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
Almost Paradise
Maalaala Mo Kaya
The Iron Heart
Senior High
Rainbow Rumble
Family Feud Philippines
High Street
KMJS' Gabi Ng Lagim: The Movie
All Movies (32)
- Drags to Riches2026 · as Andre
- Raging2026 · as Eli
- Manila's Finest2025
- KMJS' Gabi Ng Lagim: The Movie2025 · as Kain (segment "Berbalang")
- Salvageland2025 · as Jules
- Sunshine2025 · as Miggs
- Paging Elise2025
- Uninvited2024 · as Tofy
- Water Sports2024 · as Jelson
- GomBurZa2023 · as Paciano Mercado
- Keys to the Heart2023 · as Jayjay
- About Us But Not About Us2023 · as Lance
- LiveScream2022 · as Exo
- Blue Room2022 · as Troy
- Gameboys: The Movie2021 · as Cairo Lazaro
- He Who Is Without Sin2020 · as Martin
- How to Die Young in Manila2020 · as Young Boy
- The Real Enemy2020 · as Himself
- New Queer Visions: Seeing is Believing2020
- Kalel, 152019 · as Kalel
- The Woman and the Gun2019 · as Jun
- LSS2019
- Edward2019 · as Renz
- The Flaming History of the Dela Cruz Family2018 · as Tonio Dela Cruz
- Contestant #42016
- Gasping for Air2016 · as Rey
- In Case They Don't Arrive2016 · as Benjie
- Rice Soldiers2014
- Tony— · as Tony
- EDJOP— · as Edgar "Edjop" Jopson
- Is this desire?—
- Ano Ba Talaga Tayo - a short film by the Juans— · as Joms
All TV Shows (13)
- Rainbow Rumble2024 · as Self - Contestant
- High Street2024 · as Archie Aguerro
- Senior High2023 · as Archie Aguerro
- The Iron Heart2022 · as Conrado Reyes
- Gameboys 22022 · as Cairo Lazaro
- Misis Piggy2022 · as Jeffrey Martinez
- Family Feud Philippines2022 · as Self - Contestant (Gameboys)
- Paano ang Pasko?2020 · as Noel
- Gameboys2020 · as Cairo
- Almost Paradise2020 · as Dealer #1
- Unconditional2019 · as Arthur
- Maalaala Mo Kaya1991 · as Sofronio Vasquez
- YSpeak 2.0— · as Self