Robin Padilla

Infobox actor


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name = Robin Padilla
birthdate = birth date and age|1967|11|23
location = Philippines
height = 5"7
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yearsactive = 1984-present
birthname = Robinhood Fernando Carino Padilla
othername = Binoe/Binoy
occupation = Actor
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Robinhood Fernando Carino Padilla (b. November 23 1967, Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino action star who earned the showbiz monicker "The Bad Boy of Philippine Action Movies" during the '90s when he played cold-blooded gangster roles in movies like "Anak ni Baby Ama", "Grease Gun Gang". and the title-roler, "Bad Boy 2". He is the younger brother of housemate Rustom Padilla and the cousin of Rudy Fernandez and singers Zsa Zsa Padilla and Gino Padilla.

He was one of Viva Films' top hitmakers alongside Sharon Cuneta and Andrew E. However, his reign as "Bad Boy" was cut short when he had been convicted in the mid 1990s of illegal possession of firearms and spent time in jail. He was released in 1998. A self-confessed former addict Fact|date=November 2007, he converted to Islam while in jail. A controversy arose recently when Padilla's bodyguard alias "Kumander Kosovo" was tagged by the Philippine authorities as an Abu Sayyaf leader. Fact|date=November 2007 Kosovo died in a firefight with special forces during the attempted escape of Abu Sayyaf leaders from the heavily fortified prison facility, Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City. Fact|date=November 2007

Shortly after his release from jail, he had reinvented himself as a versatile actor who can do justice to different film genres ranging from action to drama and comedy. His first film after his release from jail was "Tulak ng Bibig, Kabig ng Dibdib", where he was paired with Maricel Soriano. After his comeback film, he opted out of his exclusive contract with Viva Films and was allowed to do movies for other film outfits including Star Cinema Productions, "FLT Films ", "Millennium Cinema" and GMA Films.

Robin crossed over to television via the ABS-CBN comedy show "Pwedeng-Pwede", which teamed him with Kris Aquino and Redford White. Again, setting a trend among Philippine action stars, he was the first action star to topbill a daily action-drama series, "Basta't Kasama Kita" opposite Judy Ann Santos. In 2005 he did two movies: the horror thriller "Kulimlim" and the comedy "La Visa Loca". He got rave reviews in the latter movie and received Best Actor honors in the 2006 Urian Awards.

Padilla is currently a contract artist of GMA Network and starred in the top rating TV series Asian Treasures (which ended on June 29, 2007) with Angel Locsin, the series was shot all over Asia, the first Philippine TV series to do so. He has also signed a two film contract under GMA Network's film outfit GMA Films; first was "Till I Met You" with Regine Velasquez and was a blockbbuster hit, the second one will be a dramedy with Mega Star Sharon Cuneta, under the direction of Jose Javier Reyes, and is scheduled to begin filming this October for a 2nd quarter of 2008 release. Fact|date=November 2007

Robin, an anti-malaria advocate since 2004 appealed for media support for his cause against the dreaded disease, to help his Muslim brethren (in the press briefing of Department of Health’s Movement Against Malaria). As MAM spokesperson, Robin said he engaged television networks in the campaign for the use of mosquito nets. His MAM posters are now being sent to rural health clinics all over the country. Robin also collected 1 million Philippine pesos for the Muslim cemetery in Norzagaray, Bulacan.Fact|date=March 2008

Padilla flew to Turkey to attend a conference concerning the "Liwanag ng Kapayapaan Foundation", a free preschool he built for Muslim children in Quezon City, which opened in 2007. Meanwhile, after his top-rating action-adventure series, "Asian Treasures" ended, Robin is set to do a Jose Javier Reyes film opposite Sharon Cuneta.

