Max Alvarado

Acting

Max Alvarado

Born — Died

1929-02-19 — 1997-04-06

Place of birth

Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Max Alvarado (19 February 1929 – 6 April 1997) was a FAMAS award-winning Filipino film actor known mainly by his portrayals of villains in a career which spanned six decades. Max Alvarado was born as Gavino Maximo Teodosio in Manila. In his youth, he was a member of street gangs, as well as an itinerant manual laborer. He broke into films in 1948 as a bit player in Halik sa Bandila. Soon after, he was frequently cast as a villain in films produced by Premiere Production and its sister company, Larry Santiago Productions, as well as People's Pictures. He first gained critical notice in the 1953 film Ang Sawa Sa Lumang Simboryo directed by Gerry de Leon. For that role, he garnered a FAMAS Bes…

Known for

TNT Jackson poster
4.8

A woman encounters thugs and drug dealers after traveling to Hong Kong to search for her missing brother.

TNT Jackson

1974

For Y'ur Height Only poster
5.4

Mr. Giant has kidnapped the brilliant Dr. Van Kohler and is planning to use the Doctor's invention, the N-bomb, to hold the world hostage. The only one who can foil Mr. Giant's evil scheme is Agent 00, a 3-foot-tall filipino martial arts master, expert marksman, top-class romancer and all-around superspy. Can Agent 00 rescue Dr. Kohler before it's too late?

For Y'ur Height Only

1981

Alabang Girls poster
3.3

Four city boys rich in experience but undeniably penniless, meet rich and pretty girls from an upscale suburb. With nothing but a sense of humor and confidence, they try their luck to get the hearts of these Alabang Girls.

Alabang Girls

1992

Ang Syota Kong Balikbayan poster
9.0

Jeepney driver, Nanding, gets into an accident with the rich and spoiled balikbayan Cathy, the sole heiress of the vast land on which his small community rests. But despite their differences, Nanding and Cathy become intimately attracted to one another. Seeing this as an obstacle to his ambition to claim Cathy's inheritance, Don Pacundo immediately orders for Cathy's abduction-hoping to force her to hand over her heritage.

Ang Syota Kong Balikbayan

1996

Eagle of Manila poster
10.0

Mauro Reyes is an ex-policeman tag as a sharpshooter to the lawbreaker that managed to cope up with the death of his family and became a rescuer ... In the verge of adversity that has happened to his family, he became so depressed, self-centered and hopeless in lif, until a heinous felony re-awakened his identity. Due to the different rape slays and murders that had arise in their place, he tried to unveil the hidden mystery of the cases... discovering in the end the involvement of the law enforcer in the transgression. Will he be able to resolve everything even if he's an ex-policeman?

Eagle of Manila

1988

Peter Pandesal poster
7.5

Peter, a cute little boy who sells bread for his crippled mother meets Pete, an ex convict that wanted to have a new life.

Peter Pandesal

1976

Film credits

1990s · 8 titles

Alabang Girls poster
3.3

Four city boys rich in experience but undeniably penniless, meet rich and pretty girls from an upscale suburb. With nothing but a sense of humor and confidence, they try their luck to get the hearts of these Alabang Girls.

Alabang Girls

1992

Ang Syota Kong Balikbayan poster
9.0

Jeepney driver, Nanding, gets into an accident with the rich and spoiled balikbayan Cathy, the sole heiress of the vast land on which his small community rests. But despite their differences, Nanding and Cathy become intimately attracted to one another. Seeing this as an obstacle to his ambition to claim Cathy's inheritance, Don Pacundo immediately orders for Cathy's abduction-hoping to force her to hand over her heritage.

Ang Syota Kong Balikbayan

1996

Hindi Pa Tapos ang Laban poster
8.0

Carding Villamar, a city professional, returns to his hometown of Evangelista after learning of his brother's untimely demise. As a series of events unfold, he soon discovers that his brother didn't succumb to a heart attack as he was made to believe. He was shot in cold blood for refusing to sell his land to a powerful congressman. With a town muted and crippled by fear, the congressman's henchmen move unhampered to silence Carding and his brother's orphaned family as well. Big mistake. Armed with only a crusty riffle and a whole ton of rage. Carding sets out to right the wrong and exact vengeance for the murder of his brother. That is, if he survives the hot pursuits of bounty hunters, the militia, and the police who are all in the congressman's payroll.

