Elijah Canlas
Acting
Born August 16, 2000, Manila, Philippines
Elijah Canlas (born Elijah Luiz Madiclum Canlas on 16 August 2000) is a Filipino actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Kalel, 15 (2019), Babae at Baril (2019), About Us But Not About Us (2022), GomBurZa (2023), Sunshine (2024), and Uninvited (2024). For the drama film Kalel, 15, Canlas won Best Actor at the Harlem International Film Festival and the Asian Film Festival, and locally at the Gawad Urian and FAMAS Awards.
Filmography
- 2026Drags to Riches — Andre
- 2026EDJOP — Edgar "Edjop" Jopson
- 2026HB2Me — Jon
- 2026Is this desire?
- 2026Raging — Eli
- 2025KMJS' Gabi Ng Lagim: The Movie — Kain (segment "Berbalang")
- 2025Manila's Finest — Teenage Boy
- 2025Salvageland — Jules
- 2025Sunshine — Miggs
- High Street — Archie Aguerro
- 2024Uninvited — Tofy
- 2024Water Sports — Jelson
- 2023About Us But Not About Us — Lance
- 2023GomBurZa — Paciano Mercado
- 2023Keys to the Heart — Jayjay
- Senior High — Archie Aguerro
- 2022Blue Room — Troy
- Gameboys 2 — Cairo Lazaro
- 2022LiveScream — Exo
- Misis Piggy — Jeffrey Martinez
- The Iron Heart — Conrado Reyes
- 2021Gameboys: The Movie — Cairo Lazaro
- Almost Paradise — Dealer #1
- Gameboys — Cairo
- 2020He Who Is Without Sin — Martin
- 2020How to Die Young in Manila — Young Boy
- 2020New Queer Visions: Seeing is Believing
- Paano ang Pasko? — Noel
- 2020The Real Enemy — Himself, Cinematography, Writer, Director
- 2019Edward — Renz
- 2019Kalel, 15 — Kalel
- 2019LSS
- 2019The Woman and the Gun — Jun
- Unconditional — Arthur
- 2018The Flaming History of the Dela Cruz Family — Tonio Dela Cruz
- 2016Contestant #4
- 2016Gasping for Air — Rey
- 2016In Case They Don't Arrive — Benjie
- 2014Rice Soldiers
- Maalaala Mo Kaya — Sofronio Vasquez
- Ano Ba Talaga Tayo - a short film by the Juans — Joms
- Jaguar
- One for the Road — Ariel
- Tony — Tony
Appearances as themselves (3)
- Rainbow Rumble — Self - Contestant
- Family Feud Philippines — Self - Contestant (Gameboys)
- YSpeak 2.0 — Self