Jiro Manio

Born: 1992-05-09

Jiro Manio (born as Jirō Katakura (片倉次郎 Katakura Jirō?, 9 May 1992), is a Filipino actor at ABS-CBN. He started acting at a very young age and became the youngest multi-awarded actor of his generation. He was born with a Japanese father Yusuke Katakura and Filipina mother Joylene Santos (who died in August 2007). He was raised by his grandfather and had a younger brother named Anjo Santos. Manio graduated from San Felipe Neri Parochial School and plans to study HRM in culinary studies at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde. He recently starred in digital film "Tambolista (Drumbeat)" under Cinema One, and his latest film was "Ang Tanging Ina Niyong Lahat" with Ai-Ai de las Alas. In 2004, he won the Best Actor and Gaward Urian plus Best Child Actor at Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award for the movie "Magnifico." On May 18, 2011, news program TV Patrol confirmed that Jiro underwent a rehab for drug addiction. He was a member of ABS CBN's elite circle of homegrown talents named Star Magic from 2000 until June 2009, when the network terminated him for unprofessional behavior. In 2010 Jiro recently transferred to GMA 7 after he recently appeared on GMA Network show Pilyang Kerubin top billed by Angelika dela Cruz. Manio became a father of two daughters named Sisha Calliope and Mishka Caxiopeia from a non-showbiz girlfriend who is 5 years his senior. He had his first child at the age of 16.


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Antonio's Secret

as Mike
Released: 2008-02-13

The story about a teenage boy, Antonio, whose emerging gay sexuality alienates him from his...

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Ang Tanging Ina

as Samuel/Shammy
Released: 2003-05-28

Desperate to provide a comfortable life for her children, Ina willingly takes all kinds of jobs...

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Bahay Kubo: A Pinoy Mano Po!

as JR
Released: 2007-12-25

Bahay Kubo: A Pinoy Mano Po! is a 2007 Regal Productions movie starring Maricel Soriano and Eric...

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Magnifico

as Magnifico
Released: 2003-01-29

A boy builds a coffin for his terminally ill grandmother, while raising money to buy a...

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Manay Po!

as Orwell Castello
Released: 2006-05-31

Manay Po tells the story of Luz, a small time jeweler who dreams of making it big so as to...

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Anak

as Jason
Released: 2000-05-10

A woman returns to the Philippines after working abroad to find that her family has fallen apart...

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The Life of Rosa

as Enteng
Released: 2001-09-25

Crime does not pay, so the adage goes. But feisty and outspoken Rosa (Rosanna Roces)--however...

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Ang Tanging Ina N'yong Lahat

as Shammy
Released: 2008-12-25

With the one, big, happy family that she has, any woman would admire Ina Montecillo as the...

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Pacquiao: The Movie

as Young Manny
Released: 2006-06-21

Jericho Rosales portrays Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao as he struggles out of poverty to become...

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Mila

as Peklat
Released: 2001-06-27

A dedicated educator caught in the upheaval and needs of the times imparts the basic rudiments...

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Manay Po! 2: Overload

as Orwell Castello
Released: 2008-04-16

Luzviminda Dimagiba (Cherry Pie Picache) and her three gay sons: Oscar (Polo Ravales), Orson...

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Slingshot

as uncredited
Released: 2007-05-16

A tribute to the real potential of digital cinema, Slingshot is a slum epic on steroids. It...

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Ang Tanging Ina Mo: Last na 'to!

as Shammy
Released: 2010-12-25

A few months after Ina left the position as the President of the Philippines, she is back in the...

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Foster Child

as Yuri
Released: 2007-09-12

Thelma, together with her husband Dado and teenage sons Gerald and Yuri, are a poor urban family...

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Gimik: The Reunion

as Dancing Kid
Released: 1999-04-28

A year after college, seven friends Diane Villaruel, Ricky Salveron, Ese Aragon, Joey Fajardo,...

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Green Paradise

as Marcial
Released: 2007-11-21

Kristina, a beautiful young lady who sells fresh fruits at her province, only wants a simple...

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Manila

as Macky
Released: 2009-06-17

A tribute to filmmakers and National Artists Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal. In the "Day"...

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Anghel sa Lupa

as Ake
Released: 2003-05-21

While saving his brother's life, Benjo dies, but he decides to forgo the afterlife and remain on...

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New Moon

as Francis
Released: 2001-07-20

Ahmad belongs to the Bangsamoro people. While many of his kind are bent on fighting, thinking...

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Drumbeat

as Jason
Released: 2007-11-30

Jason and Billy struggling to fulfill their unlikely dream, and having their world crumble...

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Tayong Dalawa

as Stanley "Stan" D. King III
First aired: 2009-01-19

Tayong Dalawa is a Philippine primetime drama series broadcast on ABS-CBN and worldwide on TFC...

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Spirits

as Nato
First aired: 2004-12-06

Spirits was a popular television program that was released by ABS-CBN in early 2005. It is about...

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Little Star

as Joross
First aired: 2010-10-25

Little Star is a Filipino drama series produced by GMA Network and TAPE Inc.. It stars Jennylyn...

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