Kean Cipriano

Acting

Kean Cipriano

Kean Edward Uson Cipriano (born June 11, 1987) is a Filipino singer, songwriter, actor, music video director, and musician. He first gained prominence as the lead vocalist of the pop-rock band Callalily, and is the founder of the independent record label O/C Records. As an actor, Cipriano is known for his performances in the acclaimed films Ang Babae sa Septic Tank (2011) and Bar Boys (2017). He has received several accolades throughout his career, including a FAMAS Award, PMPC Star Awards for both music and film, and an Eddys Award.

Acting credits

Bar Boys: After School poster
NR

Set ten years after the events of the first film, the story explores the impact of time on institutions, relationships, and individuals, delivering a poignant yet inspiring tale about the invisible costs of pursuing one's dreams.

Bar Boys: After School

2025

The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin poster
3.0

A soldier who once saved the entire country is assigned to guard a genius child whose intellect is needed to foil the plans of an evil villain.

The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin

2014

Why Your Crush Doesn't Have a Crush on You? poster
5.8

Sandy Veloso is a modern-day ugly duckling who is obsessed with her boyfriend. After being dumped by her beau, Sandy is left to ponder why she feels unwanted. Matters turn worse for Sandy when she gets laid off from the company she is working at.

Why Your Crush Doesn't Have a Crush on You?

2013

Echorsis poster
5.0

A young hustler takes advantage of the love of a gay man, and pays consequences for it in the form of a demonic possession.

Echorsis

2016

The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin poster
5.0

When a civil war in the Philippines breaks out, a gay man born into a military family is forced to enlist in place of his ailing father.

The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin

2011

Kampon poster
7.7

After 8 years of marriage, a childless couple named Clark and Eileen meet a little girl who one day, came knocking at their door claiming to be Clark's child. Despite the unexpected situation, the wife accepts the child and temporarily fosters her while figuring the next steps. Meanwhile, Clark investigates the child's history while Eileen begins to develop an odd and eerie relation with the child.

Kampon

2023

Bar Boys poster
6.3

The misadventures of three young men who try their luck in the college of law. As their friendship, families, relationships and convictions are brought to breaking point, they must keep their heads and emotions together as they prepare for the big day.

Bar Boys

2017

Seven Sundays poster
8.2

The Bonifacio siblings reunite when they find out their father is diagnosed with cancer. In the process, they have to deal with unresolved issues among themselves before it's too late.

Seven Sundays

2017

English Only, Please poster
7.0

A Filipino-American man hires a translator to help translate a letter he wrote for the woman that broke his heart.

English Only, Please

2014

All of You poster
4.3

It’s time to get kilig to the bones with Jennylyn Mercado and Derek Ramsey who play to strangers who met, fell in love fast, and have to decide after three years where their relationship is really going. Will they give up on love or continue to make it last? All of You is sure to make you fall in love over and over again.

All of You

2017

The Woman in the Septic Tank poster
7.1

Cynical filmmakers plan on producing a bleak, independent film dealing with poverty and prostitution in the hopes of scoring free travel to international film festivals.

The Woman in the Septic Tank

2011

Love Is Blind poster
5.2

Wade is a spoiled bachelor, who turns his back on sassy girlfriend Maggie when he meets Fe, a hotel intern who looks so much like his ex-girlfriend. Unknown to Wade, Fe’s secret weapon is a love potion, which transforms her into Maggie’s character every time she and Wade meet.

Love Is Blind

2016

Wish You Were The One poster
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A woman desperately trying to crash a wedding, in hopes of winning back her chef ex, finds luck when a man going to the same wedding is looking for someone to pretend as his fiancée. But when the two pretend to be engaged, even using memories from their past relationships as their history, they find that they may feel something real for each other.

Wish You Were The One

2023

The Reunion poster
3.9

Four young men who were friends in high school reunite several years later to discover that they all have failed professionally and their love lives haven't really gone anywhere. They go on a quest to find and reconnect with their school sweethearts and finally achieve happiness.

