Christopher de Leon
Birthday: 1956-10-31
Place of Birth: Manila, Philippines
Biography: Christopher Strauss de León (born on 31 October 1956) is a Filipino film actor and politician. He is the son of actor-director Gil de Leon and actress Lilia Dizon. De Leon appeared on the gag show Going Bananas and has appeared in over 120 films since the early 1970s. Dubbed as the King of Philippine Drama, he is best known for his roles in the films, "Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang" (1974), "Ganito Kami Noon... Paano Kayo Ngayon?" (1976), "Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos" (1976), "Kung Mangarap Ka't Magising" (1977), "Kakabakaba Ka Ba?" (1980), "Cain at Abel" (1982), Bituing Walang Ningning (1985), "Dekada '70" (2002), and "On The Job: The Missing 8" (2021).
Movies
Where... Who... How???
A short documentary on the making of Mike de Leon's 1980 film Kakabakaba Ka Ba? (Will Your Heart Bea...
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Kahit Maputi na ang Buhok Ko
Rey Valera relives the inspirations - people, situations, communities, and times - that spurred him ...
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Moro
A single mother, who had an ominous dream about her husband who passed away before her, tries to rec...
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Dahil Mahal Kita: The Dolzura Cortez Story
Dolzura Cortez has had several men in her life. One returns to her as an AIDS researcher and unwitti...
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Masikip, Maluwang... Paraisong Parisukat
Based on Orlando Nadre's screenplay and follows the different lives of the people working in a shoe ...
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Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema
A one-of-a-kind legacy project produced by TBA Studios, Habambuhay is a homage to the centennial ann...
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Tunay na Mahal
Casilda diagnosed with terminal cancer, has a few months to live. She finds a way for her husband to...
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Pinay, American Style
PX, short for Paula Xavier (Vilma Santos) was an illegal alien in New York City. She’s broke and wai...
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Magkano Ang Iyong Dangal?
When love dies and infidelity sets in, what happens to a young couple who vow to love each other for...
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Dalaga si Misis, Binata si Mister
A successful couple decide to separate and see other people in this romantic comedy from Lino Brocka...
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Hide and Seek
A fast-paced comedy of two people who aren't really crooks but nevertheless find themselves on the o...
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Kung Kaya Mo... Kaya Ko Rin
A middle-aged married woman falls madly in love with a young painter half her age....
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God... Save Me!
A doting father, terminally ill with cancer, spends the remaining days of his life with his young da...
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Higit Pa Sa Buhay Ko
Alex, in an altercation after a car accident with Gaston, loses his brother Joey. Gaston is eventual...
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Huwag Mo Kaming Isumpa
A young man avenges his mother's fate in the hands of her philandering husband by seducing the latte...
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Ama Namin
The life and faith of a priest was put into test when his family was killed by the military who wron...
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When I Met You In Tokyo
Azon, a feisty and bubbly woman known for the generosity of her heart, meets Joey, a divorcee who st...
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Anim Na Dekada… Nag-Iisang VILMA
To celebrate her 60th anniversary in showbiz, Vilma Santos sits down with Boy Abunda to look back an...
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Dirty Games
Blinded mad by jealousy over the close friendship between his wife and buddy, a man masterminds his ...
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Kay Dali ng Kahapon, Kay Tagal ng Bukas
Two young lovers navigate through their lives as a young, married couple in midst of their personal ...
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As We Were
Set at the turn of the 20th century during the Filipino revolution against the Spaniards and, later,...
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Aguila
Flashbacks encompass the history of the Philippines as well as the life story of the elderly Daniel ...
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An Affair
In a time in the Philippines when the concept of divorce does not exist, a young woman has an affair...
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Three Years Without God
Set during World War II, a schoolteacher, Rosario, enters a forbidden relationship with a Japanese s...
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Will Your Heart Beat Faster?
In a spoof on the contemporary sacred cons, two yuppy couples get entangled with warring smugglers o...
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Sa Putik Ihuhugas Ay Dugo
A love triangle involving a young woman, her elderly husband and the husband's illegitimate brother....
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Bakit Ngayon Ka Lang?
A widower moves to the city with his son as he deals with aftermath of losing his wife....
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Lampang Kerubin
An aired tv movie about the relationship between a handicapped child and his parents....
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Bulaklak ng Maynila
A woman who falls under the sway of a crime boss plots to bring him down after a horrible betrayal i...
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Wanted: Perfect Mother
A 30-year-old widower realizes that his three children need a mother figure. His youngest daughter f...
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Weighed But Found Wanting
A privileged teenager, disillusioned with the hypocrisy he witnesses in his small town, forms a bond...
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Cain and Abel
A modern-day version of the biblical legend of Cain and Abel, the strong-willed matriarch Señora Pin...