On September 15 2007 he donated 2.5 million Philippine pesos to the "Muay Association of the Philippines". [ [http://www.gmanews.tv/story/60601/Robin-Padilla-donates-P25M-to-Muay-Thai-group GMA NEWS.TV, Robin Padilla donates P2.5M to Muay Thai group] ] On
March 7, 2008 Robin Padilla suffered minor injuries while taping a motorcycle stunt for Joaquin Bordado, in Subic Bay, Zambales. [ [http://www.gmanews.tv/video/19205/Robin-Padilla-injured-in-taping-stunt www.gmanews.tv/video, Robin Padilla injured in taping stunt, 03/07/2008] ]

He has four children, a son named Ali and three daughters Queenie, Kylie and Zhen-Zhen. He owns a house at posh Pines Ville Street, Greenview Executive Village, Barangay Sauyo, Novaliches, Quezon City, where thieves stole his Motorola cellular phone and a 357 Luger, a German-made handgun loaded with 6 bullets, on May 3, 2008. [ [http://www.gmanews.tv/story/93547/Thieves-run-away-with-Robin-Padillas-gun---report GMA NEWS.TV, Thieves run away with Robin Padilla's gun - report] ]

Filmography

*Sundo (2008)
*Ikaw Pa Rin, Bongga Ka Boy! (2008)
*Triple Romance (2008)
*Brown Twelve (2008)
*Blackout (2007)
*Till I Met You (2006)
*La Visa loca (2005)
*Kulimlim (2004)
*Astig (2004)
*Alab ng lahi (2003)
*You and Me Against the World (2003)
*Jeannie, bakit ngayon ka lang (2002)
*Videoke King (2002)
*Hari ng Selda - Anak ni Baby Ama 2 (2001)
*Pagdating ng panahon (2001)
*Buhay kamao (2001)
*Ooops, teka lang... Diskarte ko 'to! (2001)
*Kailangan ko'y ikaw (2000)
*Eto na naman ako (2000)
*Tunay na tunay: Gets mo? Gets ko! (2000)
*Bilib ako sa'yo (1999)
*Di pwedeng hindi pwede (1999)
*Tulak ng Bibig Kabig ng Dibdib (1998)
*Anak, pagsubok lamang (1997)
*P're hanggang sa huli (1994)
*Mistah (1994)
*Lab kita, bilib ka ba? (1994)
*Di na natuto (1993)
*Oo na Sige na "Magtigil Ka Lang" (1993)
*Makuha Ka Sa Tingin (kung puede lang) (1993)
*Gagay: Prinsesa ng brownout (1993)
*Engkanto (1992)
*Manila Boy (1992)
*Miss na Miss Kita: Ang Utol Kong Hoodlum 2 (1992)
*Bad Boy 2 (1992)
*Grease Gun Gang (1991)
*Ang Utol Kong Hoodlum (1991)
*Maging Sino Ka Man (1991)
*Hinukay Ko na ang Libingan mo (1991)
*Anak ni Baby Ama (1990)
*Bad Boy (1990)
*Walang Awa Kung Pumatay (1990)
*Barumbado (1990)
*Sa Diyos Lang ako Susuko (1989)
*Hindi Pahuhuli ng Buhay (1989)
*Delima Gang (1989)
*Eagle Squad (1989)
*Carnap King: The Randy Padilla Story (1988)
*Sa Likod ng Kasalanan (1988)
*Alega Gang: Public Enemy No. 1 of Cebu (1988)
*Public Enemy #2 (1985)
*Bala ko ang hahatol (1985)

TV Series

*Carlo J. Caparas' Totoy Bato [ [http://www.pep.ph/news/18291/Robin-Padilla-excited-to-work-with-Manny-Pacquiao-in-Totoy-Bato Robin Padilla excited to work with Manny Pacquiao in "Totoy Bato"] ] (2009) .... Totoy Bato
*Joaquin Bordado (2008) .... Joaquin Bordado/Joaquin Apacible
*Asian Treasures (2007) .... Elias
*Pilipinas Ngayon Na! (1 episode, 2006) - 54th FAMAS Awards (2006)
*Basta't Kasama Kita (2003) .... Alberto Catindig
*Puwedeng Puwede (1999)

Awards and Recognition

2006 Gawad Urian : Best Actor for 'La Visa Loca'

References

External links

*imdb name|id=1107053|name=Robin Padilla
* [http://www.gmanews.tv/video/17392/Ai-Ai-de-los-Alas-nervous-about-kissing-scene-with-Robin-Padilla gmanews.tv/video, Ai-Ai de los Alas nervous about kissing scene with Robin Padilla - 01/29/2008] (in Filipino)