Leo Martinez

Acting

Leo Martinez

Born

1945-03-07 (81)

Known for

Acting

Credits

76 titles

Known for his Batangueno accent, Leo Martinez is an actor, director, and comedian whose career in the entertainment landscape spanned more than 50 years.

Known for

Sugo poster
7.5

The battle starts during the Spanish era when Apo Abukay (Gardo Versoza) wants to gain power as he plans to dominate the world. He then failed to fulfill his plans after Conde Vergonze killed him. After his death, his cursed soul remains. Many years later, during the 1980s, Karag-ayan Amelia (Lorna Tolentino) and the Binhi-lan Rodolfo (Jestoni Alarcon) fall in love with each other. Amelia gives birth to twin boys. The two are raised separately, not knowing that the other exists. Miguel (the son of light) is kind, good-hearted and lives a modest life; the other, Amante (the seed of darkness) is raised with hate and rage, but with riches and power.

Sugo

2005

MariMar poster
6.2

MariMar is a Filipino drama series previously being broadcast in GMA Network, starring Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes. Though a remake-adaptation of a Mexican telenovela the setting and some of the storylines were altered. Directed by Joyce E. Bernal and Mac Alejandre, the series premiered on August 13, 2007 and ended on March 14, 2008. It was aired internationally with a one week delay on GMA Pinoy TV, which became a huge success to Filipino viewers abroad. The series also aired in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Cambodia, Uganda and in the United States And on Fil-Am Digital TV Network.

MariMar

2007

Dear Uge poster
NR

Urbana Genoveva Esperanza hosts a web show titled as Dear Uge where she features love stories. In the show, she also have a feeling charming sidekick, Devine.

Dear Uge

2016

Almost Paradise poster
7.1

A former DEA agent forced into early retirement runs a gift shop in in the Philippines. Despite his best efforts to begin a tranquil new life, he’s pulled back into a world of dangerous people and deadly situations, either through his friends in the local police department or running into people from his old life. And the problem is: he likes it.

Almost Paradise

2020

Sisid poster
NR

Sisid is a Philippine underwater action drama directed by Ricky Davao for GMA Network. It premiered on May 30, 2011, starring Jackie Rice, JC Tiuseco and Dominic Roco.

Sisid

2011

Zorro poster
7.2

Zorro is a 2009 Philippine television series produced by GMA Network. It is an adaptation of the Zorro property created by Johnston McCulley, initially based on the novella The Curse of Capistrano. It stars Richard Gutierrez and Rhian Ramos. The series began airing on March 23, 2009.

Zorro

2009

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 16 titles

Goyo: The Boy General poster
7.0

With this film (the second war trilogy set during the Filipino-American war in the early 1900s), the revolution marches on against the Americans after the bloody death of General Antonio Luna. The conflicted philosophies behind the heroic struggle continue and become personified in the colorful character of General Gregorio "Goyo" del Pilar.

Goyo: The Boy General

2018

Heneral Luna poster
7.7

Set during the Philippine-American War, a short-tempered Philippine Revolutionary Army general faces an enemy more formidable than the American army: his own treacherous countrymen.

Heneral Luna

2015

Sexual Tension: Volatile poster
6.1

A pulsating, thrill ride that weaves six scintillating experiences of men in various forms of male bonding, Sexual Tension: Volatile will leave you wanting more! A young man feels the adrenaline rush of his sexy tattooist’s needle in ‘Ari’ while in ‘The Cousin,’ a cute boy has a taboo attraction for a family member. Two ‘straight’ buddies literally show, each other, how to make love to a woman in ‘The Other One,’ while a man with ‘Broken Arms’ receives a sensual sponge bath from a male nurse. ‘Love’ is questionable when a broken shower brings a married man and an innkeeper together and in ‘Workout’ two muscular men begin to explore each other chiseled bodies. Voyeuristic pleasures await you as the camera penetrates and caresses the men’s bodies while exploring the mysterious and electrifying nature of male intimacy.

