Filipino 9

Submitted by: Brila, Jericho Tyler D.

Submitted to: Roxanne Nibaten
Coco Martin is one of the celebrities in the Philippines that earned his break through
the indie scene. Coco or born as Rodel Nacianceno was dubbed as "The King of
Philippine Independent Films." Coco was born on November 1, 1981 in Manila,
Philippines. He is living with his grandmother whom he considers as his second
mother. He has five siblings in total both from his biological parents. Who would've
known that Mr. Leading Man was once an OFW (Overseas Filipino Worker) based in
Alberta, Canada. He worked as a janitor for housekeeping. He earned a Bachelor's
Degree on HRM (Hotel and Restaurant Management) in National College of Business
and Arts.

He started his indie film journey lead starring in The Masseur (2005). The same film
earned him the Young Critics Circle Best Actor Award in 2006. On the same year,
he starred in another indie film titled Kaleldo (2006). The indie
films Daybreak (2008) and Jay (2008) earned him his first Gawad Urian for Best
Supporting Actor. Coco created another masterpiece this time with international
award winning director, Brillante Mendoza. The film was entitled Kinatay (2009) and
it was applauded by international audiences.

His mainstream career started in ABS-CBN's talent agency, Star Magic. In 2001, he
made his first cameo appearance in the film titled Luv Text (2001). He ventured in
other networks in 2007 but after a year he came back home to his Kapamilyas. Star
Cinema just recently released his first mainstream movie Born to Love You (2012)
together with Angeline Quinto.

Tayong dalawa (2009) in 2009 made his career unprecedented. His character
Ramon Lecumberri won him the 2009 Best Drama Actor in the Star Awards for
Television. After this, the rest was history. In 2010, he took the role of twins
Alexander and Javier Del Tierro in Minsan lang kita iibigin (2011). This granted him
well deserved nominations from a lot of award giving bodies such as KBP Golden
Dove Awards and Star Awards for TV to name some.

He is known for starring as lead, Daniel Guidotti, in ABS-CBN's top rated primetime
drama show Walang hanggan (2012) for which he worked with his co-star Julia
Montes in the film A Moment in Time (2013). In 2013, he is also best known for
starring as the title character in the fantasy action drama series Juan Dela
Cruz (2013).

In 2014, he starred in the films Maybe This Time (2014) alongside Sarah
Geronimo and Feng Shui 2 (2014) alongside Kris Aquino. In 2015, he starred in the
romantic comedy You're My Boss (2015) alongside Toni Gonzaga and the action
comedy Beauty and the Bestie (2015) alongside Vice Ganda. He continues his work
as a leading actor in both film and television.