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Cesar Montano is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Executive producer Philippin born on 1 august 1962 at Manila City (Philippines)

Cesar Montano

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Birth name Cesar Manhilot
Nationality Philippines
Birth 1 august 1962 (61 years) at Manila City (Philippines)

Cesar Manhilot, (born August 1, 1962) known by his screen name Cesar Montano, is a Filipino actor and film director.

He started in show business as a commercial model. He played roles in numerous B movies. He then played major roles in several action movies and a brief television career playing the lead role in the television sitcom Kaya ni Mister, Kaya ni Misis.

His breakout role is his portrayal of José Rizal, the Philippine National Hero in the film José Rizal. The film is unprecedented as it portrays Philippine society during Spanish colonization of the Philippines and its relevance up to the present day.

He has won numerous acting awards Panaghoy sa Suba (The Call of the River), José Rizal, Muro Ami (Reef Hunters) and Bagong Buwan (New Moon).

Aside from acting, Montano also embarked on a singing career, with the release of his music album Subok lang or Just try in 2000. He has also ventured into film production as well as directing, with Panaghoy sa Suba as his directorial film debut.

After his first Hollywood movie The Great Raid with Benjamin Bratt, he was cast in another Hollywood movie Another Deep Breath which was never actually shot.

In May 2007, he unsuccessfully ran for senate under the coalition Team Unity (TU). GMA news reported that he lost about P40 million worth of endorsement for running in public office.

On July 13, 2010 Montano officially became a contract artist of GMA Network after signing a two-year exclusive contract with the said network.

In 2012, he left GMA 7 for TV5's Artista Academy.

Biography

He is the fifth of seven children born to a lawyer father and mother belonging to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Montano describes his father as a strict disciplinarian, and his mother imposing her religion's prohibitions against pork and movies.

Montano went to the Sta. Ana Elementary School, Mariano Marcos Memorial High School and finished engineering at Lyceum of the Philippines University in Intramuros, Manila. An average student, he was good at drawing and would have become a painter, if not a singer, if he hadn't become an actor.

Montano was first married to Marilyn Polinga, a fellow Boholano he met at a local Seventh-day Adventist church, but Montano once attended the Bread of Life Ministries International evangelical church in Quezon City, before becoming a congregant at Christ's Commission Fellowship in Mandaluyong together with his wife, Sunshine Cruz, and his children. Marilyn died in 1993. They had two children. His second child with Polinga, Christian Angelo Manhilot, died at the age of 23 on March 26, 2010 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at their residence in Quezon City.

His other son, Carlos Diego, lives with his mother, Filipino actress Teresa Loyzaga, in Australia, and has recently signed to a three-year exclusive contract with the Philippines TV network, ABS-CBN.

Montano married Sunshine Cruz on September 14, 2000 in a Christian wedding. They have three daughters, Angeline Isabelle, Samantha Angeline and Angel Francheska He filed for annulment of marriage with Cruz, which was finally granted on August 26, 2013.

Aside from his farm in Pandi, Bulacan, Montano also owns an Italian restaurant located in Quezon City.

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Filmography of Cesar Montano (14 films)

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Actor

Kid Kulafu
Kid Kulafu (2015)
, 2h
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Sports films
Actors Robert Villar, Cesar Montano, Alessandra De Rossi, Khalil Ramos, Alex Medina, Jak Roberto
Roles Sardo Mejia
Rating68% 3.4418753.4418753.4418753.4418753.441875
Kid Kulafu as early life boxing of Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao or Kid Kulafu. Before he became one of the world's greatest boxers Manny Pacquiao was a young boy living a hand-to-mouth existence, trying to survive from one day to the next. When he discovers his natural talent for boxing, he embarks on a brutal and intense journey that takes him from the mountains of the Philippines to the streets of Manila, and must risk everything to become a champion - for himself, his family, and his country.
Entity
Entity (2015)

Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Actors Cesar Montano, Maria Ozawa, Meg Imperial, Yam Concepcion
Roles Tony
Rating47% 2.370432.370432.370432.370432.37043
Nilalang tackles the underbelly of corrupt Philippine cops with the Japanese 'Yakuza' and its links to a centuries’ old curse that may be responsible for the spate of serial killings happening in Manila.
Victim
Victim (2012)
, 1h30
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Cesar Montano, Angel Aquino, Mercedes Cabral, Ricky Davao, Sunshine Cruz
Roles Mark de la Cruz
Rating71% 3.577763.577763.577763.577763.57776
Alice de la Cruz (Angel Aquino) is a TV field reporter at KVTV. But when she gets the dangerous assignment to cover kidnappings in the island of Kamandao, she takes the opportunity for this might be her big break. Her husband Mark(Cesar Montano) does not agree with this assignment that she took. He warns her of how risky it is to go to the island. Alice takes the chance anyway and that was the last time Mark has seen Alice.
The President, 2h45
Directed by Mark Meily
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Jeorge "E.R." Ejercito Estregan, Nora Aunor, Cristine Reyes, Cesar Montano, Christopher de Leon, Sunshine Cruz
Roles Andrés Bonifacio
Rating58% 2.910222.910222.910222.910222.91022
The story is told in flashbacks as Emilio Aguinaldo (E.R. Ejercito) thanks the U.S. government for giving him the opportunity to attend the full restoration of Philippine independence on July 4, 1946.
Urduja
Urduja (2008)
, 1h40
Origin Philippines
Genres War, Comedy, Action, Musical, Animation, Romance
Actors Régine Velásquez, Cesar Montano, Eddie García, Johnny Delgado, Jay Manalo, Ruby Rodriguez
Roles Limhang, the Chinese pirate who landed on the Tawalisi shore and Princess Urduja's love interest.
Rating71% 3.5899553.5899553.5899553.5899553.589955
Set in the 13th century, the film is a fictionalized tale of Princess Urduja, legendary warrior princess of Pangasinan.
The Great Raid, 2h12
Directed by John Dahl
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Benjamin Bratt, Joseph Fiennes, James Franco, Logan Marshall-Green, Marton Csokas, Connie Nielsen
Roles Capt. Juan Pajota
Rating65% 3.2996453.2996453.2996453.2996453.299645
In 1944, American forces were closing in on the Japanese-occupied Philippines. The Japanese held around 500 American prisoners who had survived the Bataan Death March in a notorious POW camp at Cabanatuan and subjected them to brutal treatment and summary execution, as the Japanese view surrender as a disgrace. Many prisoners were also stricken with malaria.
The Call of the River
Directed by Cesar Montano
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Cesar Montano, Joel Torre, Ronnie Lazaro, Rebecca Lusterio, Caridad Sanchez, Daria Ramirez
Rating69% 3.473493.473493.473493.473493.47349
The film tells the story of a love-triangle set in Bohol during World War II; though the main underlying themes deals with Filipino nationalism and the legacies of colonialism.
Chavit
Chavit (2003)

