Soliman Cruz

Soliman Cruz

Known for
Acting
Born
September 14, 1963 (age 63)

Biography

Soliman Cruz is a Filipino actor. He has been into theater since fifth grade, an attendee of the Kasaysayan ng Lahi Summer Arts Workshop at Nayong Pilipino. After graduating from high school, Cruz joined the Cultural Center of the Philippines' Bulwagang Gantimpala in the 1980s and impressed theater director Tony Espejo. Cruz's first short film was the 8mm Kwentong Barbero in 1991, directed by Jon Red. He had a break when he portrayed the father of the gay protagonist in the 2005 multi-awarded indie film The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros. He then appeared in the 2006 Metro Manila Film Festival film Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo. He also acted in independent films such as Manila Skies (2009) and Norte (2013). He often appears in supporting roles in works of Filipino director Lav Diaz.

Known For

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Filmography

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Trip

Trip

Movie

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The Greatest Performance

The Greatest Performance

Movie · as Mar Alvarez

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Jaguar poster

Jaguar

Movie

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Water Break poster

Water Break

Movie

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Sellblock

Sellblock

TV · as Bert · 8 eps

2026
First Light poster

First Light

Movie · as Father Claridad

2026
Greatest Performance poster

Greatest Performance

Movie · as Mar Alvarez

2026
Nakabinbin poster

Nakabinbin

Movie

2026
Ria poster

Ria

Movie

2026
Seeds of Peace: The Life of Fr. Rhoel D. Gallardo, CMF poster

Seeds of Peace: The Life of Fr. Rhoel D. Gallardo, CMF

Movie

2026
Silenced Nights poster

Silenced Nights

Movie

2026
The Secrets of Hotel 88 poster

The Secrets of Hotel 88

TV · as Botong · 6 eps

2025
Ex Ex Lovers poster

Ex Ex Lovers

Movie · as Mr. C

2025
In Thy Name poster

In Thy Name

Movie

2025
Sinner's Club poster

Sinner's Club

Movie

2025
Diamonds in the Sand poster

Diamonds in the Sand

Movie · as Toto

2025
Only We Know poster

Only We Know

Movie · as Manolo

2025
Searching for Sol poster

Searching for Sol

Movie · as Sol

2025
I Remember You poster

I Remember You

Movie

2025
L - Langoy poster

L - Langoy

Movie · as Manong Ben

2025
Manila's Finest poster

Manila's Finest

Movie · as Walter Feliciano

2025
Out of Order poster

Out of Order

Movie · as Nicholas Maximo

2025
The Last Beergin poster

The Last Beergin

Movie · as Husband

2025
The Delivery Rider poster

The Delivery Rider

Movie · as Mang Ben

2025
Cinemartyrs poster

Cinemartyrs

Movie · as Film Critic

2025
The Time That Remains poster

The Time That Remains

Movie · as Teresing

2025
Near Death poster

Near Death

Movie

2025
Rekonek poster

Rekonek

Movie · as Hassam

2025
Call Me Mother poster

Call Me Mother

Movie · as Principal

2025
Sins of the Father poster

Sins of the Father

TV · as Enrico Villanueva · 90 eps

2025
I Love You Since 1892 poster

I Love You Since 1892

TV · as Don Mariano Alfonso · 18 eps

2024
One Night poster

One Night

Movie · as Colonel Garcia

2024
When Magic Hurts poster

When Magic Hurts

Movie

2024
Guilty Pleasure poster

Guilty Pleasure

Movie · as Renante

2024
The Kingdom poster

The Kingdom

Movie · as Lolo Kip

2024
Lavender Fields poster

Lavender Fields

TV · as Chief Benjamin Esteban · 50 eps

2023
Boso Dos poster

Boso Dos

Movie · as Councilor Cadhit

2023
Suki poster

Suki

Movie · as D.O.M.

2023
Home I Found in You poster

Home I Found in You

Movie · as Mario Dela Cruz

2023
Monday First Screening poster

Monday First Screening

Movie · as Norman

2023
What If? poster

What If?

