Elijah Canlas
Born: 2000-08-16 in Philippines
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Raging as Eli
2025
- Manila's Finest
- Salvageland as Jules
- KMJS' Gabi Ng Lagim: The Movie as Kain (segment "Berbalang")
- Sunshine as Miggs
- Paging Elise
2024
- Rainbow Rumble as Self - Contestant
- High Street as Archie Aguerro
- Uninvited as Tofy
- Water Sports as Jelson
2023
- Senior High as Archie Aguerro
- GomBurZa as Paciano Mercado
- Keys to the Heart as Jayjay
- About Us But Not About Us as Lance
2022
- The Iron Heart as Conrado Reyes
- Misis Piggy as Jeffrey Martinez
- Family Feud Philippines as Self - Contestant (Gameboys)
- Gameboys 2 as Cairo Lazaro
- LiveScream as Exo
- Blue Room as Troy
2021
- Gameboys: The Movie as Cairo Lazaro
2020
- Almost Paradise as Dealer #1
- Gameboys as Cairo
- Paano ang Pasko? as Noel
- He Who Is Without Sin as Martin
- How to Die Young in Manila as Young Boy
- New Queer Visions: Seeing is Believing
- The Real Enemy as Himself
2019
- Unconditional as Arthur
- Kalel, 15 as Kalel
- The Woman and the Gun as Jun
- LSS
- Edward as Renz
2018
- The Flaming History of the Dela Cruz Family as Tonio Dela Cruz
2016
- Gasping for Air as Rey
- In Case They Don't Arrive as Benjie
- Contestant #4
2014
1991
- Maalaala Mo Kaya as Sofronio Vasquez