Sexual Tension: Volatile

2012

Damaso poster
NR

A musical film protraying Padre Damaso, Jose Rizal's famous villain in his book 'Noli Me Tangere.

Damaso

2019

Working Beks poster
2.6

Five gay men from different walks of life are confronted with important choices that could change everything for them.

Working Beks

2016

The Last Pinoy Action King poster
5.0

An intimate and often heartbreaking portrait of one of the Philippines' most beloved screen icons.

The Last Pinoy Action King

2015

Ulan poster
5.3

In this coming-of-age-film about self-love, Maya is a girl who has always held a pessimistic view of the rain, reminding her of failed love and other depressing things. Will the rain ever stop her in her journey to overcome past heartaches?

Ulan

2019

Boy Golden: Shoot-To-Kill poster
6.0

The film is very, very loosely based on the life of Arturo Porcuna (Jeorge Estregan). Once upon a time, he was known as Boy Anino, notorious leader of the Bahala Na gang. But rival gangster Tony Razon (John Estrada) attacked him in his home, leaving his entire gang and his family dead in the ruins. But Porcuna survived, and now he returns under a new alias, Boy Golden, and he seeks revenge against those that did him wrong. Along the way, he meets Marla D (KC Concepcion), a dancer who also has a bone to pick with Razon. Together, the two carry out a dangerous plan to take on Manila’s toughest gangsters.

Boy Golden: Shoot-To-Kill

2013

Tuhog poster
6.0

Due to a road rage incident between two buses, an accident occurs which puts the lives of its passengers in jeopardy. But the ones greatly affected by such event are a middle-aged woman named Fiesta, an old and retired family patriarch Tonio, and a lad named Caloy. These three people are pierced through a single steel bar – a dangerous situation that even their doctors find hard to solve. But even before this unfortunate circumstance, these three have their share of ill-fated lives.

Tuhog

2013

On the Job poster
6.6

On 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

No artwork available
NR

"Faith, Love, Time, and Dr. Lazaro," "Tata Selo," and "Sandaang Damit;" three short stories written by three multi-awarded Filipino fiction writers, Gregorio Brillantes, Rogelio Sicat, and Fanny Garcia, transformed into three short films.

Three

2014

Sta. Niña poster
5.0

When Paulino Mungcal and his co-worker in a lahar-filled quarry unexpectedly dig up the remains of his 2-year daughter Marikit, they discover that she showed no signs of decay. Could this be a miracle, and could she -- despite death – cure the sick? Inspired by whatever healing power the deceased child may have, Pol asks the church to declare her a saint. But how, when her resurgence stirs up emotions buried by time, and shores up questions about pure love, guilt, sin and salvation?

Sta. Niña

2012

Si Tokhang at ang Tropang Buang poster
NR

The story revolves around a hermit named Tokhang. People ridicule her because of her eerie look and scary demeanor. As a bearer of bad tidings, she manages to expose and criticize the foolishness and corruption of the people around her and the society in which they lived in.

Si Tokhang at ang Tropang Buang

2017

Breakaway poster
NR

Robert Lim, a struggling traveling salesman and devoted single father, takes his young son to a mall for a weekend treat. Turning his back for just a minute, he realizes that his boy has disappeared. Surveillance footage shows his son being led away by an older child. When the police fail to find him, Robert takes to the back streets of Manila, uncovering the dark underworld of human trafficking.

Breakaway

2012

Across The Crescent Moon poster
3.7

The story revolves around a SAF exemplary Agent, Abbas Misani a Muslim who is married to Emma, whose parents with strict Christian upbringing would not accept both Abbas and Emma to their family.

Across The Crescent Moon

2017

So It's You poster
NR

A pair of broken-hearted people meet and begin a relationship, but their painful pasts hang over their romance.

So It's You

2014

2000s · 7 titles

Love on Line (LOL) poster
6.0

Love Online (LOL) is a modern comedy featuring the story of Samson and Lily, two individuals with different cultural backgrounds who managed to forge a connection through the Internet.

