Richard Yap

Acting

Richard Yap

Born

1967-05-18 (59)

Place of birth

Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

Known for

Acting

Credits

21 titles

Richard Edison Uy Yap (born May 18, 1967) is a Filipino actor and recording artist. He is best known for portraying Richard "Sir Chief" Lim in Be Careful with My Heart and "Papa Chen" in My Binondo Girl.

Known for

Abot-Kamay Na Pangarap poster
4.3

Analyn is a genius who was born poor and raised by her illiterate and sickly mother. She graduates from high school at the age of 12 and dreams of becoming a doctor in order to help the less privileged. She graduates from med school at 19 years old and becomes the youngest surgical resident in a large hospital. Despite her achievements, she has to deal with bullying and competition from her fellow doctors, who are threatened by her age and intelligence. She soon finds herself in an emotional crisis which forces her to leave her profession indefinitely. She returns to the hospital when she learns that she is the only doctor skilled enough to save her father from a rare brain disease.

Abot-Kamay Na Pangarap

2022

Be Careful With My Heart poster
7.0

Be Careful With My Heart is a 2012 Philippine daytime television drama which premiered on ABS-CBN on July 9, 2012 airing before It's Showtime. It is also broadcast worldwide on The Filipino Channel. It is topbilled by Jodi Sta. Maria and Richard Yap. It is one of the most successful teleserye of ABS-CBN. It is the first television drama in the Philippines made by ABS-CBN to be filmed and broadcast in high definition.

Be Careful With My Heart

2012

The Heiress poster
5.6

The story of Romina, a secretary turned wife of business tycoon, Robert, who married her despite the fact that she was raped and is carrying the child of the assailant. Unknown to Romina, it was Daniela, Robert’s daughter, who had orchestrated her abduction, right before seducing Romina’s fiance, Carlos. With Romina's and Daniela's lives intertwined, their daughters, Cassandra and Margaret, are made to fight as to who among them is the rightful heiress to the Mondragon empire.

The Heiress

2018

Almost Paradise poster
7.1

A former DEA agent forced into early retirement runs a gift shop in in the Philippines. Despite his best efforts to begin a tranquil new life, he’s pulled back into a world of dangerous people and deadly situations, either through his friends in the local police department or running into people from his old life. And the problem is: he likes it.

Almost Paradise

2020

Unbreak My Heart poster
NR

Romance blossoms between a young man and a woman who is searching for her estranged daughter in Europe. After their relationship failed, a twist of fate brings him and her daughter together.

Unbreak My Heart

2023

Stolen Life poster
NR

When a criminal performs astral projection to switch physical body with her cousin, a life will be stolen and forced to be prisoned. The cousin will plan to regain her family and life.

Stolen Life

2023

Film credits

2010s · 8 titles

The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin poster
3.0

A soldier who once saved the entire country is assigned to guard a genius child whose intellect is needed to foil the plans of an evil villain.

The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin

2014

Just the 3 of Us poster
7.2

An unlikely love story between polar opposites Uno and CJ two strangers, and how one night changes their lives forever. Unforeseen circumstances collide and force Uno and CJ to live under the same roof as they both deal with their sense of responsibility and their yearning for security. Uno is motivated by his sense of family while CJ is governed by an unconditional love that should put her first above everything else. The unlikely thing that binds Uno and CJ together paves the way for them to find in each other the kind of love they never thought they needed.

Just the 3 of Us

2016

The Achy Breaky Hearts poster
7.0

Chinggay, a jewelry shop manager, is one of the single women in their 30’s who feels the pressure to find love. She goes out on dates with men but none of them seem to make the cut. You may blame her high standards but the pain from her previous relationship could also be affecting her judgment on men. Now, her love life is suffering a drought for seven years. Everything changes when suddenly, two men are interested to be with her. Ryan bought an engagement ring from Chinggay only to be rejected by his girlfriend. Chinggay helps Ryan to get back with his girlfriend but they end up losing the ring and becoming good friends. On the other hand, Chinggay’s ex-boyfriend Frank is persistent to redeem himself and to prove that he deserves a second chance with Chinggay. Chinggay finds herself torn between two kinds of love.

The Achy Breaky Hearts

2016

The Bit Player poster
7.4

A single mother working as a film extra dreams of landing bigger roles while struggling with the harsh realities of the entertainment industry.