Hindi Pa Tapos ang Laban

1994

Makuha Ka sa Tingin (Kung Puede Lang) poster
10.0

Elcid (Robin Padilla) and his buddy, Tembong (Dennis Padilla), decided to go to the capital city of the Philippines, Manila to search for greener pasture but they encounter a series of setbacks and misadventures.

Makuha Ka sa Tingin (Kung Puede Lang)

1993

Dito sa Pitong Gatang poster
8.0

Pitong Gatang is a barangay in Tondo where Berting Cayabyab is the barangay chairman. He holds a dark secret that no one knows about. Mariposa is an adjacent barangay where Lamberta Enriquez or Lambing, for short, is the new barangay chairwoman. She is strict, tough and idealistic. All these began to change when she met the leader of Barangay Pitong Gatang.

Dito sa Pitong Gatang

1992

Alyas Pogi 2 poster
8.0

A 1992 Filipino film starring Bong Revilla, Rita Avila, Charito Solis, and Jay Ilagan.

Alyas Pogi 2

1992

Kalawang sa Bakal (Hudas sa Lupa) poster
NR

An action film

Kalawang sa Bakal (Hudas sa Lupa)

1990

Walang Matigas na Tinapay sa Mainit na Kape poster
8.0

Butchie sells water and meets Mike and Tess. Mike is framed and imprisoned. After his release, he is challenged to a fight by villains. The movie has a simple plot, action, comedy, and a friendly atmosphere.

Walang Matigas na Tinapay sa Mainit na Kape

1994

1980s · 20 titles

For Y'ur Height Only poster
5.4

Mr. Giant has kidnapped the brilliant Dr. Van Kohler and is planning to use the Doctor's invention, the N-bomb, to hold the world hostage. The only one who can foil Mr. Giant's evil scheme is Agent 00, a 3-foot-tall filipino martial arts master, expert marksman, top-class romancer and all-around superspy. Can Agent 00 rescue Dr. Kohler before it's too late?

For Y'ur Height Only

1981

Eagle of Manila poster
10.0

Mauro Reyes is an ex-policeman tag as a sharpshooter to the lawbreaker that managed to cope up with the death of his family and became a rescuer ... In the verge of adversity that has happened to his family, he became so depressed, self-centered and hopeless in lif, until a heinous felony re-awakened his identity. Due to the different rape slays and murders that had arise in their place, he tried to unveil the hidden mystery of the cases... discovering in the end the involvement of the law enforcer in the transgression. Will he be able to resolve everything even if he's an ex-policeman?

Eagle of Manila

1988

Daniel Bartolo ng Sapang Bato poster
7.0

FPJ plays a man who take matters to his own hands and settles the score when he is pushed to his limits.

Daniel Bartolo ng Sapang Bato

1982

Inday Bote poster
10.0

a film by Luciano B. Carlos.

Inday Bote

1985

No artwork available
NR

A man staying out of trouble on attacks in their village gets involved in path to vengeance when his wife and younger brother dies.

Asong Gubat

1986

No Retreat...No Surrender...Si Kumander poster
NR

The sequel to Manedyer si Kumander sees Susan Roces and Fernando Poe Jr reprising their roles as Benita and Gener. This is the final screen collaboration of the Filipino filmdom's royal couple.

No Retreat...No Surrender...Si Kumander

1987

Ninja Kids poster
6.0

Lady Lotus, an evil sorceress, attempts to retrieve an ancient katana possessing great power from Naguchi, a martial arts master. Meanwhile, a group of friends are planning a camping trip to follow an all-girl class who are in turn on their own camping trip with their strict teacher. After several mishaps the friends are left stranded in the mountains. While navigating their way back, they stumble across a hidden cavern, where an old ninja master lives. The boys are selected to become ninjas and retrieve the katana that Lady Lotus is searching for.

