Fernando Poe Jr.

Acting

Fernando Poe Jr.

Born 1939-08-20 · Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines

Ronald Allan Kelley Poe (August 20, 1939 – December 14, 2004), better known as Fernando Poe, Jr. and colloquially known as FPJ and Da King, was a Filipino actor. During the latter part of his career, Poe was defeated by incumbent President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the 2004 Philippine Presidential elections, a result roundly believed to have been fraudulent. His long career as an action film star earned him the moniker "King of Philippine Movies" (often shortened to Da King). Poe was posthumously declared a National Artist of the Philippines for Film on 23 May 2006 by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The award was confirmed by President Benigno Aquino III on 20 July 2012, and was presented to his family on 16 August. Ronald Allan K. Poe was the son of Filipino actor Allan Fernando R. Poe (Fernando Poe, Sr.) and Elizabeth Kelley, an American. He was born in San Carlos City, Pangasinan. His parents were not yet legally married when he was born on August 20, 1939, although his parents were later married in 1940. His opponents tried to derail his bid for the presidency when they sought to disqualify him as an illegitimate son of a non-Filipino mother. He was the second among six siblings and it was his brother Andy who was really named Fernando Poe, Jr. which FPJ later adopted, to bank on the popularity of his father who was a top actor in his time. Conrad Poe, a Filipino actor is FPJ's half-brother, the illegitimate son of the late Fernando Poe Sr. and actress Patricia Mijares. Pou is the original spelling of the family's surname from his grandfather, playwright Lorenzo Pou, a Catalan migrant from Majorca, Spain, who ventured into mining and business in the Philippines.

Acting credits

3 Hari poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

3 Hari

1968

She-Man: Mistress of the Universe poster
4.0

A spoof of the Filipino fantasy icon Ang Panday and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. A mysterious beggar bestows great power upon a blacksmith who showed him kindness. Will it be enough to counter the threat by strange beings from another world?

She-Man: Mistress of the Universe

1988

Batang Quiapo poster
10.0

In the heart of Manila, a rookie pickpocket crosses paths with Baldo, the so-called "king of pickpockets".

Batang Quiapo

1986

Pakners poster
8.7

Manuel is a man who's just been conned out of his savings. One day, when he meets up with Nanding, a jeepney driver, he has a plan for how the two of them can find riches. It is no other than billiards.

Pakners

2003

Hindi Pa Tapos ang Laban poster
8.0

Carding Villamar, a city professional, returns to his hometown of Evangelista after learning of his brother's untimely demise. As a series of events unfold, he soon discovers that his brother didn't succumb to a heart attack as he was made to believe. He was shot in cold blood for refusing to sell his land to a powerful congressman. With a town muted and crippled by fear, the congressman's henchmen move unhampered to silence Carding and his brother's orphaned family as well. Big mistake. Armed with only a crusty riffle and a whole ton of rage. Carding sets out to right the wrong and exact vengeance for the murder of his brother. That is, if he survives the hot pursuits of bounty hunters, the militia, and the police who are all in the congressman's payroll.

Hindi Pa Tapos ang Laban

1994

Pepeng Kaliwete poster
NR

Pepeng Kaliwete is a left-handed marksman shaped by a difficult past. The son of a poor sugarcane farmer, he experienced significant hardship early in life, leading him to leave his hometown and develop exceptional survival and shooting skills, fueled by a strong sense of justice. Years later, Pepe returns to his hometown seeking a peaceful life as a sugarcane farmer. However, the problems he once escaped persist. His reputation for courage and integrity leads to an unexpected turn when he is chosen as the chief of police. Now, armed with his unique abilities and principles, Pepe finds himself in a position to potentially impact his community and confront the ongoing issues in the land.

Pepeng Kaliwete

1982

Angelita's Eyes poster
6.5

Mga Mata ni Angelita was written by Ricardo Feliciano and became a number one hit radio drama from 1974 to 1978. It was made into a film by Larry Santiago Productions and catapulted Julie Vega into fame.

Angelita's Eyes

1978

Franco Madero poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Franco Madero

1966

Isa Para sa Lahat, Lahat Para sa Isa poster
7.0

A classic tale of revenge starring Fernando Poe Jr alongside his real-life brothers, Andy, Conrad, and Frederick Poe. Together, four brothers must put their differences aside and band together to avenge the brutal murder of their father by familiar enemies and finally put his memory to rest.

Isa Para sa Lahat, Lahat Para sa Isa

1979

Totoy Bato poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Totoy Bato

1977

Markado poster
9.0

Digno is an ordinary man with extraordinary strengths. He is known to his fellow townspeople as Markado the knight in shining Armour. However, his life turned upside down when Rilampago pretends to be Markado. Peace and order was eradicated as he portrays to be Markado so he can pursue his illegal acts. Witnessing the preconception and the dreadful effect of the make-believe Markado. Digno seeks vengeance to reinstate the peace and order in their town. Notwithstanding the battle he is into, a mystery is being unraveled as he gets closer to the bad guys.