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Banal
Cris and Jason are two policemen with two opposite personalities and philosophies-Cris is the epitom...
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American Adobo
The everyday struggles of people trying to bridge two cultures, as well as their attempt to find hap...
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Moments in a Stolen Dream
A coming-of-age story of college student Joey, who's lost all sense of direction. His only inspirati...
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Flames Of Love
A multi-plot story that tackles the pressing issues surrounding the modern-day family – drug addict...
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Mano Po III: My Love
Anti-crime crusader Lilia Chiong Yang seems to have everything a woman could want and need: a husban...
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The Legend Of Julian Makabayan
Celso Ad. Castillo's film about villagers retelling the story of their hero and the revolt he waged ...
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Signed: Lino Brocka
Documentary filmmaker Christian Blackwood profiles controversial Filipino director Lino Brocka, deta...
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Isang Milyon At Isang Kasalanan
A 1979 drama film starring Christopher de Leon, Rudy Fernandez and Alma Moreno. Originally serialize...
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Pedro Penduko, Episode II: The Return Of The Comeback
A man (Janno Gibbs) meets the leader (Ramon Zamora) of a distant land threatened by imminent destruc...
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An Indivisible Heaven
Noel struggles to accept his father's remarriage to Agnes and the arrival of his step-sister, Melody...
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Bad Bananas on the Silver Screen
Zany foursome Errol, Herman, Tacio, and Peewee merely geared up for a short underwater dive towards ...
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Palipat-lipat, Papalit-palit
Chuck is a TV executive who feels he has achieved his goals far too early in life. He decides to lea...
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Drigo Garrote: Jai Alai King
Official entry to the first Metro Manila Film Festival in 1978 directed by Manuel 'Fyke' Cinco and s...
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The 70s
Amanda and Julian are doing their best to rear their five sons during the repressive dictatorship of...
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Relax Lang, Mama ... Sagot Kita
A young married couple show how to manage life despite the odds....
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Haplos
Al is a balikbayan who returns to his former hometown where his mother is buried. There he meets his...
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Si Boyet, Si Hilda atbp…
The making of Mike de Leon's 1977 film Kung Mangarap Ka't Magising (Moments in a Stolen Dream), star...
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Iwahig
A story about a police officer whose sister and mother got killed in a robbery, and seeks revenge on...
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Kahit ang Mundo'y Magunaw
Does reincarnation exist? Amanda (Pilar Pilapil) is a real icon--a tribal goddess and a sexy lass tu...
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The Stepmother
The loving and nurturing Mariel marries Edward after his first wife abandons him and their three chi...
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Broken Marriage
Trapped in a world of hectic schedules, pressure, and little time for each other, married couple Ell...
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Kasal?
As their wedding day approaches, Joel and Grace open up about their past lovers, and just before the...
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Eskapo
Set during the terrifying reign of Filipino despot, Marcos, two upper caste but very different stran...
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Ikaw ay Akin
Horticulturist Teresita and Rex, a skydiving enthusiast and passenger jeep manufacturer, have been t...
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Sugatang Puso
A divorced man who marries a widowed wife. De Leon's previous wife suddenly develops problems, and D...
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Blue Moon
Corazon (Boots Anson Roa), an old Filipina who lives in Boston, wrote to each Manuel Pineda in her h...
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Sa'yo Lamang
From the director who gave us Tanging Yaman, Laurice Guillen, is back with another heart-warming fam...
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Mano Po 2: My Home
Antonio Chan, a prominent Chinese businessman, has three women in his life Sol, a Filipina; Lu Shui,...
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Mano Po 6: A Mother's Love
Melinda Uy is a half-Filipino, half-Chinese struggling mother to four children married to a full-Chi...
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Pangarap Ko Ang Ibigin Ka
A lonely man gets a second chance at love when he meets a woman during a visit to his wife's grave....
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A Plea to God
A nun is ostracized by her superiors after a brutal encounter with a rapist leaves her pregnant....
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Tragic Theater
A team of exorcists are sent into an old theater that is rumored to have been the site of a great tr...
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Salamat sa Alaala
The documentary serves as a tribute to National Artist for Cinema Gerardo de Leon in celebration of ...
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The Son of Brocka
It is about a group of investigative journalists from a sub-par TV station who accidentally scores a...
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Catch Me... I'm in Love
An advocate for the poor begins a rocky romance with the president's spoiled son while accompanying ...
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El Presidente
The film begins with his capture by Philippine and US forces under Frederick Funston's command in 19...
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Ika-13 kapitulo
A story of good versus evil revolving around a young woman. When Angela is born to David and Sara th...
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Mahal Kita: Final Answer!
