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.
Tony
(Tony)
Keys to the Heart
(Jayjay)
Blue Room
(Troy)
GomBurZa
(Paciano Mercado)
New Queer Visions: Seeing is Believing
Rice Soldiers
LiveScream
(Exo)
About Us But Not About Us
(Lance)
EDJOP
(Edgar "Edjop" Jopson)
In Case They Don't Arrive
(Benjie)
Contestant #4
Sunshine
(Miggs)
The Flaming History of the Dela Cruz Family
(Tonio Dela Cruz)
Kalel, 15
(Kalel)
Gameboys: The Movie
(Cairo Lazaro)
The Real Enemy
(Himself)
Gasping for Air
(Rey)
Edward
(Renz)
LSS
He Who Is Without Sin
(Martin)
How to Die Young in Manila
(Young Boy)
The Girl and The Gun
(Jun)
Water Sports
(Jelson)
Uninvited
(Tofy)
Is this desire?
Senior High
(Archie Aguerro)
The Iron Heart
(Conrado Reyes)
Misis Piggy
(Jeffrey Martinez)
Unconditional
(Arthur)
Gameboys 2
(Cairo Lazaro)
High Street
(Archie Aguerro)
Paano ang Pasko?
(Noel)
Gameboys
(Cairo)
Almost Paradise
(Dealer #1)
Incognito
(Donato Escalera / Spade)