
Film
HB2ME
2026
Film
Paging Elise
2025
Series
Unconditional
Arthur
2019
Film
KMJS' Gabi Ng Lagim: The Movie
Kain (segment "Berbalang")
2025
Film
Contestant #4
2016
Series
Misis Piggy
Jeffrey Martinez
2022
Film
Sunshine
Miggs
2025
Film
The Real Enemy
Himself
2020
Series
YSpeak 2.0
Self
Film
Keys to the Heart
Jayjay
2023
Film
Water Sports
Jelson
2024
Film
Salvageland
Jules
2025
Film
GomBurZa
Paciano Mercado
2023
Film
Edward
Renz
2019
Series
Gameboys 2
Cairo Lazaro
2022
Film
Drags to Riches
Andre
2026
Tony
Tony
Film
He Who Is Without Sin
Martin
2020
Film
In Case They Don't Arrive
Benjie
2016
Film
The Woman and the Gun
Jun
2019
Film
Gameboys: The Movie
Cairo Lazaro
2021
Film
Kalel, 15
Kalel
2019
Film
Edjop
Edgar "Edjop" Jopson
2026
Film
LSS
2019
Film
How to Die Young in Manila
Young Boy
2020
Film
Gasping for Air
Rey
2016
Film
Uninvited
Tofy
2024
Film
Blue Room
Troy
2022
Film
About Us But Not About Us
Lance
2023
Film
New Queer Visions: Seeing is Believing
2020
Film
LiveScream
Exo
2022
Film
The Flaming History of the Dela Cruz Family
Tonio Dela Cruz
2018
Film
Rice Soldiers
2014
Ano Ba Talaga Tayo - a short film by the Juans
Joms
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