Directed by Carlo J. Caparas
Origin Philippines
Genres Action
Actors Cesar Montano, Eddie García, Dina Bonnevie, Tirso Cruz III, Tommy Abuel, Marita Zóbel
Roles Chavit Singson
Rating54% 2.743312.743312.743312.743312.74331
This movie is about the story of Luis "Chavit" Singson (born 1941), a Philippine politician, and the Governor of the Ilocos Sur province in the Philippines. Singson started EDSA II in October 2000 when he alleged he gave Philippine President Joseph Estrada 400 million pesos as payoff from illegal gambling profits.
New Moon
New Moon (2001)
, 1h50
Directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Films about religion, Films about Islam
Actors Cesar Montano, Jericho Rosales, Carlo Aquino, Amy Austria, Jiro Manio, Jhong Hilario
Roles Ahmad Ibn Ismael
Rating66% 3.345763.345763.345763.345763.34576
Ahmad (Cesar Montano) belongs to the Moro people people. While many of his kind are bent on fighting, thinking that Mindanao is only for the Muslims, Ahmad prefers to live a simple and peaceful life. He works as a doctor in Manila while his wife, Fatima (Amy Austria), and his only son, Ibrahim, stay in Mindanao with his mother, Farida (Caridad Sanchez). Ahmad is shocked and devastated when Fatima breaks the confounding news. Ibrahim was killed by a stray bullet when vigilantes indiscriminately fire at their village. Ahmad goes back to where he came from --- Mindanao.
Reef Hunters, 2h
Directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Cesar Montano, Pen Medina, Amy Austria, Jhong Hilario, Rebecca Lusterio
Rating69% 3.478393.478393.478393.478393.47839
Fredo (Cesar Montano) is a fisherman who has endured more than his share of hardship in life; his wife and child both perished in a boating accident, and today Fredo approaches each trip to the sea with the angry determination of a man out for revenge. Fredo commands a crew of young people from poor families as he takes his rattletrap ship into the ocean in search of fish that live along the reefs, snaring catch with an illegal netting system. Not all of Fredo's youthful sailors are willing to put up with his abusive arrogance, however, and even his father Dado (Pen Medina) and close friend Botong (Jhong Hilario) have grown weary of Fredo's tirades. Fredo's body is beginning to betray him as well, and as he and his crew damage the sea's reef beds in search of fish, no one is certain how much longer he will be able to continue.
Reef Hunters, 1h50
Directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Cesar Montano, Amy Austria, Pen Medina, Jhong Hilario, Rebecca Lusterio
Roles Fredo
Rating69% 3.478393.478393.478393.478393.47839
Fredo (Cesar Montano) is a fisherman who has endured more than his share of hardship in life; his wife and child both perished in a boating accident, and today Fredo approaches each trip to the sea with the angry determination of a man out for revenge. Fredo commands a crew of young people from poor families as he takes his rattletrap ship into the ocean in search of fish that live along the reefs, snaring catch with an illegal netting system. Not all of Fredo's youthful sailors are willing to put up with his abusive arrogance, however, and even his father Dado (Pen Medina) and close friend Botong (Jhong Hilario) have grown weary of Fredo's tirades. Fredo's body is beginning to betray him as well, and as he and his crew damage the sea's reef beds in search of fish, no one is certain how much longer he will be able to continue.
José Rizal, 2h58
Directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Actors Cesar Montano, Joel Torre, Gardo Versoza, Mickey Ferriols, Pen Medina, Chin-Chin Gutierrez
Roles José Rizal
Rating75% 3.7810353.7810353.7810353.7810353.781035
José Rizal was imprisoned in Fort Santiago under the abusive Spanish colonization. José Rizal was approached by a young uneducated Austronesian peoples asking the importance of education during his life. Meanwhile, in Balintawak, Andrés Bonifacio and his fellow secret organization of Katipunan commenced the uprising against the tyranny created by the Spaniards by tearing their cedula as a sign of Spanish slavery.
Do Re Mi
Do Re Mi (1996)
, 1h49
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Donna Cruz, Régine Velásquez, Gloria Romero, Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski, Gary Ejercito, Berting Labra
Rating73% 3.6816353.6816353.6816353.6816353.681635
The film uses the concept of three female singers who, "as they sing their way through life's ups and downs, they build a friendship strong enough to last a lifetime."
Hiram na Mukha
Directed by Joel Lamangan
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama
Actors Christopher de Leon, Nanette Medved, Cesar Montano, Maritoni Fernandez, Caridad Sanchez, Cherry Pie Picache
Roles Mendez
Rating67% 3.3654553.3654553.3654553.3654553.365455
Famous plastic surgeon Dr. Hugo (Christopher de Leon) has a fiancée Alicia (Nanette Medved) and feels that her face is his greatest creation. Originally a monstrous carnival attraction, she was transformed into a beautiful and glamorous woman through surgery. Alicia learns that beauty is not everything that she imagined it to be. She finds it difficult to discern whether people like her for her personality, or only because she is rich and beautiful. She yearns for her former self, the ugly Carissa. As Carissa, she felt sure that those who liked her were not attracted by her appearance. One such person was her former neighbor and lover, Mendez (Cesar Montano).

Director

The Call of the River
Directed by Cesar Montano
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Cesar Montano, Joel Torre, Ronnie Lazaro, Rebecca Lusterio, Caridad Sanchez, Daria Ramirez
Rating69% 3.473493.473493.473493.473493.47349
The film tells the story of a love-triangle set in Bohol during World War II; though the main underlying themes deals with Filipino nationalism and the legacies of colonialism.