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

Tony

Tony

Jayjay

Keys to the Heart

Troy

Blue Room

Paciano Mercado

GomBurZa

New Queer Visions: Seeing is Believing

Sundalong Kanin

Exo

LiveScream

Lance

About Us But Not About Us

Edgar "Edjop" Jopson

EDJOP

Benjie

Sakaling Hindi Makarating

Contestant #4

Miggs

Sunshine

Tonio Dela Cruz

Ang Nagliliyab na Kasaysayan ng Pamilya Dela Cruz

Kalel

Kalel, 15

Cairo Lazaro

Gameboys: The Movie

Himself

Ang Totoong Kalaban

LSS

Renz

Edward

Martin

He Who Is Without Sin

Rey

1-2-3

Young Boy

How to Die Young in Manila

Jun

Babae at Baril

Jelson

Water Sports

Tofy

Uninvited

Is this desire?

Paging Elise

Eli

Raging

KJMS' Gabi ng Lagim the Movie