Joanna, a good-for-nothing girl who miserably failed in her attempt to win any television game show ...
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In My Own Hands
A serial killer preying on unfaithful wives sets his eyes on an investigator's wife. The culprit is ...
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(Filipino: In the Name of the Father, Mother, and Children)
In 1970s Mindanao, a man and his family take arms to defend the people against those who would oppre...
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Mga Mata ni Angelita
Mga Mata ni Angelita was written by Ricardo Feliciano and became a number one hit radio drama from 1...
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Wansapanataym: The Movie
The story is about an orphan named Anna who searched for her long-lost father. With the guardian ang...
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Beloved
A friendship turns south when one of them stole the others' fiance and then asks her to keep the rel...
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Paano Ba Ang Mangarap?
The story of Lisa & Eric and how they fought for their love. Lisa got pregnant with Benny, Eric's br...
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Kailan Sasabihing Mahal Kita?
A marriage which started on the wrong foot, compromised by her boyfriend agreed to marry family frie...
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Minsan Pa Nating Hagkan ang Nakaraan
Rod leaves Helen for his career and she falls in love with another. Rod becomes successful and goes ...
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Magdusa Ka!
An illegitimate daughter of a maid is welcomed by her rich father to live with him in the mansion. B...
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Should the Skies Clear
Catherine goes through all the travails of a young woman who must deal with a scheming stepfather ou...
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Katawan
The moment the doctor confirms his wife's pregnancy Carlo felt a sign of a curse coming to life. It'...
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Maging Akin Ka Lamang
The rich and beautiful Rosita would do anything to win the love of the man she had become obsessed w...
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When Love Begins...
Benedicto "Ben" Caballero is an environmentalist who disapproves of deforestation for villages in mo...
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Sinasamba Kita
Strong-willed and sophisticated, Divina takes over the business of her late father Don Ferrer who ha...
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Kapag Puso'y Sinugatan
A mother urges the father of the child she bore out of wedlock to fulfill their son’s yearning for h...
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Bituing Walang Ningning
Dorina Pineda is a Sampaguita vendor idolizing the most famous singing sensation in the country, Lav...
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Walang Karugtong Ang Nakaraan
A widower found a strong resemblance between his late wife and the tutor of his daughter. Because he...
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One and Only Star
Miggy is not an ordinary boy. He grows up as a learning, mentally challenged person. He becomes the ...
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Tatlong Mukha ng Pag-ibig
Three stories of love starring Sharon Cuneta. The first, "I Love You, Moo-Moo" (directed by Leroy Sa...
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Bakit Iisa Lamang Ang Puso?
The death of tycoon Ernesto Benitez left behind two daughters by different mothers....
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Dirty Affair
A teenage boy befriends a starlet who is having an affair with an ambitious mayor. As the elections ...
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Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita
Salve, a content barrio lass, is married to Alfred, an aspiring politician. Alfred meets Via finds o...
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Mahal Kita, Walang Iba
Opposites attract when Trixie, a spoiled rich brat, asks Alex, a hardworking taxi driver, to be her ...
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Huwag Mong Salingin ang Sugat Ko
Delfin is a doctor who returns to his hometown in the hopes of giving medical assistance to the peop...
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Nasaan ang Puso
After separating for too long, two sisters are reunited but complications are bound to happen when b...
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Hanggang Ngayon Ika'y Minamahal
Restaurant owner Margot often reproaches her dentist husband Leo for his irresponsible and disorgani...
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Tisoy!
Tisoy is a bohemian balikbayan searching for his father. He gets help from his friends as they scour...
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How Much I Love You
A man whose face is burned beyond recognition, facing multiple operations, despairs, but is brought ...
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Kapag Napagod ang Puso
When a harassed movie director takes it on his wife, the battered wife is faced with how long can sh...
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Nakawin Natin Ang Bawat Sandali
Two desperate lovers snatching every bit of forbidden time....
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Ipagpatawad Mo
A married couple who try to make their marriage work despite the fact that both of them are career-o...
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Victim
The story of an unsuccessful attempt to convict a congressman's son of rape takes an unexpected twis...
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Dinampot Ka Lang sa Putik
A love triangle involving a young woman who leaves her provincial boyfriend and newborn son to try h...
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In the Name of Love
When Mae finds out that her husband Spanky is having an affair, Mae confronts the other woman which ...
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Pahiram Kahit Sandali
Tess is a bored businesswoman who is married to Andy, a processed meat salesman. She learns to cook ...
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Lagi na Lamang Ba Akong Babae?
Virginal Ninay becomes a woman as an object of desire for liberation, but she's confused about her g...
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The Day Before Yesterday
Kamakalawa (The Day Before Yesterday) explores the folklore of the prehistoric Philippines in an adv...
