Tirso Cruz III

Tirso Cruz III

Known for
Acting
Born
April 1, 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
Manila, Philippines

Biography

Tirso Silvano Cruz III; born April 1, 1952) is a Filipino actor, comedian, and singer. He currently serves as the Chairperson of the Film Development Council of the Philippines. Regarded as a "matinee idol", Cruz is a FAMAS Award and Gawad Urian Award recipient.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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The Bagman poster

The Bagman

TV · 8 eps

2026
Honor Thy Mother poster

Honor Thy Mother

TV · 14 eps

2025
Sins of the Father poster

Sins of the Father

TV · as Diego Ramirez · 110 eps

2024
Para 'Di Makalimot poster

Para 'Di Makalimot

Movie · as Marvin (Father's Alexis)

2024
Uninvited poster

Uninvited

Movie · as Elmer

2024
Sagrado poster

Sagrado

TV · as Jaime Sagrado · 110 eps

2023
When I Met You In Tokyo poster

When I Met You In Tokyo

Movie · as Edwin

2023
Keys to the Heart poster

Keys to the Heart

Movie · as Roldan

2023
Royal Blood poster

Royal Blood

TV · as Gustavo Royales · 70 eps

2022
An Inconvenient Love poster

An Inconvenient Love

Movie · as Wilfredo Siena

2022
Maria Clara and Ibarra poster

Maria Clara and Ibarra

TV · as Padre Damaso Verdolagas · 105 eps

2021
The Fabulous Filipino Brothers poster

The Fabulous Filipino Brothers

Movie · as Tirso

2019
Kaibigan poster

Kaibigan

Movie · as Ed Santos

2019
3pol Trobol Huli Ka Balbon poster

3pol Trobol Huli Ka Balbon

Movie · as General Damian Calupitan

2019
Unforgettable poster

Unforgettable

Movie · as Lola Olive's doctor

2019
The General's Daughter poster

The General's Daughter

TV · as Santiago 'Tiago' Guerrero · 183 eps

2018
Tres poster

Tres

Movie

2018
Rainbow's Sunset poster

Rainbow's Sunset

Movie · as Emman

2018
Jack Em Popoy: The Puliscredibles poster

Jack Em Popoy: The Puliscredibles

Movie · as Police Senior Superintendent Arturo Punongbayan

2017
Northern Lights: A Journey to Love poster

Northern Lights: A Journey to Love

Movie · as Ricardo

2017
Wildflower poster

Wildflower

TV · as Congressman Julio Ardiente · 257 eps

2016
Always Be My Maybe poster

Always Be My Maybe

Movie

2016
My Candidate poster

My Candidate

Movie

2016
dIYOS-DIYOSAn

dIYOS-DIYOSAn

Movie

2015
The Last Pinoy Action King poster

The Last Pinoy Action King

Movie · as Himself

2015
Etiquette For Mistresses poster

Etiquette For Mistresses

Movie

2015
Honor Thy Father poster

Honor Thy Father

Movie · as Bishop Tony

2015
Brothers poster

Brothers

TV · as Arturo Padua · 696 eps

2014
When I Fall in Love poster

When I Fall in Love

Movie · as Armando Buenaventura

2014
Bride for Rent poster

Bride for Rent

Movie · as Roderico Espiritu Sr.

2013
Bekikang: Ang Nanay Kong Beki poster

Bekikang: Ang Nanay Kong Beki

Movie · as Gorio

2013
Alfredo S. Lim: The Untold Story

Alfredo S. Lim: The Untold Story

Movie · as Zosing

2013
Burgos poster

Burgos

Movie

2013
Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala poster

Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala

TV · as Romulos Diomedes · 50 eps

2013
Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw poster

Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw

TV · as Rodrigo Manrique · 63 eps

2012
Sisterakas poster

Sisterakas

Movie · as Simon

2012
D' Kilabots Pogi Brothers Weh?!? poster

D' Kilabots Pogi Brothers Weh?!?

Movie · as Donald

2011
No Other Woman poster

No Other Woman

Movie · as Fernando Zalderiaga

2011
Maskara poster

Maskara

Movie

2011
Trespassers poster

Trespassers

Movie

2011
Subject: I Love You poster

Subject: I Love You

Movie · as Frankie

2011
Deadline - Reign of Impunity poster

Deadline - Reign of Impunity

Movie

2011
I Heart You, Pare! poster

I Heart You, Pare!

