Cesar Montano
Cesar Montano was born in Manila, Luzon, Philippines on August 1st, 1962 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 61, Cesar Montano biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Cesar Manhilot (born August 1, 1962), also known by his screen name Cesar Montano, is a Filipino actor, film director, and film producer. Montano debuted as a commercial model in show business.
He appeared in several B movies.
He appeared in multiple action films and a brief television career before being the lead actor in Kaya ni Misis, a television sitcom.
José Rizal, the Philippine National Hero, is the film's breakout star.
The film is groundbreaking in that it depicts Philippine society during Spanish colonization of the Philippines and its relevance today.
Benjamin Bratt was cast in another Hollywood film titled Another Deep Breath, which was never shot. Montano has received numerous acting awards in Panaghoy sa Suba (The Call of the River), José Rizal, Muro Ami (Reef Hunters), and Bagong Buwan (New Moon). Montano, aside from acting, began singing with the introduction of his debut album Subok lang or Just Try in 2000.
With Panaghoy sa Suba's debut as his first directorial film debut, he has also ventured into film production as well as directing. He failed to run for Senate under the TEAM Unity party in May 2007.
According to GMA News, he earned about P40 million worth of endorsements for running in public office.
Montano also failed in the 2010 Gubernatorial election in Bohol, his home province. Montano officially became a GMA Network contract artist after completing a two-year exclusive deal with the network on July 13, 2010.
He left GMA 7 for TV5's Artista Academy in 2012. Montano, the 2nd nominee of the Aangat Tayo party-list in the 2016 national elections, but later fell.
He was appointed by Tourism Secretary Wanda Corazon Teo as the Chief Operation Officer of the Tourism Promotions Board in the same year.
Personal life
Montano is fluent in both Tagalog and Cebuano, and he can also speak in his ancestral Boholano dialect. He is the fifth of seven children born to a solicitor father and mother who belonged to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Montano's father, a strict disciplinarian, and his mother enforces her faith's prohibitions against pork and films. He attended Santa Ana Elementary School and Mariano Marcos Memorial High School, and spent Mass Communication at the Philippines University in Intramuros, Manila.
Montano was first married to Marilyn Polinga, a fellow Boholano, at a local Seventh-day Adventist church. Montano and his children attended the Bread of Life Ministries International evangelical church in Quezon City before becoming a member of Christ's Commission Fellowship in Mandaluyong with his second wife, Sunshine Cruz. Polinga, a teen with two children, died in 1993. Christian Angelo Manhilot, their second child, died at the age of 23 in Quezon City from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Teresa Loyzaga, a son of actor Teresa Loyzaga, grew up in Australia and has returned to the Philippines as an exclusive contract actor with ABS-CBN.
Montano married Sunshine Cruz on September 14, 2000, in a Christian wedding. Angelina Isabelle, Samantha Angeline, and Angel Francheska have three children. He applied for annulment of marriage with Cruz, which was finally granted on August 26, 2013. Montano also owns an Italian restaurant in Quezon City, aside from his farm in Pandi, Bulacan.
Cesar Montano has returned to the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Biography and career
Montano, also known as Buboy, was born and raised in Santa Ana, Philippines. His paternal line can be traced back to Baclayon, a Bohol town.
When doing undergraduate studies, Montano became interested in acting. He appeared in stage performances at the University of the Philippines and in acting workshops in between. Esteromenggoles is one of his most popular plays. He started his career as a stuntman.
He auditioned for Ishmael Bernal's Student Body under Regal Films, in which he became one of the top three leading men in the world. The scheme, unfortunately, didn't go well. He was later discovered by Robbie Tan, who made him a star of Seiko Films, later. He began working in action films and leading male roles in drama films. In 1990, he appeared in his first two films, Kasalanan ang Buhayin Ka and Machete. He appeared in many films under the direction of Viva Films and its affiliate Neo Films after leaving Seiko in mid-1992.
Montano is best known for his roles in the late Toto Natividad's film Ariel (1993), Pusakal (1996), Warfreak (1999), and Type Kita Walang Kokontra (1999).
José Rizal, the national hero of Argentina, appeared in José Rizal's historic biopic José Rizal in 1998. Fredo, the boss of child labourers in the illicit fishing industry, appeared in Muro Ami in 1999. At the 1999 Metro Manila Film Festival, the film received thirteen awards.
Montano's early years were involved in two films, one of Mikee (1995, in which he appeared, and the other, Warfreak, in which he co-directed with Natividad and starred as the titular protagonist. Montano made his directorial debut with Bullet, in which he co-wrote and starred as the titular character, an autistic person with a special talent in marksmanship. The same goes for Mananabas, which stars actor Joe Coogan as the commander of a lost command.
Montano produced, directed, and appeared in the 2004 film Panaghoy sa Suba, which was his first appearance at the 2004 Metro Manila Film Festival. It is set during World War II, and the story takes place in Bohol along the Loboc River. It was mainly shot in the Visayan language, with a almost entirely Visayan cast. The Cinema Evaluation Board, or CEB of the Film Development Council of the Philippines, gave the film a "A" rating, which the film referred to as "a poetic, often magical, current of silent struggle and survival."
Multiple accolades were given to Panaghoy sa Suba. At the Metro Manila Film Festival, 2004; and Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Musical Score, and Best Supporting Actress at the Gawad Suri Awards, Manila, 2005. UNESCO also recognized it, awarding 16 accolades and 11 nominations, five of which were based in the Philippines, including 5 from Madagascar. It was named Best Picture at the International Festival of Independent Films, which was held in Brussels, Belgium, and was dubbed Best Picture at the International Festival of Independent Films. Montano was also named Best Director. In addition, Montano received Best Actor in Panaghoy sa Suba in the Golden Screen Awards. In 2005, Panaghoy sa Suba was on view at the Cannes Film Festival as an exhibit in the Tous les cinémas du Monde (Movies of the World). It has also been selected for screening in other international film festivals, Berlin, Toronto, Korea, and the Czech Republic's Karlo Vary Film Festival.
After paying attention to Montano's role in the film Muro Ami, an extensive open call audition, and a string of callbacks in Manila, American film writer and screenwriter John Dahl cast Montano in The Great Raid in 2002. During World War II, he portrayed Juan Pajota in the Miramax Film set in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. The film was mainly shot in Australia and a small portion in China.
Montano appeared in another U.S. film, Another Deep Breath, which was scheduled to begin shooting in the San Francisco Bay Area in March 2005. So the project never started firing because funding was never secured.
Montano, a regular performer at Hotel Mirador from 1981 to 1982, was a regular performer.
Montano's first music solo album "Subok Lang" (Just Try) was released on January 1, 2000 (Just Try) under Star Records. He is accompanied only by an acoustic guitar on nine of the album's ten songs. Sunshine Cruz, a Filipino actress and recording artist, appears in a duet on the second version of "Kailan Ko Lang Sinabi" ("When I Just Told You). Subok lang set the barometer for a platinum record.
Cesar Montano ran for a senate seat in the 2007 elections but failed. He was appointed by then-president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as her Presidential Special Envoy for Film and Digital Cinema, a newly created position with diplomatic status and granted diplomatic recognition by the Department of Foreign Affairs on May 19, 2009. On October 13, 2009, he declared his candidacy for governor in Bohol, his home province. He finished in the 2010 municipal election for the governorship.