Love on Line (LOL)

2009

Nobody Nobody But Juan poster
NR

A story of a U.S.-based senior citizen named Juan who lives in a senior citizens' home run by his son and daughter-in-law. Juan's favorite pastime is watching Wowowee on The Filipino Channel, though he does not watch the show just for entertainment's sake. Aside from wanting to connect with the Philippines that he dearly misses, Juan is lonesome for his first love Aida, with whom he lost touch during the Japanese occupation of Manila. Wowowee is Juan's way of coping with homesickness and reliving the past.

Nobody Nobody But Juan

2009

Ang M.O.N.A.Y ni Mr. Shooli poster
NR

A 2007 Filipino satire written and directed by Jun Urbano

Ang M.O.N.A.Y ni Mr. Shooli

2007

Mana-mana Tiba-tiba poster
10.0

Don Segundo concedes he's been a scoundrel all his life that he is expecting no one to attend his wake. His last will and testament therefore states that he will give P100 million pesos each to the first two people who will sign the official guest book in his wake.

Mana-mana Tiba-tiba

2000

Baler poster
6.5

In 1898, a band of Spanish soldiers heroically defended Baler against Filipino forces for 337 long and grueling days. The battle, now referred to as the Siege of Baler, is the setting of a forbidden love between a Mestizo soldier and a Filipina lass who lived at the end of the 19th century.

Baler

2008

Yaya & Angelina: The Spoiled Brat Movie poster
6.5

Angelina is a 7 year old brilliant and talented girl who is spoiled and a bully. Her first yaya (nanny) was hospitalized because of the girl's disobedience (A fire happened before she was hospitalized. Angelina was the cause of the fire because her yaya tried to teach her how to grill). Her parents decided to find her another yaya which would fit for her attitude.

Yaya & Angelina: The Spoiled Brat Movie

2009

Wapakman poster
2.8

Wapakman is a Philippine superhero film directed by Topel Lee and starring eight-division world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao.

Wapakman

2009

1990s · 19 titles

Weder-weder lang 'yan poster
9.0

Arrogant Don Emilio is a rich man who have maids, a private nurse Nikki, and later a sexy, personal secretary Susie at his disposal. He has two brothers, Dodong and Egay who have sinister thoughts on him, as they want his riches. After some slapstick mishaps and when the Don seemingly went bankrupt, he left his mansion to live with the two but experiences unfair treatment. He ended up living with his stepbrother Edwin in the slum, but his arrogance and his annoying cohorts resulted to differences with Edwin and his girlfriend Girlie. Unbeknown to them, Don Emilio is actually playing a scheme of his own to determine which brother really cares for him the most.

Weder-weder lang 'yan

1999

Indecent Professor poster
NR

Comedy Icon Leo Martinez stars as a handsome professor with unusual teaching methods that gets accused of sexual harassment. Also starring Sexy Actress Amanda Page and Marjorie Baretto.

Indecent Professor

1995

Ala Eh con Bisoy, Hale Hale Hoy! poster
7.5

Bill and Clinton, are garbage collectors who struggle to finance their daily needs from their job; yet Clinton’s soft heart could not help but adopt more homeless children. Bill, who is totally against of his brother extreme charitableness always ends up accepting the children in their congested tiny home. Now Clinton finds another homeless child named Ana. As expected Bill disproves of having additional mouths to feed as they barely make ends meet. But the adorable Ana charms them both by her wit thus she ends up living with her new family. But Bill and Clinton get to discover that Ana is not just another ordinary orphan kid when a group of harmful goons start to go after them. They get to learn that Ana manages to sneak away from her abductors one of which is her stepfather Jack and the latter’s real lover Rose.

Ala Eh con Bisoy, Hale Hale Hoy!

1998

Kakampi Ko Ang Diyos poster
10.0

Kakampi ko ang Diyos ... USING A RELIGIOUS STATURE TO DEFEND HIMSELF, AN EX-SOLDIER AND INTELLIGENCE AGENT GETS TRAPPED IN A CONSPIRACY INVOLVING.