Movie · as Francis

2023
Call Me Alma poster

Call Me Alma

Movie · as Caretaker

2023
Video City: Be Kind, Please Rewind poster

Video City: Be Kind, Please Rewind

Movie

2023
The Blind Soldiers poster

The Blind Soldiers

Movie

2023
Five Breakups and a Romance poster

Five Breakups and a Romance

Movie · as Roger

2023
Family of Two (A Mother and Son Story) poster

Family of Two (A Mother and Son Story)

Movie

2023
Mama Susan's Friends poster

Mama Susan's Friends

Movie · as Mang Narcing

2023
Batang Quiapo poster

Batang Quiapo

TV · as Celso / Mayor · 254 eps

2023
Dirty Linen poster

Dirty Linen

TV · as Chief Alejandro Isidro · 37 eps

2022
Hugas poster

Hugas

Movie · as Boyong

2022
How to Make an Effective Campaign Ad poster

How to Make an Effective Campaign Ad

Movie

2022
Rooftop poster

Rooftop

Movie

2022
Pula ang Kulay ng Gabi poster

Pula ang Kulay ng Gabi

Movie

2022
To the North poster

To the North

Movie · as Joel

2022
Blue Room poster

Blue Room

Movie · as Officer Delgado

2022
The Influencer poster

The Influencer

Movie · as Ping Police Officer

2022
The Backride poster

The Backride

Movie

2022
Trigger poster

Trigger

Movie

2022
Selina's Gold poster

Selina's Gold

Movie · as Berong

2022
Knock poster

Knock

Movie · as Mang Delfin

2022
On the Job: The Missing 8 poster

On the Job: The Missing 8

Movie · as Obet Pamintuan

2022
Love You Stranger poster

Love You Stranger

TV · as Pete · 40 eps

2022
What We Could Be poster

What We Could Be

TV · as Tirso Macaraeg · 50 eps

2021
Death of a Girlfriend poster

Death of a Girlfriend

Movie · as Interrogator

2021
More Than Blue poster

More Than Blue

Movie · as Uncle Doctor

2021
Big Night! poster

Big Night!

Movie · as Mr. Roja

2021
Huwag Kang Lalabas poster

Huwag Kang Lalabas

Movie · as Mang Tasyo (segment "Bahay")

