Yul Servo

Acting

Yul Servo

Born 1977-02-22 · Calumpit, Bulacan, Philippines

John Marvin Cruz Nieto, known professionally as Yul Servo, (born February 22, 1977) is a Filipino actor known for his roles in Batang West Side and Flesh.

Acting credits

Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story poster
3.0

Mobster Asiong Salonga (ER Ejercito) rules the mean streets of Manila with an iron fist—until he is betrayed by a trusted friend. Manila Kingpin is based on the story of the notorious Tondo, Manila, gang leader Nicasio “Asiong” Salonga, whose true-to-life accounts had been portrayed in several movie versions since 1961 (starring Joseph Estrada). It is also the first Filipino major film produced in black-and-white in the 21st century as well as the returning action genre movie. Before the film was shown, Tikoy Aguiluz requested the producers, through his lawyers, that his directorial credits in the film and promotional tools be removed because the final version of the film can no longer be described as his after the producers made a reedit, re-shoot and music mixing without his involvement. He also demanded that he be allowed to make a director's cut of the film.

Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story

2011

Porno poster
5.9

An assassin, a porn dubber and a transgender. Three souls. One explicit illusion. To find the ultimate joy in their empty lives. A safe haven, where passion and love mean humanity, ecstasy means enlightenment; and the soul is the ultimate arbiter of the truth.

Porno

2013

Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors poster
NR

1617, Las Islas Filipinas. The Spanish friar, Padre Enciso, the encomendero of one of the islands in Las Islas Filipinas, rules with unrelenting toughness and insatiable libido to tame the savages.

Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors

2026

Fangs of Darkness poster
10.0

Hukbalahaps in the forests are suddenly terrorized by an "aswang" who seems to be killing them one by one.

Fangs of Darkness

2006

Flesh poster
4.2

A love triangle develops between a man, his wife, and his best friend.

Flesh

2002

Batang West Side poster
7.8

When a Filipino teen is found fatally shot on the streets of New Jersey, the investigation into his death reveals the struggles of the Filipino-American community, including the horrifying effects of methamphetamine on its youth.

Batang West Side

2001

Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess poster
8.0

A wandering peddler suddenly decides to separates from his group of travellers, his reasons are unknown and the dangers will be many.

Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess

2006

El Presidente poster
6.5

The film begins with his capture by Philippine and US forces under Frederick Funston's command in 1901, then flashes back to 1886, when an old woman gives Aguinaldo and his childhood friend Candido Tirona cryptic prophecies. Ten years later, Aguinaldo is inducted into the Katipunan and later assumes leadership of its Cavite chapter while becoming mayor of Cavite El Viejo. When the trouble breaks out in Manila in late August 1896, Aguinaldo tries to assure the Spanish provincial government of non-interference and covertly marshals his forces despite a lack of weapons. Learning that the Spanish mostly put their forces in Manila, Aguinaldo finally mobilizes his troops and take the command of the Katipunan forces in Cavite

El Presidente

2012

Beneath the Cogon poster
7.0

Sam is a former soldier who unintentionally gets disturb in a robbery gone wrong. Escaping with the bag of stolen loot, he hides inside an abandoned mansion where he meets the mysterious young woman Latia. They begin a passionate and blazing affair even as the crime kingpin Johnny B and his armed men launch a desperate search for the money.

Beneath the Cogon

2005

Destierro poster
4.0

Leo and Marie are having marital problems because the woman is spending too much time with her pet dogs. This prompts Leo, the art director of ad agency, to have a one-night stand. Marie then confronts her husband about his infidelity and plots her own revenge. Another couple experiencing marital problems featured in the movie is composed of Gabby and Rita. The husband has to deal with premature ejaculation but Rita doesn't mind at all. That is until she meets the very aggressive Gaston (a married meat vendor) who awakens her appetite for lust and forbidden passion.