Kakampi Ko Ang Diyos

1990

Strict ang Peyrents Ko poster
7.0

Amanda page stars as the tightly guarded daughter of a zany but loving couple. Played by Chiquito and Elizabeth Ramsey in this comedy of errors. She can't go out on dates, she can't attend parties, and even if she's allowed to, her parents have to go along. Then she meets the man of her dreams, played in the movie by. Gary Estrada, and when he starts to court her, her overprotective parents come running to guard her. Will she be able to pull the trick that will keep her parents from aborting the romance of her lifetime?

Strict ang Peyrents Ko

1997

Trabaho lang dear, walang personalan poster
8.0

A beautiful girl from the province has dreams of showbiz and answers an ad to become a carnival performer. When seduced by her playboy coworker, her parents force them to marry. Starring comedy legend Leo Martinez and sexy actress Amanda Page.

Trabaho lang dear, walang personalan

1997

Gagay: Prinsesa ng Brownout poster
6.0

Gagay (Gelli de Belen) and her family are gathering woods which they make into coal. Though they were poor, they already saw some improvement in their lives. This is the Cinderella story for the brown-out plagued generation of this country.

Gagay: Prinsesa ng Brownout

1993

SPO1 Don Juan: Da Dancing Policeman poster
7.0

SPO1 Don Juan, a traffic policeman blessed with "exceptional" talent in marksmanship and dancing was dismissed after being framed in a bank robbery. As such he was forced to take other jobs that will lead him to different misadventures.

SPO1 Don Juan: Da Dancing Policeman

1996

Alyas Pogi 2 poster
8.0

A 1992 Filipino film starring Bong Revilla, Rita Avila, Charito Solis, and Jay Ilagan.

Alyas Pogi 2

1992

Dr. X on the Air poster
3.8

Joe de Liryo hosts the radio show "Dr. X" where he gives advice to sexually troubled women. However, when the wife of a colonel calls him, Joe must run for his life.

Dr. X on the Air

1998

Teacher... Teacher I Love You poster
NR

Raul Portugis (Redford White) is a physics professor from Antique province who had relocated to Manila and became a witness to a crime. This, plus the experience of handling a difficult class and being a newcomer in the city, results in one of the most humiliating chapters in his life. The soul of the slain teacher Jeffrey (Richard Reynoso) will inhibit his body to use him to solve the crime of his murder and bring the murderer to justice while he teaches the class he left.

Teacher... Teacher I Love You

1993

Ang Pagbabalik ni Pedro Penduko poster
9.0

Third adaptation of the tale of Pedro Penduko

Ang Pagbabalik ni Pedro Penduko

1994

No artwork available
9.0

The comedic duo returns as the crime-solving detectives who solve the mysterious cases that bother the concerned people.

Buddy en Sol: Praybeyt Depektibs

1993

Muling Ibalik ang Tamis ng Pag-ibig poster
9.0

Millet hired Jay, who pretended to be a gay, as as her pseudo-husband in order to avoid a fixed marriage which she totally opposes to. Together, Millet and Jay presented themselves as a newly-wed couple in Millet’s family in Paete, Laguna. In the long run, Jay and Millet started to really fall for each other. However, Millet learns about Jay’s faked sexual orientation and his initial intention why he took the offer which is to earn money to finance his dreams of flying away from the Philippines all the way to Japan. This is a tale of true love between two ambitious persons, which started out from chains of lies and deception. In the end the main characters will be given the chance to express their ulterior motives.

Muling Ibalik ang Tamis ng Pag-ibig

1998

Pinagbiyak Na Bunga: Lookalayk poster
9.0

The resemblance between Urot (Andrew E) and Berto (Chiquito) is undeniable that people cannot help but think that they are related to each other. Out of their need to survive they would get into desperate acts like donating blood. One day, Urot bumped into Dorie (Nida Blanca), a prosperous business woman with a generous heart. She hired him to work as a janitor in her office. And just when they were in search of an image model, Urot was looked at and considered.Little did they know that the career opportunity would open a lot of doors for him, including discovering his true identity as well as his roots. - Written by ledster

Pinagbiyak Na Bunga: Lookalayk

1994

Buddy en Sol: Sine Ito poster
8.3

First met when they were duped by an illegal recruiter, Buddy and Sol join forces to solve a mystery that happened inside the house of the former's girlfriend.