2021
The Furnace poster

The Furnace

Movie

2021
Taya poster

Taya

Movie · as Boss Paps

2020
Nightshift poster

Nightshift

Movie

2020
Battered Husband poster

Battered Husband

Movie

2020
Life's Pedal poster

Life's Pedal

Movie

2020
Midnight in a Perfect World poster

Midnight in a Perfect World

Movie · as Fabian Bilbao

2020
La Vida Lena poster

La Vida Lena

TV · as Lolo Dado · 1 ep

2019
The Sweet Taste of Salted Bread and Undies poster

The Sweet Taste of Salted Bread and Undies

Movie · as Bruno

2019
Journey poster

Journey

Movie · as Nanding

2019
Iska poster

Iska

Movie · as Joven

2019
Belief as the Light in Darkness poster

Belief as the Light in Darkness

Movie

2019
The Shoemaker poster

The Shoemaker

Movie · as Elias

2019
The Broken Vinyl Record poster

The Broken Vinyl Record

Movie

2019
Damaso poster

Damaso

Movie

2019
Miracle in Cell No. 7 poster

Miracle in Cell No. 7

Movie · as Tatang Celso

2019
3pol Trobol Huli Ka Balbon poster

3pol Trobol Huli Ka Balbon

Movie · as General Garcia

2019
Viral Kids poster

Viral Kids

Movie

2019
Basurero poster

Basurero

Movie

2019
Lola Igna poster

Lola Igna

Movie · as Mayor Gustavo

2019
The Killer Bride poster

The Killer Bride

TV · as Andres Del Pilar · 115 eps

2018
Want You with All My Hypothalamus poster

Want You with All My Hypothalamus

Movie · as Lando

2018
Hitboy poster

Hitboy

Movie

2018
Harry & Patty poster

Harry & Patty

Movie

2018
Liway poster

Liway

Movie · as Sulpicio

2018
Ophelia poster

Ophelia

Movie · as Dad

2018
The Girl Allergic to Wi-Fi poster

The Girl Allergic to Wi-Fi

Movie · as Chinese Doctor

2017
The Ashes And Ghosts of Tayug 1931 poster

The Ashes And Ghosts of Tayug 1931

Movie · as F. Sionil Jose

2015
Death in the Land of Encantos poster

Death in the Land of Encantos

Movie · as Torturer

2015
Taklub poster

Taklub

Movie

2014
Barber's Tales poster

Barber's Tales

Movie · as Ruben

2014
Norte, the End of History poster

Norte, the End of History

Movie · as Wakwak

2013
With a Smile poster

With a Smile

TV · as Tomas "Tom" Asuncion · 65 eps

2012
El Presidente poster

El Presidente

Movie · as Maximo Inocencio

2012
The Kidnappers of Ronnie Lazaro poster

The Kidnappers of Ronnie Lazaro

Movie · as Abdul Abdulrajak

2012
Bwakaw poster

Bwakaw

Movie · as Funeral Homes Manager

2011
Century of Birthing poster

Century of Birthing

Movie · as Philosopher

2011
Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story poster

Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story

Movie · as Soliman

2011
Bulong poster

Bulong

Movie · as Chief of Police

2010
Paano na Kaya poster

Paano na Kaya

Movie · as Mr. Castillo

2010
Blood Ties poster

Blood Ties

Movie

2010
Ang Umaatikabong Buhay ni Badong Aguirre poster

Ang Umaatikabong Buhay ni Badong Aguirre

Movie · as Badong's Father

2010
The Substitute Bride

The Substitute Bride

TV · as Peping Albantes · 10 eps

2009
A Journey Home

A Journey Home

Movie · as Dante Santos

2009
Manila Skies poster

Manila Skies

Movie

2009
The Boy and His Top poster

The Boy and His Top

Movie

2009
Ante poster

Ante

Movie

2009
Stairway to Heaven poster

Stairway to Heaven

TV · as Dindo Aragon · 65 eps

2008
Motorcycle poster

Motorcycle

Movie

2008
Melancholia poster

Melancholia

Movie · as Man in Wheelchair

2007
Temptation poster

Temptation

Movie

2007
Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo poster

Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo

Movie · as Rommel

2007
The Inmate poster

The Inmate

Movie · as Mang Jon

2006
Mother Nanny poster

Mother Nanny

Movie · as School Bus Driver

2006
Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo poster

Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo

Movie · as Rommel

2006
The Bet Collector poster

The Bet Collector

Movie · as Chief of Police

2006
Sukob poster

Sukob

Movie · as Man on Carabao

2006
Don't Look Back poster

Don't Look Back

Movie · as Mang Nestor (segment "Salamin")

2006
Rotonda poster

Rotonda

Movie · as Barangay Officer

2006
Seroks poster

Seroks

Movie · as Joaquin

2006
I Wanna Be Happy poster

I Wanna Be Happy

Movie

2006
Image Nation poster

Image Nation

Movie · as (segment "One Shot")

2005
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros poster

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros

Movie · as Paco Oliveros

2005
The Son of Brocka poster

The Son of Brocka

Movie

2005
Anak ng Tinapa poster

Anak ng Tinapa

Movie

2005
Last Take, Last Shot poster

Last Take, Last Shot

Movie

2001
Radio poster

Radio

Movie · as Employee

2001
New Moon poster

New Moon

Movie · as Second Datu

2001
Mila poster

Mila

Movie · as Kalbo

2000
Deathrow poster

Deathrow

Movie · as Digo

1999
Still Lives poster

Still Lives

Movie · as Shabu Endorser

1999
Ekis poster

Ekis

Movie · as Manny

1998
Triangle poster

Triangle

Movie · as Jason

1997
Rizal in Dapitan poster

Rizal in Dapitan

Movie · as Pablo Mercado