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My Other Woman
A pilot with an ideal family life and a beautiful wife faces the temptations of another woman, a fee...
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Spark in the Dark
The lives of a newly married couple and their mutual friend unravel after the wife becomes the victi...
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Magkapatid
Lisa (Santos) and Cita (Cuneta) have a kinship as sisters, but their bond goes far beyond blood. The...
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Dukot
Based on a true kidnapping event, Carlo Sandoval was kidnapped instead of his sister....
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Star?
The story of Tony (Rudy Fernandez) is not only a reminder to actors or actresses, but to everyone. I...
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Bakit May Pag-ibig Pa?
This drama offers a rare chance to compare the styles of two major Filipino filmmakers. The first ep...
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Where Is Francis?
An absurd, original and bawdy comedy about a hapless Boy, who tries to save his girlfriend, who is f...
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Moro
From the music of UK composer Nainita Desai, Filipino filmmaker Brillante Mendoza crafts a story abo...
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Faces of Love
After receiving anonymous love letters for the past 10 years, widower Arcadio decides to find out wh...
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The Escort
A young woman works as a secretary for a high class escort service, and is drawn into the intrigues ...
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Alas Dose
After a drug lord is apprehended by the police, a syndicate does everything in its power to get him ...
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Across The Crescent Moon
The story revolves around a SAF exemplary Agent, Abbas Misani a Muslim who is married to Emma, whose...
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Tag-ulan sa Tag-araw
A young co-ed falls in love with her first-degree cousin, who stays with her family while studying i...
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Smaller and Smaller Circles
A serial killer in Payatas leaves the bodies of young boys in the dump as two Jesuit priests try to ...
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Karma
Sarah is assaulted by Eric on the eve of her wedding. Years later, their paths cross again, and the ...
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Banaue: Stairway to the Sky
Amidst the background of the rice terraces, the story of an Igorota and daughter of a chieftain is t...
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Kamandag ng Droga
An all-too-real film on the country's current war on drugs, the film tackles the angle of the family...
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Immortal
Vilma Santos and Christopher De Leon portray two star crossed lovers, meeting each other across seve...
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Magkaibigan
Two lifelong friends have their lives shaken up when one of them discovers that he has cancer. Quick...
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Divine Mercy sa Buhay ni Sister Faustina
A true to life story of Blessed sister Faustina and the prayer that we are now reciting popularly ca...
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Paano Na? Sa Mundo ni Janet
This melodrama revolves around the relationships of the four main characters -- a deaf-mute named Ja...
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Your Body Is Mine
A 1984 erotic melodrama by Lino Brocka about a former softcore porn star ("bold star" in the Philipp...
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The Wedding
Lia is set to marry Cebu's most eligible bachelor and mayoral candidate Philip. Conflict begins when...
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Tinimbang ang Langit
This is the story of the dramatic journey of Victoria, a struggling but talented singer whose search...
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Kung Mawawala Ka Pa
A story of a married couple brought together by the illness of their child....
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Vampira
Cara is on a mission to break the curse that has haunted her family for generations. During her effo...
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Magkaribal
A story of a woman whose closest friend became her worst rival. They were once very close to each ot...
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Anak
A daughter defies her mother to pursue her passionate yet ill fated relationship....
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Ganito Kami Muli
A documentary produced by Cinema One that sees through fully restored film in the eyes of young film...
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Manoy: Isang Pagsaludo kay Eddie Garcia
Icons of Philippine entertainment industry pay tribute to the “Manoy” of Philippine Cinema Eddie Gar...
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On the Job: The Missing 8
Inspired by true events, the film chronicles the story of Sisoy Salas, a corrupt journalist seeking ...
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Sana'y Ikaw na Nga
This love triangle story is about love, music, and drugs. Jessica was an upcoming singer who met Gar...
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Sampung Ahas ni Eva
On a remote island, a plane wreck leaves a woman alone with ten men who are willing to kill to fulfi...
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Hiram na Mukha
Alicia is an unattractive woman who is transformed into a beauty by a plastic surgeon. She soon real...
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Sambahin Ang Ngalan Mo
Two warring crime syndicate families fight bitterly for dominance to the last of their descendants. ...
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Vein Wound
A provincial son who just finished law school embarked on becoming a successful man, even if it mean...
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Pakawalan Mo Ako
A female escort's fiance rejects her when her profession is revealed....
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Yakapin Mo ang Umaga
A young teenager from a dysfunctional family, gets led into forbidden activities of juvenile delinqu...
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Masarap, Masakit... ang Umibig
A wealthy couple’s sacrificing adopted son, Alonzo (Christopher de Leon) and wayward biological son,...
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