Acting
Christian Bables
Born
1992-12-06 (33)
Place of birth
Bacoor, Cavite, Philippines
Known for
Acting
Credits
28 titles
Christian Mercurio Bables is a Filipino actor and model. He was declared Best Leading Actor at the 5th Hanoi International Film Festival for his character "Intoy" in Signal Rock (2018). He was also given a Best Supporting Actor Award at the Gawad Urian for his transwoman character "Barbs" in Die Beautiful (2016).
Known for
6.6To exact vengeance, a young woman infiltrates the household of an influential family as a housemaid to expose their dirty secrets. However, love will get in the way of her revenge plot.
Dirty Linen
2023
10.0Childhood lovers Jacky and Lino meet after being apart for several years. However, now married to different people, the two must choose whether to fight to be together again or be true to the promise made to their spouses.
Halik
2018
5.2When fragments of a green crystal scatter in the city and turn people into destructive monsters, Narda embraces her destiny as Darna—the mighty protector of the powerful stone from Planet Marte.
Mars Ravelo's Darna
2022
NRTwo estranged families reunite at the reopening of Hotel 88, until the former best friends behind it are found dead. Forced to share the inheritance, their children uncover buried secrets and the truth behind their fathers' mysterious deaths.
The Secrets of Hotel 88
2026
NRa Philippine television reality competition show broadcast by ABS-CBN and Kapamilya Channel. Based on the Spanish television series Your Face Sounds Familiar.
Your Face Sounds Familiar
2015
10.0Anna, an elementary school teacher, discovers that her student Grace is a victim of abuse. Driven by maternal instinct, Anna abducts Grace to protect her and assumes the role of a mother. As they bond amid threats from the authorities and Grace's abusive mother, Anna confronts her painful past, realizing that she needs healing as much as Grace does.
Saving Grace
2024
Film credits
2020s · 8 titles
NR1617, Las Islas Filipinas. The Spanish friar, Father Enciso, the encomendero of one of the islands, rules with unrelenting toughness and an insatiable libido to tame the savages.
Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors
2026
6.4A widowed billionaire's ten mistresses fight tooth and nail to become his new legal wife. But when he suddenly turns up dead, all ten women end up being prime suspects.
Ten Little Mistresses
2023
2.0A hoodlum and his gay brother rob a construction firm to fund their guardian's kidney transplant.
Bekis on the Run
2021
5.6A gay beautician is determined to clear his name after learning he's included in a drug watchlist.
Big Night!
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
4.5Dali's life, a make-up artist and fashion designer, is happy and gay. But when he falls in love... Surprise! He's straight!
I Love You, Beksman
2022
7.0Two broke best friends unexpectedly find themselves in the center of attention after pretending to be lovers at their school reunion. However, an old flame threatens to tear them apart.
Becky and Badette
2023
NRFive brokenhearted LGBTQ individuals will be given a chance to heal in the most beautiful places, and there’s a million-peso prize at the end. Can they stay single and prove to everyone that their lives will still go on? Or will their hearts open up to loving once more?
Broken Hearts Trip
2023
2010s · 8 titles
6.3Trisha, a Filipino transgender woman, suddenly dies while being crowned in a beauty pageant. Her last wish was to be presented as a different celebrity on each night of her wake, but her conservative father wants to bury her as a man.
Die Beautiful
2016
NRTwo childhood friends who promised to love each other through thick and thin, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer. Something happens to my character Tonton he dies and resurrects just to fulfill the promise he made to Gwen.
I Love You to Death
2016
NRIt tells the story of Calix, the chef of an upscale Filipino restaurant, who crosses path with Val, a food blogger and aspiring magazine editor.
Recipe For Love
2018
6.0Intoy was left to take care of his parents when his sister Vicky leaves to work overseas. Eventually, like many women in the island, Vicky married a foreigner thinking it will solve all her family’s problems. Living in a remote area, Intoy can only get in touch with his sister by scrambling atop strange rock formations on the island.
Signal Rock
2018
6.9To save her family from being homeless and her father suffering from a heart condition, Mayen desperately agrees to take the offer of a Chinese matchmaker for a huge amount of money. In exchange, Mayen must submit herself as a Ghost Bride to a wealthy but dead Chinese man. This deal, however, happens to be a deadly curse when the deceased groom's ghost becomes jealous and possessive of Mayen.
The Ghost Bride
2017
4.7Three gay sons are called back by their estranged and terminally ill father and given an offer they can't refuse: a ₱300 million inheritance in exchange for each of them giving him a grandchild.
The Panti Sisters
2019
6.2Aprilyn who is left by his groom on the day of their wedding becomes viral online. Devastated, she meets Raffy who works at a PR agency hired by the father of the groom who will help her move on.
Finally Found Someone
2017
4.0Is intimacy limited only to the physical? Two lovers discover the word's real meaning when a difficult setback befalls one of them.
A Love Story in the Time of HIV
2018
Series credits
6.6To exact vengeance, a young woman infiltrates the household of an influential family as a housemaid to expose their dirty secrets. However, love will get in the way of her revenge plot.
Dirty Linen
2023
10.0Childhood lovers Jacky and Lino meet after being apart for several years. However, now married to different people, the two must choose whether to fight to be together again or be true to the promise made to their spouses.
Halik
2018
5.2When fragments of a green crystal scatter in the city and turn people into destructive monsters, Narda embraces her destiny as Darna—the mighty protector of the powerful stone from Planet Marte.
Mars Ravelo's Darna
2022
5.2When fragments of a green crystal scatter in the city and turn people into destructive monsters, Narda embraces her destiny as Darna—the mighty protector of the powerful stone from Planet Marte.
Mars Ravelo's Darna
2022
5.2When fragments of a green crystal scatter in the city and turn people into destructive monsters, Narda embraces her destiny as Darna—the mighty protector of the powerful stone from Planet Marte.
Mars Ravelo's Darna
2022
NRTwo estranged families reunite at the reopening of Hotel 88, until the former best friends behind it are found dead. Forced to share the inheritance, their children uncover buried secrets and the truth behind their fathers' mysterious deaths.
The Secrets of Hotel 88
2026
NRa Philippine television reality competition show broadcast by ABS-CBN and Kapamilya Channel. Based on the Spanish television series Your Face Sounds Familiar.
Your Face Sounds Familiar
2015
10.0Anna, an elementary school teacher, discovers that her student Grace is a victim of abuse. Driven by maternal instinct, Anna abducts Grace to protect her and assumes the role of a mother. As they bond amid threats from the authorities and Grace's abusive mother, Anna confronts her painful past, realizing that she needs healing as much as Grace does.
Saving Grace
2024
NRKuan on One is a Philippine digital talk show by ABS-CBN Studios. Hosted by Melai Cantiveros-Francisco, it premiered on YouTube and iWant on July 2, 2024. It has been recognized as the first mainstream talk show in the Cebuano language.
Kuan On One
2024
NRWanting to save her family's home and drag comedy bar from repossession, a cisgender woman joins the country's most prestigious drag competition. However, complications arise when she falls for her fiercest rival.
Drag You & Me
2023