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Coco Martin is a Filipino actor who started his career in independent films, earning awards for his roles. He worked as an overseas Filipino worker before pursuing acting full-time. Some of his breakthrough roles include films with acclaimed director Brillante Mendoza and the top-rated ABS-CBN drama series Walang Hanggan. Coco Martin has had great success in both mainstream films and television shows, demonstrating his versatility and popularity as one of the Philippines' most prominent actors.

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Brillante Mendoza

Coco Martin is a Filipino actor who started his career in independent films, earning awards for his roles. He worked as an overseas Filipino worker before pursuing acting full-time. Some of his breakthrough roles include films with acclaimed director Brillante Mendoza and the top-rated ABS-CBN drama series Walang Hanggan. Coco Martin has had great success in both mainstream films and television shows, demonstrating his versatility and popularity as one of the Philippines' most prominent actors.

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Coco Martin is one of the celebrities in the Philippines that earned his break

through the indie scene. Coco or born as Rodel Nacianceno was dubbed as "The
King of Philippine Independent Films." Coco was born on November 1, 1981 in
Manila, Philippines. He is living with his grandmother whom he considers as his
second mother. He has five siblings in total both from his biological parents. Who
would've known that Mr. Leading Man was once an OFW (Overseas Filipino
Worker) based in Alberta, Canada. He worked as a janitor for housekeeping. He
earned a Bachelor's Degree on HRM (Hotel and Restaurant Management) in
National College of Business and Arts.

He started his indie film journey lead starring in The Masseur (2005). The same
film earned him the Young Critics Circle Best Actor Award in 2006. On the same
year, he starred in another indie film titled Summer Heat (2006). The indie
films Daybreak (2008) and Jay (2008) earned him his first Gawad Urian for Best
Supporting Actor. Coco created another masterpiece this time with international
award winning director, Brillante Mendoza. The film was entitled Kinatay (2009)
and it was applauded by international audiences.

His mainstream career started in ABS-CBN's talent agency, Star Magic. In 2001,
he made his first cameo appearance in the film titled Luv Text (2001). He
ventured in other networks in 2007 but after a year he came back home to his
Kapamilyas. Star Cinema just recently released his first mainstream movie Born
to Love You (2012) together with Angeline Quinto.

The Two of Us (2009) in 2009 made his career unprecedented. His character
Ramon Lecumberri won him the 2009 Best Drama Actor in the Star Awards for
Television. After this, the rest was history. In 2010, he took the role of twins
Alexander and Javier Del Tierro in Minsan lang kita iibigin (2011). This granted
him well deserved nominations from a lot of award giving bodies such as KBP
Golden Dove Awards and Star Awards for TV to name some.
He is known for starring as lead, Daniel Guidotti, in ABS-CBN's top rated
primetime drama show Walang hanggan (2012) for which he worked with his co-
star Julia Montes in the film A Moment in Time (2013). In 2013, he is also best
known for starring as the title character in the fantasy action drama series Juan
Dela Cruz (2013).

In 2014, he starred in the films Maybe This Time (2014) alongside Sarah
Geronimo and Feng Shui 2 (2014) alongside Kris Aquino. In 2015, he starred in the
romantic comedy You're My Boss (2015) alongside Toni Gonzaga and the action
comedy Beauty and the Bestie (2015) alongside Vice Ganda. He continues his
work as a leading actor in both film and television.

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