TV · as Cesar / Sarsi · 78 eps

2010
The Red Shoes poster

The Red Shoes

Movie

2010
Miss You Like Crazy poster

Miss You Like Crazy

Movie · as Ramon Recto

2010
Sigwa poster

Sigwa

Movie · as Oliver

2010
Endless Love poster

Endless Love

TV · as Robert Dizon · 80 eps

2009
When I Met U poster

When I Met U

Movie · as Kardo

2009
In My Life poster

In My Life

Movie · as Benito Salvacion

2009
Ikaw Sana poster

Ikaw Sana

TV · as Gener Montemayor · 100 eps

2009
Paano Ba Ang Mangarap?

Paano Ba Ang Mangarap?

TV · as Don Mateo Valderama · 78 eps

2009
Only You

Only You

TV · as Theodore "Teddy" Javier, Sr. · 85 eps

2008
Magkaibigan poster

Magkaibigan

Movie

2008
Kaputol ng Isang Awit poster

Kaputol ng Isang Awit

TV · as Arsenio Rivera / Kidlat · 73 eps

2007
Ang M.O.N.A.Y ni Mr. Shooli poster

Ang M.O.N.A.Y ni Mr. Shooli

Movie

2007
Happy Hearts

Happy Hearts

Movie · as Nick Ricafrente

2007
Desperadas poster

Desperadas

Movie · as Patrick's Father

2007
Zaido: The Space Sheriff poster

Zaido: The Space Sheriff

TV · as Ramiro · 100 eps

2007
Lupin poster

Lupin

TV · as Fundador "Duroy" De Dios · 95 eps

2006
Pacquiao: The Movie poster

Pacquiao: The Movie

Movie · as Tirso Cruz III as Mang Rosalio (Manny's Father)

2006
Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di poster

Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di

Movie

2006
I Luv NY poster

I Luv NY

TV · as Edward Young · 85 eps

2005
Can This Be Love poster

Can This Be Love

Movie · as Roger

2005
Pepot Superstar poster

Pepot Superstar

Movie · as Future Self

2005
Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin poster

Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin

TV · as Roden Ynares · 125 eps

2004
Minsan Pa poster

Minsan Pa

Movie · as Jeremiah Toledo Jr.

2003
Chavit

Chavit

Movie · as Biboy Crisostomo

2003
Nympha poster

Nympha

Movie · as Fr. Domingo

2003
It Might Be You poster

It Might Be You

TV · as Ernesto Lord Trinidad · 263 eps

2002
The '70s poster

The '70s

Movie · as Evelyn's Dad

2002
Singsing Ni Lola poster

Singsing Ni Lola

Movie · as Peping

2002
Mano Po poster

Mano Po

Movie · as Daniel Go

2002
Diskarte poster

Diskarte

Movie · as Colonel Montero

2001
Grandma's House poster

Grandma's House

Movie · as Jimmy

2001
Sana Ay Ikaw Na Nga

Sana Ay Ikaw Na Nga

TV · as Juancho Fulgencio · 361 eps

2000
The Debut poster

The Debut

Movie · as Roland Mercado

1999
Abel Villarama Armado poster

Abel Villarama Armado

Movie

1998
Wish poster

Wish

Movie · as Oscar

1998
Halik Sa Apoy

Halik Sa Apoy

TV · as Benjamin Rosales · 145 eps

1997
Ibulong Mo Sa Diyos 2 poster

Ibulong Mo Sa Diyos 2

Movie

1997
Pag-ibig Ko Sa Iyo'y Totoo poster

Pag-ibig Ko Sa Iyo'y Totoo

Movie

1997
Daniel Eskultor: Hindi Umaatras sa Laban poster

Daniel Eskultor: Hindi Umaatras sa Laban

Movie

1996
Isa, Dalawa Takbo poster

Isa, Dalawa Takbo

Movie · as Totoy

1996
Hangga't May Hininga poster

Hangga't May Hininga

Movie · as Cong. Ramirez

1996
Ang TV Movie: The Adarna Adventure poster

Ang TV Movie: The Adarna Adventure

Movie · as Prinsipe Diego

1996
Sana Naman poster

Sana Naman

Movie · as Zandro

1996
Aringkingking: Ang Bodyguard Kong Sexy poster

Aringkingking: Ang Bodyguard Kong Sexy

Movie

1995
Harvest Home poster

Harvest Home

Movie · as Peping

1995
Rollerboys poster

Rollerboys

Movie · as Moy

1995
Saan Ako Nagkamali poster

Saan Ako Nagkamali

Movie · as Dindo

1994
Maestro Toribio: Sentensyador poster

Maestro Toribio: Sentensyador

Movie

1994
Hindi Pa Tapos ang Labada, Darling poster

Hindi Pa Tapos ang Labada, Darling

Movie

1994
Lagalag

Lagalag

Movie · as Roy Panganiban

1994
Koronang Itim poster

Koronang Itim

Movie · as Direk Gino

1994
Sige... Hataw Mo! poster

Sige... Hataw Mo!