The Bit Player

2013

Mano Po 7: Chinoy poster
NR

It shows the lives and relationship issues among the modern generation of Chinoys and how it isn't as perfect as it seems.

Mano Po 7: Chinoy

2016

Felix Manalo poster
3.7

Felix Yzagun Manalo is a sprawling historical epic that traces the origin of Iglesia Ni Cristo (The Church of Christ) which is established in the Philippines from its humble beginnings in 1914 through the present day.

Felix Manalo

2015

You're Still The One poster
5.5

Years after their college relationship fell apart, Jojo and Ellise meet again, but Jojo is already engaged to Racquel so Ellise decides to contain her feelings for Jojo to herself. The two remained as friends, constantly denying the feelings that they have for one another. Ellise starts dating Vincent but she will soon have to decide if she should choose the right love that came at the wrong time or the wrong love that came at the right time.

You're Still The One

2015

Past Tense poster
7.5

A woman's future self is nothing like she expected herself to be.

Past Tense

2014

Series credits

Abot-Kamay Na Pangarap poster
4.3

Analyn is a genius who was born poor and raised by her illiterate and sickly mother. She graduates from high school at the age of 12 and dreams of becoming a doctor in order to help the less privileged. She graduates from med school at 19 years old and becomes the youngest surgical resident in a large hospital. Despite her achievements, she has to deal with bullying and competition from her fellow doctors, who are threatened by her age and intelligence. She soon finds herself in an emotional crisis which forces her to leave her profession indefinitely. She returns to the hospital when she learns that she is the only doctor skilled enough to save her father from a rare brain disease.

Abot-Kamay Na Pangarap

2022

Be Careful With My Heart poster
7.0

Be Careful With My Heart is a 2012 Philippine daytime television drama which premiered on ABS-CBN on July 9, 2012 airing before It's Showtime. It is also broadcast worldwide on The Filipino Channel. It is topbilled by Jodi Sta. Maria and Richard Yap. It is one of the most successful teleserye of ABS-CBN. It is the first television drama in the Philippines made by ABS-CBN to be filmed and broadcast in high definition.

Be Careful With My Heart

2012

The Heiress poster
5.6

The story of Romina, a secretary turned wife of business tycoon, Robert, who married her despite the fact that she was raped and is carrying the child of the assailant. Unknown to Romina, it was Daniela, Robert’s daughter, who had orchestrated her abduction, right before seducing Romina’s fiance, Carlos. With Romina's and Daniela's lives intertwined, their daughters, Cassandra and Margaret, are made to fight as to who among them is the rightful heiress to the Mondragon empire.

The Heiress

2018

Almost Paradise poster
7.1

A former DEA agent forced into early retirement runs a gift shop in in the Philippines. Despite his best efforts to begin a tranquil new life, he’s pulled back into a world of dangerous people and deadly situations, either through his friends in the local police department or running into people from his old life. And the problem is: he likes it.

Almost Paradise

2020

Unbreak My Heart poster
NR

Romance blossoms between a young man and a woman who is searching for her estranged daughter in Europe. After their relationship failed, a twist of fate brings him and her daughter together.

Unbreak My Heart

2023

Stolen Life poster
NR

When a criminal performs astral projection to switch physical body with her cousin, a life will be stolen and forced to be prisoned. The cousin will plan to regain her family and life.

Stolen Life

2023

My Binondo Girl poster
5.0

A girl pretends to be a boy in order to be accepted by her father.

My Binondo Girl

2011

Two Hearts poster
NR

A story about two lookalikes, Ramona, Mona for short and Lisa. Lisa is a rich, strict and hardworking woman while Mona survives as a bet collector in cockfights. While Lisa is stylish and couth, Mona is tomboyish and rustic with a kind and loving heart for both her parents and friends. The two cross paths when Lisa's father, Juancho arranges a marriage for her with a rich business man, Martin Co, but Lisa is against it and goes into hiding under one of her workers, Leo Tabayoyong

Two Hearts

2018

I Can See You poster
8.7

'I Can See You' is a one-of-a-kind anthology that features compelling and thrilling stories every week on GMA Telebabad

I Can See You

2020

I Left My Heart in Sorsogon poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

I Left My Heart in Sorsogon

2021