Destierro

2008

Hindi Tao Hindi Hayop poster
NR

The lives of a matriarch, her two sons, and her niece are never the same again as they come to terms with an indiscretion in the family. A pivotal decision is made and a downward spiral ensues wherein the outcome can be no less than earth-shattering.

Hindi Tao Hindi Hayop

2013

Brutus: Ang Paglalakbay poster
10.0

Shot in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines, Brutus follows two kids smuggling logs from the mountains. It is about the journey that opens their eyes to a 'world' that is ruled by greed and torn by the political conflicts.

Brutus: Ang Paglalakbay

2008

CTRL-F-ESC poster
NR

Angelo seeks the easiest solution for his problem, which is to find an escape from his exhausting life journey caused by academic pressure, peers, and his toxic environment.

CTRL-F-ESC

2023

Kiko, the Boxer poster
10.0

Kiko, an 11-year-old boy left aimlessly alone with his nanny after the recent death of his mother, rekindles a long lost relationship with his father in an attempt to find a new lease on life.

Kiko, the Boxer

2017

Bahay Bata poster
NR

Sarah is a nurse at a Public Maternity Hospital. The hospital is abuzz with pregnant mothers of all shapes and sizes in different stages of labor. The hospital is short on staff on Christmas Day so Sarah is forced to put in a double shift. Sarah observes the women coming and going in her ward, noting who is a first-timer and who is a veteran. Meanwhile, the wards are overcrowded : two women and their babies sharing single beds while those in labor are spilling unto the hallways. Sarah takes these all in stride, her heart and mind laboring over her own personal pains.

Bahay Bata

2011

Whistleblower poster
NR

Inspired by the much-publicized travails of Benhur Luy and Janet Lim Napoles, the film opens with a police operation that leads to the recovery of a certain Zeny Roblado who has been unduly detained by her boss Lorna Valera. From there, Zeny spills whatever she knows of Lorna's shady operations to Teresa, a journalist.

Whistleblower

2016

Pa-siyam poster
7.5

After their mother's death, her adult children gather in their family home to respect the funereal rite of "pa-siyam." Although they had originally thought she died of natural causes, they soon realize that a dark force in the home may have played a part in her demise.

Pa-siyam

2004

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

Ilusyon poster
1.0

Set in Philippine post-American colonialist era, where the American influence was still apparent, Ilusyon tells the story of Miguel, a young man from the countryside, who decides to visit his father, Pablo, a Modernist painter in Manila. Upon his arrival, he discovers that his father has decided to leave for the province but he opted to stay in Manila for a vacation. One day, he meets Stella, a nude model originally scheduled to pose for Miguel's father. Struck by her beauty, Miguel does the unthinkable - he pretends to be his father the painter. Developing a relationship based on a lie, things turn for the worse as Stella begets a strange skin disease that turns off Miguel. Surrounded by strange characters - a talking cow, a talkative mailman and a nosy landlady - Miguel is driven into a frenzy realization about beauty, lust, love and being true to oneself. An ambiguous ending underlines the surreal tone of the film.

Ilusyon

2005

Dementia poster
5.0

A woman who cannot remember begins to see ghosts of the past.

Dementia

2014

No artwork available
NR

A wounded activist ends up in a toilet and meets two members of the oppressed masses whose only reality is living on toilet fees.

Piso Dalawang Piso

2002

Alamat ni China Doll poster
8.0

A journalist investigates a woman with the name of China Doll. Soon, he discovers his knowledge of her turns out to be dangerous.

Alamat ni China Doll

2013

Kamoteng Kahoy poster
NR

A story which happened in a small town in Bohol in 2005. Twenty one pupils died and almost a hundred were hospitalized after eating cassava cakes sold by an old woman, who might have accidentally used pesticide in her ingredients.

Kamoteng Kahoy

2009

Bawat Sandali poster
NR

Two lonely people meet under unusual circumstances. Was it destiny or mere chance that brought them together? After their love affair ends in tragedy, the answer to that question would forever remain a mystery -- unsolved by the man and unresolved by the woman.

Bawat Sandali

2014