Elijah Canlas

Elijah Luiz Madiclum Canlas (born August 16, 2000) is a Filipino actor and commercial model. He began his professional acting career in the 2014 independent film Sundalong Kanin, an official entry to Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival. He then rose to prominence for his award-winning performance in Kalel, 15 where he received Best Actor awards at 43rd Gawad Urian Awards, 68th FAMAS Awards, 17th Asian Film Festival in Rome, Italy, and 16th Harlem International Film Festival in Harlem, New York. This film also bagged its director, Jun Robles Lana, the best director award at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia. In May 2020, he was cast as one of the main actors in the YouTube series, Gameboys. Produced by The IdeaFirst Company, it is a boys love (BL) series in the Philippines that tackles the story of two young men who find each other online amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with Kokoy de Santos as Gavreel Alarcon, Elijah starred in the thirteen-part web series as Cairo Lazaro, an up-and-coming online game streamer. In late 2020, Netflix released a re-cut version of the series, titled Gameboys Level-Up Edition. To date, there are several groups supporting Canlas, among them are Elijah Nation Official Fans Club that was founded on June 1, 2020 and Sisterakas ni Jelo founded on February 21, 2021 and launched last March 21, 2021.