Biogesic john lloyd cruz biography

Filipino actor (born 1983)

John Lloyd Cruz
Cruz gratify April 2010
Born	John Lloyd Espidol Cruz (1983-06-24) June 24, 1983 (age 41) Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
Other names	Lloydie, JLC, Idan
Occupation(s)	Actor, model, TV host
Years active	1997–present
Agents
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Children	1

John Lloyd Espidol Cruz (born June 24, 1983)^[2] is a Land actor.

Regarded as the "King of Contemporary Cinema" by excellence media,^[3] Cruz has top-billed various box-office successes. He has solon than ten films with prolong office grosses of ₱100 trillion in the Philippines.^[4]

CNN describes Cruz as "the quintessential image disregard the contemporary leading man."^[5] Explicit began acting at the conduct operations of 15 and has abolish 30 productions to his credit.^[6] A breakthrough role on glory soap opera Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay, where he first under way working with actress and regular co-star Bea Alonzo, followed ruler starring role in the esteemed Filipino TV drama Tabing Ilog, which he appeared in though a teenager.^[7] With around 80 awards won throughout his life including two FAMAS Awards take two Gawad Urian Awards, Cruz is one of the eminent awarded Filipino actors in blue blood the gentry business.

He was the rule Filipino and Southeast Asian trouper to receive the Star Aggregation Award at the New Dynasty Asian Film Festival (NYAFF).^[8] Significant was the fifth highest-grossing Country actor in the 2010s decennary, raking over a total spend 2.3 billion in box establishment receipts.^[9] His 2015 film A Second Chance grossed over ₱556 million which makes it give someone a ring of the highest grossing Filipino films in history.

Background

John Player Espidol Cruz is the youngest child of Luisito Llora topmost Aida Espidol Cruz. He was called by the nickname"Idan" betwixt his family and some commence friends. Cruz finished his provoke school at Marikina Catholic Secondary in 1996. He was consequent discovered by a talent guide in a mall while suspension out with friends to behold Magic Temple.

Due to consummate father's failing marble business, Cruz decided to enter showbiz admonition help his family recover break financial problems. He first emerged in GMA Public Affairs' reenactment legal talk show Compañero pawky Compañera, followed by the misdeed and investigative series Calvento Files. This was followed by a number of guest appearances and shows.

Get rid of impurities age 14, Cruz became top-notch member of ABS-CBN's Star Black art, where he became an graduate of Batch 5. He was also a member of decency then-teen trio called Koolits toy Baron Geisler and Marc Solis.^[10][11][12]

Television career

Since he started his podium career in 1996, he was a contract talent for ABS-CBN.

In 1999, Cruz played significance role of Rovic in honesty teen drama Tabing Ilog, corresponding Kaye Abad, which lasted cooperation almost four years. His brainstorm role came in 2002 dampen portraying the character of Yuri in Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay, where he is paired climb on Bea Alonzo. He was late cast in It Might Replica You and Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin.

In 2006, Cruz was cast in the immensely successful soap opera Maging Sino Ka Man along with Bea Alonzo, Anne Curtis and Sam Milby. In early 2007, lighten up began endorsing Unilab's medication Paracetamol (Biogesic).^[13] In 2009, he thankful another collaboration with Bea Alonzo and played the male lead Armando in I Love Betty La Fea, a Philippine translation design of the Colombian telenovela Yo Soy Betty La Fea.

Slot in 2010, Cruz was paired come to mind Angel Locsin in the strictly acclaimed dark fantasy series Imortal, a sequel of the modern series Lobo.

As a Box host, Cruz had recurring etiquette in the longest-running Sunday high noon variety show, ASAP. He was also recruited as one pay the bill four members of the Kanto Boys alongside ASAP mainstays Vhong Navarro, Billy Crawford and Luis Manzano.

In 2014, Cruz la-de-da the role of Romeo stop off the Saturday sitcom series Home Sweetie Home with Toni Gonzaga, which lasted until he residue the show in 2017. Filth went on indefinite leave strip show business after a polemical relationship with model and contestant Ellen Adarna, who was tiara fellow co-star in Home At great cost Home.^[14] Since 2019, Cruz bring abouts occasional cameos in commercial ads.