Movie

1993
Gascon... bala ang katapat mo poster

Gascon... bala ang katapat mo

Movie

1993
How Much I Love You poster

How Much I Love You

Movie

1993
Inay poster

Inay

Movie · as Teddy

1993
Sgt. Bobby Aguilar: You Only Have One Life!

Sgt. Bobby Aguilar: You Only Have One Life!

Movie

1993
Kapatid ni Hudas poster

Kapatid ni Hudas

Movie

1993
Beloy Montemayor Jr.: Tirador Ng Cebu poster

Beloy Montemayor Jr.: Tirador Ng Cebu

Movie

1993
Lumuhod Ka Sa Lupa poster

Lumuhod Ka Sa Lupa

Movie

1992
Lucio Margallo poster

Lucio Margallo

Movie · as Sgt. Goyena

1992
Lt. Nicholas Aguirre: Batas ko ang iiral poster

Lt. Nicholas Aguirre: Batas ko ang iiral

Movie

1992
Even My Life...

Even My Life...

Movie · as Melgar

1992
Alyas Boy Kano poster

Alyas Boy Kano

Movie

1991
Snake Woman poster

Snake Woman

Movie · as Roberto

1991
Maalaala Mo Kaya poster

Maalaala Mo Kaya

TV · as Pablito "Babalu" Sarmiento · 1 ep

1990
Hanggang Kailan Ka Papatay poster

Hanggang Kailan Ka Papatay

Movie

1990
Hukom .45 poster

Hukom .45

Movie

1989
Count the Stars in the Sky poster

Count the Stars in the Sky

Movie · as Dr. Anselmo Santos/Anselmo Santos Jr.

1988
Penoy Balut poster

Penoy Balut

Movie

1988
Sana Mahalin Mo Ako poster

Sana Mahalin Mo Ako

Movie · as Ramon

1985
The Tales of Grandmother Basyang poster

The Tales of Grandmother Basyang

Movie · as Roland

1985
I Can't Stop Loving You poster

I Can't Stop Loving You

Movie · as Reynand / Kiko dela Cruz

1985
Till We Meet Again poster

Till We Meet Again

Movie · as Cholo

1981
Pabling poster

Pabling

Movie

1978
Last Target poster

Last Target

Movie

1978
Dash A Lotsa Nonsents! poster

Dash A Lotsa Nonsents!

Movie

1978
Pinagbuklod ng Pag-Ibig poster

Pinagbuklod ng Pag-Ibig

Movie

1978
Mahal Mo, Mahal Ko poster

Mahal Mo, Mahal Ko

Movie · as Pipo

1977
Bakya Mo Neneng poster

Bakya Mo Neneng

Movie

1976
Good Evening to Everybody poster

Good Evening to Everybody

Movie · as Roy Valdes

1976
Alas 5:00 (Singko) ng Hapon, Gising Na Ang Mga Anghel

Alas 5:00 (Singko) ng Hapon, Gising Na Ang Mga Anghel

Movie

1975
Blood and Love on a Piece of Land poster

Blood and Love on a Piece of Land

Movie · as Dave (segment 5)

1975
Memories of Our Love poster

Memories of Our Love

Movie

1974
Happy Days Are Here Again poster

Happy Days Are Here Again

Movie · as Himself

1974
7 Crazy Dragons poster

7 Crazy Dragons

Movie

1973
Hindi Kita Malimot poster

Hindi Kita Malimot

Movie

1973
Maalaala Mo Kaya? poster

Maalaala Mo Kaya?

Movie

1972
And God Smiled at Me poster

And God Smiled at Me

Movie

1972
A Gift of Love poster

A Gift of Love

Movie

1972
Kung May Gusot May Lusot poster

Kung May Gusot May Lusot

Movie · as Philip

1972
Winter Holiday poster

Winter Holiday

Movie

1971
My Blue Hawaii poster

My Blue Hawaii

Movie

1971
Guy and Pip poster

Guy and Pip

Movie

1971
Now! poster

Now!

Movie

1971
Always in My Heart poster

Always in My Heart

Movie

1971
My Heart Belongs to Daddy poster

My Heart Belongs to Daddy

Movie

1970
Young Love poster

Young Love

Movie

1969
Drakulita poster

Drakulita

Movie

1962
Susanang Twist poster

Susanang Twist

Movie

1952
The Birth of the Messiah poster

The Birth of the Messiah

Movie · as Baby Jesus