Ninja Kids

1986

Kapag Buhay Ang Inutang poster
2.7

Mario seeks justice and hunts those who endanger his loved ones in an action-packed adventure filled with twists.

Kapag Buhay Ang Inutang

1983

Ang Panday poster
8.0

Panday is a blacksmith whose real name is Flavio. When a meteor fell from the sky one night, he forged the metal from the meteor into a dagger, the balaraw. When he raises the dagger to the sky, it magically grows into a sword. He uses this magical sword to fight the evil Lizardo and other supernatural beings.

Ang Panday

1980

Petrang Kabayo at ang Pilyang Kuting poster
7.0

At the age of 21, Petra will transform into a horse. This is a fulfillment of the curse Silveria, the goddess of horses, put upon Kulas, Petra's father, after she caught him maltreated a horse. And the curse will only be lifted if Petra will do three heroic deeds.

Petrang Kabayo at ang Pilyang Kuting

1988

Rambo Tan-Go Part III poster
5.6

Forced by his family to join the army, Johnny Rambo ends up in the squad of misfits.

Rambo Tan-Go Part III

1985

D'Wild Wild Weng poster
3.2

Mr. Weng and his partner Gordon take on a gang of ninjas and Mexican banditos in California's wild, wild west.

D'Wild Wild Weng

1982

Cry of Justice poster
7.0

An auto mechanic who believes in honest hard work is the illegitimate son of a rich man. He proves to be better than his father's legitimate children.

Cry of Justice

1984

Alyas Palos II poster
NR

The superhero-thief returns in this belated sequel.

Alyas Palos II

1982

Bala... Dapat Kay Cris Cuenca, Public Enemy No. 1 poster
NR

Cris Cuenca is a poor, oppressed and hard-working family man. He tries to stay out of trouble to be able to provide for his family, but the unkind world drives him into action -- nurturing anger and hatred. Armed with a desert eagle and a talisman that protects him from bullets, Cuenca becomes an assassin and a drug lord

Bala... Dapat Kay Cris Cuenca, Public Enemy No. 1

1989

Pagbabalik ng Panday poster
9.0

Flavio returns as the heroic blacksmith who uses his magical sword in fighting eveil

Pagbabalik ng Panday

1981

A Man Called Tolongges poster
9.0

A 1981 Filipino Western film starring George Javier, Pia Moran, and Redford White.

A Man Called Tolongges

1981

Ang Panday... Ikatlong Yugto poster
9.0

The arrival of foreign created with an eye on the sky and came to conquer the world with the aim to return in the next life the Lord of Darkness Lizardo.

Ang Panday... Ikatlong Yugto

1982

Isa Isa Lang poster
8.0

The billiard ball is round... like the life of Carding which revolves around the billiard table for the survival of his small family. As a master of the game, he's prey to the big bets and vices of rich gamblers. He seeks revenge on them when he was falsely accused of playing the game backward.

Isa Isa Lang

1985

Isang Kumot, Tatlong Unan poster
8.0

Passion finds fulfillment in a ménage à trois between two men and a woman.

Isang Kumot, Tatlong Unan

1986

1970s · 22 titles

TNT Jackson poster
4.8

A woman encounters thugs and drug dealers after traveling to Hong Kong to search for her missing brother.

TNT Jackson

1974

Peter Pandesal poster
7.5

Peter, a cute little boy who sells bread for his crippled mother meets Pete, an ex convict that wanted to have a new life.

Peter Pandesal

1976

Bugoy poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bugoy

1979

Mission: Get the Killers on the Loose poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mission: Get the Killers on the Loose

1975

No artwork available
10.0

True to life story of Mayor Patrocinio Gulapa of Maragondon, Cavite who possesses an amulet which deters him from harm. The source of his "anting-anting" is the water in the fish tank, the life of the Mayor is linked to the fish. So, when the fish is seing kissing it is also the same for the Mayor, as well as if the fish is seen dying, there is an imminent danger on the life of the Mayor.

