
Acting
Piolo Pascual
Born 1977-01-13 · Manila, Philippines
Piolo Pascual (born Piolo Jose Nonato Pascual on 12 January 1977) is a Filipino actor, recording artist, producer, television personality, and businessman. Pascual began a career in 1993 after landing a bit role in the film The Vizconde Massacre Story (God Help Us!) and made his first television appearance in the youth-oriented talent and variety show, That's Entertainment. He rose to fame after he was chosen as the leading man of Judy Ann Santos in the 1997 classic soap opera, Esperanza. They went on to star in several other television series and films, including Sa Puso Ko, Iingatan Ka (2001-2003), Sa Piling Mo (2006), Bakit 'Di Totoohanin (2001), Till There Was You (2003), and Don't Give Up on Us (2006). In 2002, Pascual starred in the period film Dekada '70 alongside Vilma Santos and Christopher de Leon, which earned him a Best Supporting Actor win at the 2003 PMPC Star Awards for Movies, FAMAS Awards, and Gawad Urian Awards. He won another FAMAS Award for Best Actor for the 2023 horror film Mallari. In 2018, Pascual co-founded independent film company Spring Films with film and television director Joyce Bernal and Erikson Raymundo. Spring Films produced Eugene Domingo's Kimmy Dora movie series and the 2017 sleeper hit Kita Kita, the highest-grossing Philippine independent film.
Acting credits
7.0A mother, who loves watching K-dramas, decides to stop her chemo treatment after losing hope of getting better. Her only dream before dying is to meet her ultimate K-drama idol, who is visiting Manila for a series of events. Her four children agree to work together with the condition that once their mother meets their idol, she will undergo therapy before her time runs out.
Meet, Greet & Bye
2025
8.7Just days before her team's tryouts for the Olympics, dedicated young gymnast Sunshine discovers she is pregnant. Now she must embark on a desperate and risky journey to fight for her dream.
Sunshine
2025
NRThe movie Every Breath U Take is a story of a woman looking for love and a man who doesn’t care much about love. Angelica Panganiban plays the role of Majoy, a “virgin-virginan” looking for signs and waiting all these years for her one true love to come. Piolo Pascual plays the role of Leo, a playboy who doesn’t want to take love seriously. They will meet on a Valentine’s Day and love, or something like it, starts to blossom. How far can Majoy go for love? And when will Leo finally admit to himself that he is in love?
Every Breath U Take
2012
NRSet during the first quarter storm in the 1970s, policemen Homer, Conrad, and Billy are consumed by the murder case of troublemaking teenagers in the slums.
Manila's Finest
2025
7.1As 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
5.7Two unusually close friends share every aspect of their lives together. As their lives evolve, their bond remains the only constant.
My Amanda
2021
NRAndre and Troye orchestrate a wild scheme for a promotion: they force a drag queen named Jonas to impersonate his long-lost straight twin to fool their homophobic father.
Drags to Riches
2026
7.4A powerful and moving historical drama that tells the courageous story of three Filipino Catholic priests: Mariano Gomez, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora.
GomBurZa
2023
8.2Former nightclub singer Tessie is a single mother living with her son Christopher, a teenager who longs to meet his American soldier father. But when Christopher's wish comes true, the reunion is not at all what he expected. Meanwhile, although she has a long history of choosing bad boyfriends, Tessie firmly believes that Danny, a car salesman, is the right man for her.
Batang PX
1997
Relationship problems plague a family of siblings in director Catherine O. Camarillo's multilayered indie drama. Businessman Jimmy is reeling from the shock of being dumped by his fiancee, while his sisters cope with their own romantic woes. Leslie can't decide between two eligible bachelors, Annette nurtures a long-distance love, and housewife Claire can't get pregnant.
Chopsuey
2007
6.0Set in the Philippines during martial law, the film follows the Bartolome family’s struggles over several years.
The '70s
2002
6.4Loving husband Lino is on a mission: his wife, who works as a domestic in Milan, is missing and he's determined to find her. To do so, he enters Italy illegally and takes cover as one of the hundreds of Filipino migrant workers who make their way to Europe.
Milan
2004
10.0In an alternate, contemporary Philippines where the islands were never colonized, the Kingdom of Kalayaan sees a ruler’s favored child kidnapped, leading to a failed rescue and a deadly duel.
The Kingdom
2024
10.0Hukbalahaps in the forests are suddenly terrorized by an "aswang" who seems to be killing them one by one.
Fangs of Darkness
2006
6.4Madmen control Manila in 2034 after massive volcanic eruptions have plunged Southeast Asia into darkness.
The Halt
2019
6.0A story about an aspiring professional singer and a rock singer who collaborates in a song. As they work on their song, they start to develop feelings for each other.
The Breakup Playlist
2015
6.6On The Job is about the ambitions and passions of four men trying to make a living, for themselves and their families. It shows the parallels between two prison inmates who are contract killers, and the two agents of the law investigating the murders. As they get caught in a web of machination of corrupt government officials, their jobs lead them on a head-on collision against each other with their loved ones as collateral damage.
On the Job
2013
7.3Jane, a die-hard fan, wants to win tickets to Billy Fernandez's concert. To do this she must answer the question, "What would you do if it was the end of the world?" In search for this answer she meets different people with different love stories: a 40-year old virgin named Virgie who meets a gigolo named Charles; a hopeless romantic secretary, Barbara who is helping her boss, Ken with "personal issues"; Belle who is in love with her gay best-friend, Butch, an active-executive; Verna who falls in love with a waiter named Elvis in Vietnam; Jomar who is trying to court Ayie with the help of a 35 year old mentally-challenged man named Pipoy; Patty who traces her first love, Alvin to become a model for her company.
24/7 In Love
2012
7.8Jologs portrays the intersecting stories of various working-class people who are all tied to one coffee shop and are struggling to make ends meet in the Philippines.
Jologs
2002
7.8Andrés Bonifacio is celebrated as the father of the Philippines Revolution against Spanish colonial rule. This eight-hour epic examines this myth, undertaking an expedition into history through various interwoven narrative threads, held together by an exploration of the individual’s role in history.
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
2016
8.2A Palanca-winning comedy about gay best friends for life John and Mark whose friendship is put to the test when one of them has a terminal illness and asks the other to help him stage his fake death, wake, and funeral as his dying wish. The result is a laughfest of "deadly" proportions.
Deadma Walking
2017
6.5A whirlwind romance blossoms between Ginny, an architecture student, and Marco, a professor at her university. Over the course of a decade, dreams get bigger and circumstance brings them apart… yet against all odds, they find each other again—will they make the most of this second chance?
Starting Over Again
2014
8.3A dedicated educator caught in the upheaval and needs of the times imparts the basic rudiments of knowledge while being haunted by personal questions that remain unanswered.
Mila
2001
7.1Hesus Resurreccion, a total scaredy cat who lives with his social-climbing aunt and two rowdy cousins, inherits an abandoned mansion. Coincidentally, the said location serves as a portal to the afterlife for the stranded ghosts, and they know that Hesus is "The One" who would open it. If he didn't, the ghosts would turn into cockroaches.
D' Anothers
2005