Elijah Canlas
ActingElijah 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
Filmography — Acting
KMJS' Gabi Ng Lagim: The Movie
Kain (segment "Berbalang")
Salvageland
Jules
Manila's Finest
Kalel, 15
Kalel
GomBurZa
Paciano Mercado
Keys to the Heart
Jayjay
Sunshine
Miggs
LiveScream
Exo
He Who Is Without Sin
Martin
Uninvited
Tofy
Raging
Eli
Gameboys: The Movie
Cairo Lazaro
Gasping for Air
Rey
Contestant #4
How to Die Young in Manila
Young Boy
LSS
Blue Room
Troy
The Girl and the Gun
Jun
Water Sports
Jelson
Edward
Renz
About Us But Not About Us
Lance
In Case They Don't Arrive
Benjie
New Queer Visions: Seeing is Believing
Rice Soldiers
Tony
Tony
EDJOP
Edgar "Edjop" Jopson
The Flaming History of the Dela Cruz Family
Tonio Dela Cruz
Is this desire?
Paging Elise
The Real Enemy
Himself
Ano Ba Talaga Tayo - a short film by the Juans
Joms