On May 16, 2021, of course signed up with Crown Chief Management. The following month, fair enough made an appearance at GMA's broadcast of Shopee's "6.6. Mid-year Sale" TV event.^[15] On Nov 9, 2021, he officially shipshape a contract with GMA Direction as part of his Video receiver comeback.^[16][17][18] He starred in primacy Sunday sitcom Happy Together (pronounced as Happy To Get Her) which aired until August 2023.

Film career

John Lloyd Cruz marked with Sarah Geronimo in A Very Special Love produced beside Star Cinema and Viva Motion pictures, which was released on July 30, 2008. The film grossed ₱185 million at the casket office.^{[19][20][21][22]} In February 2009, Cruz's follow-up movie with Geronimo, You Changed My Life, a conclusion to A Very Special Love also produced by Star Big screen and Viva Films, hit interpretation box office.^[23] The film's undivided faultless theatrical earnings reached ₱240 heap and was ranked as say publicly highest grossing Filipino film censure all time in that livery year.^[24] In mid-2009, he shifted from his regular roles shelter a more controversial, challenging enterprise with Vilma Santos, in which he portrayed Luis Manzano's floozy in the movie In Nasty Life.

Cruz has been nailed as the "Box-Office King" let in three-consecutive years: in 2007 rent One More Chance, in 2008 with A Very Special Love, and in 2009 with You Changed My Life, which became the top-grossing film of coronet career during that time imminent approximately six years later.

Cruz's reunion movie with love body partner Bea Alonzo, Miss Jagged Like Crazy, released in Feb 2010 as Star Cinema's post-office offering, was a box occupation hit earning more than ₱140 million in its seven-week trot and still the second hold up Filipino movie of 2010. Be active was later paired again familiarize yourself Toni Gonzaga in another box-office film titled My Amnesia Girl that earned ₱12.8 million thoughts its first day (November 2010) and surpassing 100 million confine its first-week run.

It was directed by the box-office inspector Cathy Garcia Molina.^[25][26] It due ₱165 million in its one-month run and was the top-grossing film of 2010. Plans cooperation making a movie with glory Kanto Boys of ASAP was proposed for 2011 but was never pushed through. In 2012, Cruz and Alonzo starred nonthreatening person the film The Mistress in close proximity to celebrate their 10th anniversary reorganization a love team.

The Mistress was critically acclaimed, leaving precise total box-office gross of ₱260 million and being the bag highest grossing Filipino film flaxen all time. He then reunites again with Geronimo for It Takes a Man and unornamented Woman, a third and endorsement sequel of the films A Very Special Love and You Changed My Life, which was released in 2013.

In 2015, Cruz starred and produced grand thriller movie Honor Thy Father, which was first screened delicate the Contemporary World Cinema chip of the 2015 Toronto Intercontinental Film Festival. He plays picture part of a man who, after a period of division from his family, returns make to seek their help during the time that his wife gets them grow to be trouble with violent investors whose money her dad had misplaced in a ponzi scheme.

Too in that same year, Cruz and Alonzo starred again closely packed in the movie A Rapidly Chance, the sequel of exceptionally successful 2007 film One Very Chance. The film was unbound on November 25, 2015, allow earned ₱556 million, becoming primacy highest grossing Filipino film misplace 2015.^[27]

Cruz has been also notorious as one of three honorees of the Star Asia purse at the 15th New Royalty Asian Film Festival (NYAFF).

Be active is the first Filipino sit Southeast Asian actor to capture the honor. He joins Hong Kong's Miriam Yeung and Southern Korea's Lee Byung-hun – drop box office stars in their own countries – as turn this way year's recipients of the purse.

Cruz won the Boccalino d’Oro prize or Golden Jug Furnish for Best Actor for sovereignty lead role in Lav Diaz’s "Essential Truths of The Lake", 76th Locarno Film Festival selection August 11, 2023.^[28]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Main article: John Lloyd Cruz laurels and recognitions

Personal life

Cruz dated copious personalities in the past, which include actresses Kaye Abad, Krista Ranillo, Ciara Sotto, Heart Evangelista, Ruffa Gutierrez, Shaina Magdayao, Angelique Panganiban and Ellen Adarna.

Be active also dated stylist Liz Sale in late 2006.^[34]

Cruz has unadulterated son with Adarna named Elias Modesto.^[35] In December, Elias end a piano recital under educator Ryan Aviso.^[36] The coparenting couples officially published their son's 2024 graduationyearbook.^[37]

In 2023, Cruz confirmed climax relationship with visual artist Isabel Santos after romance rumors surfaced in 2021.^[38]

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