Soliman Cruz
Acting · Writing
Soliman Cruz is a Filipino actor. He has been into theater since fifth grade, an attendee of the Kasaysayan ng Lahi Summer Arts Workshop at Nayong Pilipino. After graduating from high school, Cruz joined the Cultural Center of the Philippines' Bulwagang Gantimpala in the 1980s and impressed theater director Tony Espejo. Cruz's first short film was the 8mm Kwentong Barbero in 1991, directed by Jon Red. He had a break when he portrayed the father of the gay protagonist in the 2005 multi-awarded indie film The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros. He then appeared in the 2006 Metro Manila Film Festival film Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo. He also acted in independent films such as Manila Skies (2009) and Norte (2013). He often appears in supporting roles in works of Filipino director Lav Diaz.
Фільмографія
- 2026First Light — Father Claridad
- 2026Nakabinbin
- 2026Ria
- The Secrets of Hotel 88 — Botong
- 2025Call Me Mother — Principal
- 2025Cinemartyrs — Film Critic
- 2025Diamonds in the Sand — Toto
- 2025Ex Ex Lovers — Mr. C
- I Love You Since 1892 — Don Mariano Alfonso
- 2025I Remember You
- 2025In Thy Name
- 2025L - Langoy — Manong Ben
- 2025Manila's Finest — Walter Feliciano
- 2025Near Death
- 2025Only We Know — Manolo
- 2025Out of Order — Nicholas Maximo
- 2025Rekonek — Hassam
- 2025Searching for Sol — Sol
- 2025Sinner's Club
- Sins of the Father — Enrico Villanueva
- 2025The Delivery Rider — Mang Ben
- 2025The Last Beergin — Husband
- 2025The Time That Remains — Teresing
- 2024Guilty Pleasure — Renante
- 2024One Night — Colonel Garcia
- 2024The Kingdom — Lolo Kip
- 2024When Magic Hurts
- Лавандові поля — Chief Benjamin Esteban
- Batang Quiapo — Celso / Mayor
- 2023Boso Dos — Councilor Cadhit
- 2023Call Me Alma — Caretaker
- 2023Family of Two (A Mother and Son Story)
- 2023Five Breakups and a Romance — Roger
- 2023Home I Found in You — Mario Dela Cruz
- 2023Mama Susan's Friends — Mang Narcing
- 2023Monday First Screening — Norman
- 2023Suki — D.O.M.
- 2023The Blind Soldiers
- 2023Video City: Be Kind, Please Rewind
- 2023What If? — Francis
- Брудна білизна — Chief Alejandro Isidro
- 2022Blue Room — Officer Delgado
- 2022How to Make an Effective Campaign Ad
- 2022Hugas — Boyong
- 2022Knock — Mang Delfin
- Love You Stranger — Pete
- 2022On the Job: The Missing 8 — Obet Pamintuan
- 2022Pula ang Kulay ng Gabi
- 2022Rooftop
- 2022Selina's Gold — Berong
- 2022The Backride
- 2022The Influencer — Ping Police Officer
- 2022To the North — Joel
- 2022Trigger
- What We Could Be — Tirso Macaraeg
- 2021Big Night! — Mr. Roja
- 2021Death of a Girlfriend — Interrogator
- 2021Huwag Kang Lalabas — Mang Tasyo (segment "Bahay")
- 2021More Than Blue — Uncle Doctor
- 2021Taya — Boss Paps
- 2021The Furnace
- 2020Battered Husband
- La Vida Lena — Lolo Dado
- 2020Life's Pedal
- 2020Midnight in a Perfect World — Fabian Bilbao
- 2020Nightshift
- 20193pol Trobol Huli Ka Balbon — General Garcia
- 2019Basurero
- 2019Belief as the Light in Darkness
- 2019Damaso
- 2019Iska — Joven
- 2019Journey — Nanding
- 2019Lola Igna — Mayor Gustavo
- 2019Miracle in Cell No. 7 — Tatang Celso
- 2019The Broken Vinyl Record
- The Killer Bride — Andres Del Pilar
- 2019The Shoemaker — Elias
- 2019Viral Kids
- 2018Harry & Patty
- 2018Hitboy
- 2018Liway — Sulpicio
- 2018Ophelia — Dad
- 2018The Girl Allergic to Wi-Fi — Chinese Doctor
- 2018The Sweet Taste of Salted Bread and Undies — Bruno
- 2018Want You with All My Hypothalamus — Lando
- 2017The Ashes And Ghosts of Tayug 1931 — F. Sionil Jose
- 2015Death in the Land of Encantos — Torturer
- 2015Taklub
- 2014Barber's Tales — Ruben
- 2014Norte, the End of History — Wakwak
- With a Smile — Tomas "Tom" Asuncion
- 2012Bwakaw — Funeral Homes Manager
- 2012El Presidente — Maximo Inocencio
- 2012The Kidnappers of Ronnie Lazaro — Abdul Abdulrajak
- 2011Bulong — Chief of Police
- 2011Century of Birthing — Philosopher
- 2011Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story — Soliman
- 2011Tingala Sa Baba — Screenplay
- 2010Ang Umaatikabong Buhay ni Badong Aguirre — Badong's Father
- 2010Blood Ties
- 2010Paano na Kaya — Mr. Castillo
- The Substitute Bride — Peping Albantes
- 2009A Journey Home — Dante Santos
- 2009Ante
- 2009Manila Skies
- Stairway to Heaven — Dindo Aragon
- 2009The Boy and His Top
- 2008Melancholia — Man in Wheelchair
- 2008Motorcycle
- 2007Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo — Rommel
- 2007Temptation
- 2007The Inmate — Mang Jon
- 2006Don't Look Back — Mang Nestor (segment "Salamin")
- 2006I Wanna Be Happy
- 2006Image Nation — (segment "One Shot")
- 2006Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo — Rommel
- 2006Mother Nanny — School Bus Driver
- 2006Rotonda — Barangay Officer
- 2006Seroks — Joaquin
- 2006Sukob — Man on Carabao
- 2006The Bet Collector — Chief of Police
- 2005Anak ng Tinapa
- 2005Last Take, Last Shot
- 2005The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros — Paco Oliveros
- 2005The Son of Brocka
- 2001Mila — Kalbo
- 2001New Moon — Second Datu
- 2001Radio — Employee
- 2000Deathrow — Digo
- 1999Ekis — Manny
- 1999Still Lives — Shabu Endorser
- 1998Triangle — Jason
- 1997Rizal in Dapitan — Pablo Mercado
- Greatest Performance — Mar Alvarez
- Jaguar
- Sellblock — Bert
- The Greatest Performance — Mar Alvarez
- Trip
- Water Break