Markado

1960

Iyo ang Tondo, Kanya ang Cavite poster
8.0

Two men leading similar lives; one from Tondo, the other from Cavite. Both loved and respected by their family and neighbors. They will also risk their lives to defend their town's honor even if it means putting their lives at stake. However, when their paths cross and a misunderstanding errupts, their friendship is put to the test as punches are thrown and bullets fly.

Iyo ang Tondo, Kanya ang Cavite

1986

Nagbabagang Asero poster
5.0

A truck driver seeks justice for his family's death.

Nagbabagang Asero

1977

Kahit Butas Ng Karayom Papasukin Ko... poster
9.3

Daniel, a junior military officer, was reassigned to Zamboanga where he found his unit to be misbehaved and corrupt. He began working to solve the problem.

Kahit Butas Ng Karayom Papasukin Ko...

1995

Isang Bala Ka Lang poster
9.0

Freed from prison after avenging the death of his wife, a good cop finds his vow to live a peaceful life tested.

Isang Bala Ka Lang

1983

The Ravagers poster
6.5

A story about a Filipino guerilla Sargent who was tasked to ambush a company of Japanese soldiers staying at a convent.

The Ravagers

1965

Eagle of Manila poster
10.0

Mauro Reyes is an ex-policeman tag as a sharpshooter to the lawbreaker that managed to cope up with the death of his family and became a rescuer ... In the verge of adversity that has happened to his family, he became so depressed, self-centered and hopeless in lif, until a heinous felony re-awakened his identity. Due to the different rape slays and murders that had arise in their place, he tried to unveil the hidden mystery of the cases... discovering in the end the involvement of the law enforcer in the transgression. Will he be able to resolve everything even if he's an ex-policeman?

Eagle of Manila

1988

Batas Ng Lansangan poster
7.5

Army Major RUBEN MEDRANO was once a part of an elite anti-kidnapping task force. An unfortunate incident during an operation got him suspended and sent back to Manila. There he tries to renew ties with his daughter MARISSA who has been living with his dead wives sister MARIEL. Marissa refuses to recognize her father because of all his shortcomings in the past. Nevertheless, Ruben decides to remain in the area. He soon discovers the presence of drug pushers and decides to do something about them. The drug lord who controls these pushers hires a hit-man named CARLOS to hunt down Ruben for meddling in his affairs. Soon the small community turns into a war-zone a Ruben tries to defend himself and those close to him from the attacks of these gangsters.

Batas Ng Lansangan

2002

Clown poster
9.0

St. Peter inadvertently lost his heavenly keys that the Almighty sends his jester planet earth of all places to search for the misplaced keys. Wandering the streets, the petulant clown is greatly grieved by poverty and the moral degradation of man.

Clown

1986

Diegong Akyat poster
NR

In 1966, Fernando Poe Jr played an off-beat role as Diegong Akyat, a small time crook and burglar. It's an entirely different role for the action king.

Diegong Akyat

1966

Ang Lalaki... Ang Alamat... Ang Baril poster
7.0

An action adventure film about a peaceful man who sets out on a mission of revenge against the people responsible for his family's misfortunes.

Ang Lalaki... Ang Alamat... Ang Baril

1978

Aguila poster
7.5

Flashbacks encompass the history of the Philippines as well as the life story of the elderly Daniel Aguila. The Aguila family gathers to celebrate Daniel's 88th birthday, but the old man is nowhere to be seen--he has been missing for a decade. Suspecting that his father is in Mindanao, one of his sons takes off for that region in a determined search. Along the way, his memories of the nation and his father's life tell the story of 80 tumultuous years of personal and historical development.

Aguila

1980

Sambahin Ang Ngalan Mo poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sambahin Ang Ngalan Mo

1981

Lo' Waist Gang poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lo' Waist Gang

1956

Behind the camera

3 Hari poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

3 Hari

1968

Pakners poster
8.7

Manuel is a man who's just been conned out of his savings. One day, when he meets up with Nanding, a jeepney driver, he has a plan for how the two of them can find riches. It is no other than billiards.

Pakners

2003

Hindi Pa Tapos ang Laban poster
8.0

Carding Villamar, a city professional, returns to his hometown of Evangelista after learning of his brother's untimely demise. As a series of events unfold, he soon discovers that his brother didn't succumb to a heart attack as he was made to believe. He was shot in cold blood for refusing to sell his land to a powerful congressman. With a town muted and crippled by fear, the congressman's henchmen move unhampered to silence Carding and his brother's orphaned family as well. Big mistake. Armed with only a crusty riffle and a whole ton of rage. Carding sets out to right the wrong and exact vengeance for the murder of his brother. That is, if he survives the hot pursuits of bounty hunters, the militia, and the police who are all in the congressman's payroll.

Hindi Pa Tapos ang Laban

1994

Kahit Butas Ng Karayom Papasukin Ko... poster
9.3

Daniel, a junior military officer, was reassigned to Zamboanga where he found his unit to be misbehaved and corrupt. He began working to solve the problem.

Kahit Butas Ng Karayom Papasukin Ko...

1995

Isang Bala Ka Lang poster
9.0

Freed from prison after avenging the death of his wife, a good cop finds his vow to live a peaceful life tested.

