Acting · Philippines · Born August 16, 2000
Elijah Luiz Madiclum Canlas is a Filipino television, film and theater actor and commercial model. His lead and title role in the film Kalel, 15 paved the way for more acting opportunities in his career. This film also bagged its director, Jun Robles Lana, the best director award at the Tallinn International Film Festival in Estonia, and Elijah's first Best Actor award at the 17th Asian Film Festival held in Rome, Italy. In May 2020, he was cast as one of the main actors in the YouTube series, Gameboys. Produced by The IdeaFirst Company, it is a boys love (BL) series in the Philippines that tackles the story of two young men who find each other online amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Second of three siblings, he is fondly called Jelo by his older brother Jerom, and younger brother, JM. The Canlas brothers are all actors who played various roles in film, theater and television. With their mother being a theater actress in Bacolod, they were exposed to theater at a very young age.
MovieEDJOP
2026
as Edgar "Edjop" Jopson
MovieDrags to Riches
2026
as Andre
MovieRaging
2026
as Eli
MovieManila's Finest
2025
MovieKMJS' Gabi Ng Lagim: The Movie
2025
as Kain (segment "Berbalang")
MovieSalvageland
2025
as Jules
MovieSunshine
2025
as Miggs
MoviePaging Elise
2025
MovieUninvited
2024
as Tofy
MovieWater Sports
2024
as Jelson
TVRainbow Rumble
2024
as Self - Contestant
TVHigh Street
2024
as Archie Aguerro
MovieGomBurZa
2023
as Paciano Mercado
MovieKeys to the Heart
2023
as Jayjay
TVSenior High
2023
as Archie Aguerro
MovieAbout Us But Not About Us
2023
as Lance
TVThe Iron Heart
2022
as Conrado Reyes
MovieLiveScream
2022
as Exo
MovieBlue Room
2022
as Troy
TVGameboys 2
2022
as Cairo Lazaro
TVMisis Piggy
2022
as Jeffrey Martinez
TVFamily Feud Philippines
2022
as Self - Contestant (Gameboys)
MovieGameboys: The Movie
2021
as Cairo Lazaro
TVPaano ang Pasko?
2020
as Noel
MovieHe Who Is Without Sin
2020
as Martin
MovieHow to Die Young in Manila
2020
as Young Boy
TVGameboys
2020
as Cairo
MovieThe Real Enemy
2020
as Himself
MovieNew Queer Visions: Seeing is Believing
2020
TVAlmost Paradise
2020
as Dealer #1
MovieKalel, 15
2019
as Kalel
MovieThe Woman and the Gun
2019
as Jun
MovieLSS
2019
MovieEdward
2019
as Renz
TVUnconditional
2019
as Arthur
MovieThe Flaming History of the Dela Cruz Family
2018
as Tonio Dela Cruz
MovieContestant #4
2016
MovieGasping for Air
2016
as Rey
MovieIn Case They Don't Arrive
2016
as Benjie
Rice Soldiers
2014
TVMaalaala Mo Kaya
1991
as Sofronio Vasquez
Tony
as Tony
Is this desire?
Ano Ba Talaga Tayo - a short film by the Juans
as Joms
TVYSpeak 2.0
as Self
