2000-08-16 Philippines
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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Paging Elise | 2025-05-31 | |
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Sunshine | Miggs | 2025-07-23 |
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Water Sports | Jelson | 2024-11-09 |
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Uninvited | Tofy | 2024-12-25 |
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Keys to the Heart | Jayjay | 2023-10-04 |
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GomBurZa | Paciano Mercado | 2023-12-25 |
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About Us But Not About Us | Lance | 2023-04-08 |
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Blue Room | Troy | 2022-08-07 |
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LiveScream | Exo | 2022-11-09 |
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Gameboys: The Movie | Cairo Lazaro | 2021-06-30 |
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Ang Totoong Kalaban | Himself | 2020-04-22 |
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How to Die Young in Manila | Young Boy | 2020-10-28 |
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New Queer Visions: Seeing is Believing | 2020-04-06 | |
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He Who Is Without Sin | Martin | 2020-11-21 |
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Edward | Renz | 2019-08-02 |
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LSS | 2019-09-13 | |
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Babae at Baril | Jun | 2019-10-13 |
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Kalel, 15 | Kalel | 2019-12-18 |
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Ang Nagliliyab na Kasaysayan ng Pamilya Dela Cruz | Tonio Dela Cruz | 2018-12-01 |
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1-2-3 | Rey | 2016-08-05 |
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Contestant #4 | 2016-10-16 | |
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Sakaling Hindi Makarating | Benjie | 2016-03-16 |
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Sundalong Kanin | 2014-08-02 | |
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Is this desire? | ||
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EDJOP | Edgar "Edjop" Jopson | |
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Tony | Tony |