Buddy en Sol: Sine Ito

1991

Ober Da Bakod: The Movie poster
7.0

A comedy about two feuding families. Unable to cope, one family decides to move the America. Their plane crashes, depositing them on an island. The other family, however, become stranded on the same island when their boat crashes.

Ober Da Bakod: The Movie

1994

Lazy Juan and Mr. Shooli in Mongolian Barbecue: The Movie poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lazy Juan and Mr. Shooli in Mongolian Barbecue: The Movie

1991

Sam & Miguel (Your Basura, No Problema) poster
6.0

Sam and Miguel are your typical come-what-may laborers, collecting garbage in flashy subdivisions. In their workplace, they get maltreated by two of their co-workers, sometimes getting them into trouble.

Sam & Miguel (Your Basura, No Problema)

1992

1980s · 9 titles

Sweet Revenge poster
3.7

Nancy Allen plays an investigative news reporter Jillian Gray, who, along with her daughter is kidnapped by white slave king Cicero, after getting too close with her investigation. Now that she has escaped, she seeks revenge on Ciero

Sweet Revenge

1987

Unfaithful Wife poster
4.2

Fidel tries to resume a normal life after the devastation wrought by his wife's death. He returns to his old friend Crispin and his wife Irene. A tentative effort with another woman fails, and Fidel finds himself in Irene's arms. That same evening, a young girl is brutally murdered. Fidel, unable to account for his whereabouts, is named the principal suspect, which later leads to his imprisonment. Crispin, meanwhile, learns of Irene's infidelity; his friendship is put to the test when Fidel escapes, gets wounded, and asks Crispin to kill him and put him out of misery.

Unfaithful Wife

1986

Saigon Commandos poster
5.7

A series of drug-related murders haunt Saigon. Ex-Green Beret Mark Stryker and his MP's must find the culprits. With the help of Jean Lassiter, a nosey reporter covering the crime beat, Stryker uncovers the involvement of corrupt politicians in the heroin trade and in the killings. But before he can pin them down, Stryker is framed for the murder of his commanding officer and now he must clear his name, free Lassiter from her captors, and stop his men from carrying out their own kind of vengeance before it is too late.

Saigon Commandos

1988

Bagets 2 poster
4.0

Set in the immediate summer after the events of the first movie, and deals with more of the guys' misadventures as they prepare for college.

Bagets 2

1984

Enter the Ninja poster
5.5

A newly trained ninja warrior journeys to the Philippines, where he must defend his former war comrade's property against a determined adversary.

Enter the Ninja

1981

Caged Fury poster
3.6

At a hidden prison camp deep in the jungles of South East Asia, some devious Vietnamese commies are kidnapping beautiful women and brainwashing them into becoming subliminally-activated suicide bombers to further their evil aims abroad. Help isn't going to be coming anytime soon, so the all-female inmates must engineer their own escape any which way they can...

Caged Fury

1983

Silk poster
4.5

Silk, the toughest cop in Honolulu, busts small time smugglers only to reveal a larger syndicate smuggling Asian mobsters into the States by buying the identities of Hawaiian citizens.

Silk

1986

Will Your Heart Beat Faster? poster
7.4

In a spoof on the contemporary sacred cons, two yuppy couples get entangled with warring smugglers of dope that include fake priests and nuns as well as Japanese and Chinese agents.

Will Your Heart Beat Faster?

1980

Virgin Forest poster
6.1

A story set in the Philippine Republic in the 1900s where a lass, a Spanish mestizo, and a fisherman are caught up by Macabebe soldiers who are trying to capture Emilio Aguinaldo.

