JC Santos

Acting

JC Santos

Born 1988-11-19 · Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines

John Carlo Abrugar Santos (born on 19 November 1988) is a Filipino film, television, and theater actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Esprit de Corps (2014), 100 Poems for Stella (2017), The Day After Valentine's (2018), On Vodka, Beers, and Regrets (2020), and Mallari (2023).

Acting credits

Scarecrow poster
6.3

As a family clashes over their late father's land, an eerie painting appears and releases something sinister during the nine-day funeral ritual.

Scarecrow

2025

Quezon poster
8.5

A historical drama focusing on Manuel L. Quezon years after the Philippine Revolution during the American occupation. When his fight for independence from the United States is put to the test, Quezon finds himself playing the brutal game of politics to outmaneuver his rivals — including Leonard Wood, Sergio Osmeña, and Joven Hernando. In Quezon’s relentless quest for power, he ultimately faces off with Emilio Aguinaldo in the 1935 presidential elections, using charm and favoritism as both weapons and currency, in a campaign that ultimately changes the face of Philippine politics and history.

Quezon

2025

Tayo Muna Habang Hindi Pa Tayo poster
NR

A soft boy. A strong girl. Tayo Muna Habang Hindi Pa Tayo is a love story that comes close but not far enough. When Alex DTR-ed and found out that Carlo is not ready to commit to a relationship, Alex must ask herself if love can survive without commitment.

Tayo Muna Habang Hindi Pa Tayo

2019

I Wish You Had Told Me poster
5.1

When a young missionary uncovers his late father's long-held secret, he travels from the Philippines to Spain in search of his dad's forbidden love.

I Wish You Had Told Me

2025

Mr. & Mrs. Cruz poster
7.3

The story of Raffy and Gela who find themselves taking off for Palawan to escape the not so great realities of their current lives and catch up on their respective me-time. But as fate would have it, they find themselves meeting and enjoying each other's company.

Mr. & Mrs. Cruz

2018

Mallari poster
7.1

As Father Severino Mallari, a 19th century priest during the Spanish occupation, descends into madness, his life and work as a parish priest in Pampanga is recounted, where he reportedly murdered 57 people to aid his ailing mother.

Mallari

2023

Alter Me poster
3.7

To better connect with other people - and her own emotions - Aimee, an HR manager, seeks the mentorship of Uno, a coveted escort, who soon opens her heart.

Alter Me

2020

Paglipay poster
NR

An Aeta from Baytan village in Zambales makes a living from cutting down and burning of trees and hunting on the foothills of Mt. Pinatubo.

Paglipay

2016

Lam-Ang: An Ethno-Epic Musical poster
NR

Lam-ang is an ethno-epic musical that re-imagines and reinterprets Biag ni Lam-ang, the oldest among the folk epics of Luzon. This play, which aims to rediscover a significant portion of Philippine culture and heritage, is inspired by the published Ilocano version of Isabelo delos Reyes and Tagalog translations of Angel Acacio and Ariel Tabag.

Lam-Ang: An Ethno-Epic Musical

2019

Tahan poster
4.2

When Elise falls in love, she decides to stop being an escort. But her manipulative mother won’t let her and would make her life more chaotic.

Tahan

2022

Broken poster
NR

The film follows the story a man who travels to Saga to expand his pottery business in the Philippines, then falls in love with a Japanese woman who is the heiress of a flourishing pottery factory.

Broken

2020

Esprit de Corps poster
5.3

Many have been aspiring for the position of Major Mac Favila, who is every cadet's ideal officer considering he is sharp, snappy, witty, and most of all, the most masculine among the school's many officers. Private Abel Sarmiento, who was abused when he was a child and Cain Fujika, a Filipino-Japanese whose mother worked abroad as a japayuki are the top contenders for his position.

Esprit de Corps

2014

The Woman and the Gun poster
6.0

A department store saleslady has had enough of being an underdog. One night, she discovers a peculiar-looking gun right on her doorstep. Her life drastically changes as she discovers how much power owning a gun can give her.

The Woman and the Gun

2019

Miracle in Cell No. 7 poster
7.2

Joselito is a mentally-challenged man who is wrongfully charged with sexually assaulting and murdering a little girl. In prison, he becomes friends with his fellow inmates and together they form a plan to smuggle his young daughter inside the cell! Years after, his daughter becomes a lawyer and is determined to prove her father's innocence.

Miracle in Cell No. 7

2019

100 Poems for Stella poster
7.1

Throughout his four years in college, Fidel, a stuttering student, tries to finish 100 poems dedicated to Stella, an aspiring but frustrated rock star, to win her heart.

100 Poems for Stella

2017

Missed Connections poster
5.3

After an unforgettable encounter, a hopeless romantic turns to an app to seek out a man she just met — but is he really what she's looking for?

Missed Connections

2023

Motel Acacia poster
4.3

In the cold west, Motel Acacia is tasked with exterminating immigrants by the government through a BED, haunted with the spirit of a Filipino tree demon, that eats men and impregnates women. A young Filipino man, JC, is groomed by his tyrannical caucasian Father to take over the business.

Motel Acacia

2020

Jay poster
5.3

Jay is the name of the two protagonists in the film, one is living, the other dead. The living Jay is producing a documentary of the dead Jay, a gay teacher who was brutally killed. As Jay recreates and examines the life of his subject, his own life is affected when he unravels his subject's hidden life and secret love.

Jay

2008

100 Songs for Stella poster
4.5

A ghostwritten song leads to a reunion between Stella and Fidel after several years — but old wounds and insecurities threaten their chance to find love.

100 Songs for Stella

2025

Adarna Gang poster
6.0

Alluding to the lore of Ibong Adarna. Seeking justice, Adriana vows to take revenge on the family that killed her father her target: the patriarch, and his three sons Juan, Diego, and Pedro.

Adarna Gang

2022

Follow poster
6.9

A woman is desperate to find the cure to her daughter's illness. She takes a job at a call center, only to be haunted by the ghost in it.

Follow

2019

Open poster
5.9

Rome and Ethan have been together for 14 years. He is the love of her life, and she is his number one supporter. They are each other's firsts, and to their friends, they are the perfect couple. When the two begin to feel that their relationship has gone stale, they explore the idea of going open. It's something Ethan wants to do and it's the only way Rome feels she can do to keep her man. They agree that they are allowed to have sex with strangers, but they are not allowed to fall in love. In a relationship built over time, the two begin to "explore" expecting to salvage the exact same thing they are giving up. In the end, they learn the importance of the very thing that they have been blind to–a relationship without trust will eventually crumble.

Open

2019

In Case They Don't Arrive poster
7.8

A series of mysterious hand-illustrated postcards take a young woman on a journey throughout the Philippines in search of its anonymous writer.

In Case They Don't Arrive

2016

The Janitor poster
5.8

Crisanto Espina, a cop on suspension and under investigation, is tasked to eliminate the suspects involved in a bank robbery/massacre that shocked the whole nation.

The Janitor

2014