Isang Bala Ka Lang

1983

Isang Bala Ka Lang poster
9.0

Freed from prison after avenging the death of his wife, a good cop finds his vow to live a peaceful life tested.

Isang Bala Ka Lang

1983

Eagle of Manila poster
10.0

Mauro Reyes is an ex-policeman tag as a sharpshooter to the lawbreaker that managed to cope up with the death of his family and became a rescuer ... In the verge of adversity that has happened to his family, he became so depressed, self-centered and hopeless in lif, until a heinous felony re-awakened his identity. Due to the different rape slays and murders that had arise in their place, he tried to unveil the hidden mystery of the cases... discovering in the end the involvement of the law enforcer in the transgression. Will he be able to resolve everything even if he's an ex-policeman?

Eagle of Manila

1988

Batas Ng Lansangan poster
7.5

Army Major RUBEN MEDRANO was once a part of an elite anti-kidnapping task force. An unfortunate incident during an operation got him suspended and sent back to Manila. There he tries to renew ties with his daughter MARISSA who has been living with his dead wives sister MARIEL. Marissa refuses to recognize her father because of all his shortcomings in the past. Nevertheless, Ruben decides to remain in the area. He soon discovers the presence of drug pushers and decides to do something about them. The drug lord who controls these pushers hires a hit-man named CARLOS to hunt down Ruben for meddling in his affairs. Soon the small community turns into a war-zone a Ruben tries to defend himself and those close to him from the attacks of these gangsters.

Batas Ng Lansangan

2002

Ang Dalubhasa poster
6.3

Jaime de Guzman, a military neurosurgeon, survives a massacre that killed his wife and daughter. He hunts down all perpetrators and is able to kill them except the boss. From returning to a normal life and to the death of a girl after performing a brain operation to her, he hides his guilt to his new life.

Ang Dalubhasa

2000

Hagedorn poster
NR

A biopic movie based on the titular figure.

Hagedorn

1996

Magpakailan Man poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Magpakailan Man

1968

Ang Syota Kong Balikbayan poster
9.0

Jeepney driver, Nanding, gets into an accident with the rich and spoiled balikbayan Cathy, the sole heiress of the vast land on which his small community rests. But despite their differences, Nanding and Cathy become intimately attracted to one another. Seeing this as an obstacle to his ambition to claim Cathy's inheritance, Don Pacundo immediately orders for Cathy's abduction-hoping to force her to hand over her heritage.

Ang Syota Kong Balikbayan

1996

Ang Padrino poster
8.0

Emong Sanchez is the defender of the people through peaceful means. He remains a quite man until he is pushed to violence.

Ang Padrino

1984

Ang Padrino poster
8.0

Emong Sanchez is the defender of the people through peaceful means. He remains a quite man until he is pushed to violence.

Ang Padrino

1984

Si Siyanang at ang 7 Tsikiting poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Si Siyanang at ang 7 Tsikiting

1966

No artwork available
NR

A newly graduated office leads his team against local bandits in where the Commander isn't ruthless as he is

Matimbang ang Dugo sa Tubig

1967

No artwork available
NR

A newly graduated office leads his team against local bandits in where the Commander isn't ruthless as he is

Matimbang ang Dugo sa Tubig

1967

No artwork available
10.0

The story follows a man from the countryside who saves his female friend from problematic situations and seeks revenge against those who committed it.

Tutubing Kalabaw, Tutubing Karayom

1977

Eseng ng Tondo poster
8.0

A conflict arises between a devoted workaholic policeman and his jealous wife, Digna, due to his unwavering commitment to his job. In addition, Elvie, a clever informant who develops romantic feelings towards him.

Eseng ng Tondo

1997

Eseng ng Tondo poster
8.0

A conflict arises between a devoted workaholic policeman and his jealous wife, Digna, due to his unwavering commitment to his job. In addition, Elvie, a clever informant who develops romantic feelings towards him.

Eseng ng Tondo

1997

Wake Up... Maruja poster
10.0

A bride commits suicide on her wedding night. Years later, she is reincarnated as an actress-producer and tries to reveal her true story to the world.

Wake Up... Maruja

1978

Ang Panday poster
8.0

Panday is a blacksmith whose real name is Flavio. When a meteor fell from the sky one night, he forged the metal from the meteor into a dagger, the balaraw. When he raises the dagger to the sky, it magically grows into a sword. He uses this magical sword to fight the evil Lizardo and other supernatural beings.

Ang Panday

1980

Ang Panday poster
8.0

Panday is a blacksmith whose real name is Flavio. When a meteor fell from the sky one night, he forged the metal from the meteor into a dagger, the balaraw. When he raises the dagger to the sky, it magically grows into a sword. He uses this magical sword to fight the evil Lizardo and other supernatural beings.

Ang Panday

1980

Kill Mediavillo poster
9.0

Police officer Mediavillo finds himself pursued by multiple assassins instigated by a prominent businessman, who happens to be the brother of the drug dealer accidentally died under the hands of Mediavillo.

Kill Mediavillo

1978