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John Arcilla

Actor

John Arcilla

Born June 24, 196654 films

Romeo John Gonzales Arcilla (born June 24, 1966) is a Filipino film and television actor. He is best known for playing the titural role in Heneral Luna (2015), the film selected as the Philippine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. From 1991 to 1997, Arcilla was a resident actor and senior member of the Tanghalang Pilipino Actor Company, the resident theatre of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

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In 2012, Arcilla had a cameo in The Bourne Legacy as a head security guard. The following year, Arcilla also appeared in Metro Manila, the British entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards. In 2021, he was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice International Film Festival for his role in On the Job: The Missing 8, making him the first Filipino and Southeast Asian actor to receive the award. He also received the Best Actor award at the Gawad Urian Awards in 2022 for the same role. He is a two-time Gawad Urian winner and a two-time FAMAS nominee.

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Metro Manila posterFirst watchMetro Manila20137.3as Douglas OngLooking for a brighter future in metropolitan Manila, Oscar Ramirez and his family leave their miserable life in the rice terraces of Banaue, in the northern Philippines.View film

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Filmography

54 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Guest
  2. TBAJaguar
  3. 2026Haunted Carnival
  4. 2026BeastOmeng
  5. 2026HB2MeDel
  6. 2025BilyaristaItoy
  7. 2024Fuchsia Libre
  8. 2024GG: Good GamePastor
  9. 2023PendukoApo Tisot
  10. 2023Ten Little MistressesValentin / Constantin
  11. 2022On the Job: The Missing 8Sisoy Salas
  12. 2022RerouteGemo
  13. 2021A Hard DayAce Franco
  14. 2021Big Night!Donato
  15. 2020Suarez: The Healing PriestFr. Fernando Suarez
  16. 2019Miracle in Cell No. 7Johnny San Juan
  17. 2019The Panti SistersDon Emilio y Panti
  18. 2019The EntityArturo
  19. 2019Second Coming
  20. 2016BirdshotMendoza
  21. 2016SupotItoy
  22. 2015Heneral LunaHeneral Antonio Luna
  23. 2014(Filipino: In the Name of the Father, Mother, and Children)Virgilio Salva
  24. 2013Metro ManilaDouglas Ong
  25. 2012El PresidenteMariano Trías
  26. 2012Lilet Never HappenedJames
  27. 2012The Bourne LegacyJoseph
  28. 2011No Other WomanMario Dela Costa
  29. 2011ThelmaAldo Molino
  30. 2011AmigoNenong
  31. 2010Petrang KabayoPoldo
  32. 2010Ways of the Sea
  33. 2009Manila Skies
  34. 2009Villa EstrellaDave
  35. 2008Ay Ayeng
  36. 2007A Love StorySteve
  37. 2005Sa North Diversion Road
  38. 2004Now That I Have YouOscar Morelos
  39. 2003Ligaya… Katumbas ng Buhay
  40. 2002ForevermoreRonaldo
  41. 2002DiskarteInsp. John Gomez
  42. 2001TripCeline's Dad
  43. 2001Dos EkisBunny
  44. 2000Gusto Ko Nang Lumigaya
  45. 2000ShadowsMan in black
  46. 2000Ang Babaeng PutikLt. Ramil
  47. 1999Burger BoysSir Fernando Ayala
  48. 1999EkisGeorge
  49. 1997They Call Me JoyPolding
  50. 1996Mulanay: Sa Pusod Ng Paraiso
  51. 1996Asul ang Kulay ng Puso
  52. 1995Sa'yo Lamang
  53. 1993SakayGen. Leon Villafuerte
  54. 1992Heroes