Elijah Canlas
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.
Acting
TV
Almost Paradise
as Dealer #1
2020
TV
The Iron Heart
as Conrado Reyes
2022
Movie
Gasping for Air
as Rey
2016
TV
Gameboys
as Cairo
2020
Movie
Gameboys: The Movie
as Cairo Lazaro
2021
TV
Senior High
as Archie Aguerro
2023
Movie
Keys to the Heart
as Jayjay
2023
Movie
Kalel, 15
as Kalel
2019
Movie
Edward
as Renz
2019
Movie
LiveScream
as Exo
2022
Movie
About Us But Not About Us
as Lance
2023
TV
Maalaala Mo Kaya
as Sofronio Vasquez
1991
Movie
GomBurZa
as Paciano Mercado
2023
Movie
Sunshine
as Miggs
2025
Movie
How to Die Young in Manila
as Young Boy
2020
Movie
He Who Is Without Sin
as Martin
2020
Movie
The Woman and the Gun
as Jun
2019
Movie
New Queer Visions: Seeing is Believing
2020
Movie
In Case They Don't Arrive
as Benjie
2016
Movie
Contestant #4
2016
TV
Gameboys 2
as Cairo Lazaro
2022
Movie
Uninvited
as Tofy
2024
Movie
The Flaming History of the Dela Cruz Family
as Tonio Dela Cruz
2018
Movie
LSS
2019