The Reunion

2012

Triptych poster
7.3

A yuppie who just got lucky is struck by a string of unlucky circumstances; a male model's life is upended because of evil boils appearing on his body; a folk singer's romantic ideals are put to the test as his beloved slowly changes into something he does not understand. These three funny, sometimes absurd, sometimes terrifying, and ultimately compelling stories make up "Triptiko."

Triptych

2017

The Woman in the Septic Tank 2: #ForeverIsNotEnough poster
6.4

Eugene prepares for her comeback vehicle after a long sabbatical from movie making. Rainier proposes "The Itinerary," a heartbreaking anatomy of a crumbling marriage as told through a couple's trip to Baguio, their former honeymoon location.

The Woman in the Septic Tank 2: #ForeverIsNotEnough

2016

Hindi Sila Tatanda poster
7.5

A group of friends, prompted by the frequent sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects or U.F.O.'s in Zambales in the mid-nineties, decide to take a trip to the province to retrace the legend of the sightings. They then befriend a local, who they presume is their age group, not knowing exactly who or what he is. Little do they know that the local will become the spark that would threaten to ruin the friendship that has already been strained with many things that have been left unsaid.

Hindi Sila Tatanda

2014

That Thing Called Tanga Na poster
5.0

A story about five friends Papa Chui is the eldest among the group and has a boy toy whom he supports financially, more than what he needed. Gerorgette a transsexual who wants to have a child so he can build his own family. Baldo a closet body guard who also has a closet boyfriend. CC the possessive fashion designer who wants to walk the aisle and is friends with Shirley, an event specialist and trying hard singer who has problems with her boyfriend.

That Thing Called Tanga Na

2016

Tumbang Preso poster
NR

A suspense film based on true cases of human trafficking, tells the story of Carlo, a 14-year old boy's daring attempt to escape slavery in a sardines factory.

Tumbang Preso

2014

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NR

The film is about the entangled stories of a group of young people who happen to be in a bar in Puerto Princessa, Palawan on the eve of All Souls' Day. As midnight approaches, we become complicit as each of them takes the challenge of the Pangangaluluwa, a seemingly innocent Palawan tradition of honoring the dead by stealing something from the living. A young guitarist battles with crabs; an Indian guy gets caught in a crossfire; a hot cougar meets her match; Cosplayers battle for road supremacy; a religious woman finds true faith in a strange kiss; and a bartender prepares a drink that results in the most bitter of brews. The movie holds up a mirror to this dark night and bear witness to the inevitable consequences that mark the choices of the young

Madaling Araw Mahabang Gabi

2012

Mano Po 7: Chinoy poster
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It shows the lives and relationship issues among the modern generation of Chinoys and how it isn't as perfect as it seems.

Mano Po 7: Chinoy

2016

Historiographika Errata poster
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A disillusioned and suicidal Rizal, a cross-dressing Bonifacio gripped with paranoia, an ex-Katipunero who joins the US army to save his own neck, and a widow whose sex-for-food errands lead her to become the first ever Makapili. These are the historical mosaics that will form a singular hypothesis as to why we are like this as a people and up to now still reeling from our damaged culture.

Historiographika Errata

2017

Ang Huling Henya poster
6.5

Miri is trapped in her past and this time her whole past comes crashing back into her life: old dead secrets, her dead parents, and even the walking dead. Miris return to Manila only brings her back to more trouble the personal kind. Even as a young girl, Miri believed she is responsible for her parents death and the guilt kept her from building healthy relationships with those around her specially with her younger brother Mark. Miri Alvarez, is one of the best agents of an international group organized to protect scientists and inventors from a tech-grabbing group called The Agency. But Miri is hot headed and refuses to follow orders. In one rescue operation, Miris refusal to follow protocol gets her long-time partner killed. Miri is suspended and sent back to Manila.

Ang Huling Henya

2013

On Vodka, Beers, and Regrets poster
6.0

It follows the story of Jane Pineda, a washed-up actress and former child star whose career hits rock bottom. Struggling to get movie roles and trying to escape from a big scandal, Jane seeks comfort in alcohol. She then meets Francis who’s a vocalist of a band.

On Vodka, Beers, and Regrets

2020