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