Virgin Forest

1985

1970s · 6 titles

Series credits

Sugo poster
7.5

The battle starts during the Spanish era when Apo Abukay (Gardo Versoza) wants to gain power as he plans to dominate the world. He then failed to fulfill his plans after Conde Vergonze killed him. After his death, his cursed soul remains. Many years later, during the 1980s, Karag-ayan Amelia (Lorna Tolentino) and the Binhi-lan Rodolfo (Jestoni Alarcon) fall in love with each other. Amelia gives birth to twin boys. The two are raised separately, not knowing that the other exists. Miguel (the son of light) is kind, good-hearted and lives a modest life; the other, Amante (the seed of darkness) is raised with hate and rage, but with riches and power.

Sugo

2005

MariMar poster
6.2

MariMar is a Filipino drama series previously being broadcast in GMA Network, starring Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes. Though a remake-adaptation of a Mexican telenovela the setting and some of the storylines were altered. Directed by Joyce E. Bernal and Mac Alejandre, the series premiered on August 13, 2007 and ended on March 14, 2008. It was aired internationally with a one week delay on GMA Pinoy TV, which became a huge success to Filipino viewers abroad. The series also aired in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Cambodia, Uganda and in the United States And on Fil-Am Digital TV Network.

MariMar

2007

Dear Uge poster
NR

Urbana Genoveva Esperanza hosts a web show titled as Dear Uge where she features love stories. In the show, she also have a feeling charming sidekick, Devine.

Dear Uge

2016

Almost Paradise poster
7.1

A former DEA agent forced into early retirement runs a gift shop in in the Philippines. Despite his best efforts to begin a tranquil new life, he’s pulled back into a world of dangerous people and deadly situations, either through his friends in the local police department or running into people from his old life. And the problem is: he likes it.

Almost Paradise

2020

Sisid poster
NR

Sisid is a Philippine underwater action drama directed by Ricky Davao for GMA Network. It premiered on May 30, 2011, starring Jackie Rice, JC Tiuseco and Dominic Roco.

Sisid

2011

Zorro poster
7.2

Zorro is a 2009 Philippine television series produced by GMA Network. It is an adaptation of the Zorro property created by Johnston McCulley, initially based on the novella The Curse of Capistrano. It stars Richard Gutierrez and Rhian Ramos. The series began airing on March 23, 2009.

Zorro

2009

No artwork available
10.0

Tanging Yaman was a Filipino political drama program that aired in ABS-CBN Primetime Bida.

Tanging Yaman

2010

Love in 40 Days poster
4.9

After getting involved in a fatal car crash, a competitive career woman arrives in an uncanny purgatory. While settling her unfinished businesses as a lingering spirit, she meets and finds her soulmate in a rebellious scion with a third eye.

Love in 40 Days

2022

Owe My Love poster
NR

Owe My Love is the story of a financial illiterate (Sensen) and a miserly but successful doctor (Migs) whose lives unexpectedly intertwine because of the economic impact of the pandemic.

Owe My Love

2021

Kakambal ni Eliana poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kakambal ni Eliana

2013

K-Love poster
8.0

As the story unfolds, K-Love is set to take on a journey filled with growing friendships, budding romance, inevitable chaos, and life-long lessons.

K-Love

2022

Daddy's Gurl poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Daddy's Gurl

2018

On the Job poster
5.8

The series centres around crime syndicates that temporarily release contracted prison inmates to carry out political assassinations for those in power, except that the crime syndicates are run by politicians. The series also puts a spotlight on the real-world predicament concerning fake news and how easily truth can be manufactured and disseminated to the public in today's age of information.

On the Job

2021

Coffee Prince poster
8.0

In this Filipino remake, we follow the comedic lives and loves of Andy and Arthur. Andy is a hardworking young woman who supports her mother and sister as a tricycle driver. Arthur, on the other hand, is a happy-go-lucky and wealthy bachelor whose family owns the biggest coffee factory in the country.

Coffee Prince

2012

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