Gulapa

1977

Isa Para sa Lahat, Lahat Para sa Isa poster
7.0

A classic tale of revenge starring Fernando Poe Jr alongside his real-life brothers, Andy, Conrad, and Frederick Poe. Together, four brothers must put their differences aside and band together to avenge the brutal murder of their father by familiar enemies and finally put his memory to rest.

Isa Para sa Lahat, Lahat Para sa Isa

1979

Shadow of the Dragon poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shadow of the Dragon

1973

Ang Lihim ni Rosa Henson sa Buhay ni Kumander Lawin poster
NR

A story about the life of Rosa Henson and Kumander Lawin.

Ang Lihim ni Rosa Henson sa Buhay ni Kumander Lawin

1976

Pagbabalik ng Lawin poster
NR

Young Guiller and his mother were sold as slaves to a rich miner after their ship was captured by armed men who also killed their family patriarch. After Guiller escapes the enslavement and was marooned on an unknown island, he then plots his revenge to regain his family's honor.

Pagbabalik ng Lawin

1975

Tonyong Bayawak poster
8.7

Story of Tonyong Bayawak who was given strong powers but in return turns him into a wild boar whenever he gets angry.

Tonyong Bayawak

1979

Blood and Love on a Piece of Land poster
7.5

The greatest, longest, most expensive film produced in the film history of the Philippines. Five segments with an all-star cast, directed by five directors with a running time of 3 hours and 20 minutes.

Blood and Love on a Piece of Land

1975

Asawa Ko Silang Lahat poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Asawa Ko Silang Lahat

1977

Atlas, Hari, Sota poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Atlas, Hari, Sota

1971

No artwork available
8.5

Tiagong Akyat was one of the most famous outlaws in Philippine history. He terrorized Manila and the nearby provinces in the 1920s. Born Santiago Ronquillo in Imus, Cavite sometime in the late 19th century, Tiagong Akyat got his moniker because he simply entered homes and loot it of its wealth amidst the horrified residents (it should be noted that during the early 20th century, few homes had gates). Legend has it that Tiagong Akyat possessed an amulet that made him invisible. This amulet is called "Tagabulag" in Philippine folklore.Yet, despite Tiagong Akyat's notoriety, there was existing rumors that he was a "Robin Hood" character, helping the poor and looting the rich. In 1923, Manila Chief of Police John Fulton Green received an intelligence report that Tiagong Akyat was seen in Noveleta, Cavite. In cooperation with the Philippine constabulary, Green organized a formidable force to capture Tiagong Akyat, resulting to the kill of the latter.

Hulihin Si Tiagong Akyat

1973

Tatak ng Tundo poster
9.0

Two childhood friends choose different paths in life; one believes in the principle of law and justice and the other believes that only the ruthless survive.

Tatak ng Tundo

1978

Zoom, Zoom, Superman! poster
10.0

A Filipino parody film of DC's Superman in three segments directed by different directors.

Zoom, Zoom, Superman!

1973

The Enforcer and the Pussycats poster
9.0

Tony Ferrer action movie.

The Enforcer and the Pussycats

1977

Kapitan Kulas poster
9.0

A story about Kulas whose land papers were stolen by the Spaniards and he went and got it back, but by doing so made him a wanted man so he left to live in the mountains and became a rebel captain and fought the Spaniards.

Kapitan Kulas

1975

Ang Kampana sa Santa Quiteria poster
7.0

A story about a sergeant held captive by fugitives searching for a treasure hidden in a remote village.

Ang Kampana sa Santa Quiteria

1971

The Eagle and the Sun poster
7.0

The story revolves around themes of justice and revenge, as an honest doctor gets wrongfully accused of a crime. He then crosses paths with a rebel and freedom fighter. The two team up as fugitives on the run, realizing that they must work together if they are to survive.

The Eagle and the Sun

1973

Darna and the Giants poster
10.0

The Filipino superheroine and her little brother Ding must defend their village from alien-controlled giants.

Darna and the Giants

1973

Salaginto't Salagubang poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

Salaginto't Salagubang

1972

1960s · 7 titles