Archibald Nicholas Alemania (born 6 March 1978), professionally known as Archie Alemania, is a Filipino actor, host, comedian, and dancer.

Career

Alemania has appeared in several television commercials such as Chippy, San Miguel, Globe and Pop Cola. He is a talent of

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and a member of Big Brother's Dance Group, Big Men Dance Group, and the Big Men Singers. At present, Archie is into sitcom, honing his talents as an actor. Alemania has also been a host from 2004-2007 for Studio 23's weekly

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show and gag show ''

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'' with fellow hosts

Toni Gonzaga Celestine Cruz Gonzaga-Soriano (; born January 20, 1984), better known as Toni Gonzaga, is a Filipino singer, host, actress, producer, vlogger and entrepreneur. She is the former lead host of long-running reality show, ''Pinoy Big Brother''. To ...

and

Vhong Navarro Ferdinand Hipolito Navarro (born January 4, 1977), known professionally as Vhong Navarro, is a Filipino comedian, actor, dancer, recording artist and television host. He is a regular host on ABS-CBN's noontime variety show '' It's Showtime''. H ...

. He moved to

GMA Network GMA Network (Global Media Arts or simply GMA) is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network. It is the flagship property of publicly traded GMA Network, Inc. Its first broadcast on television was on October 29, 1961. GMA Network (f ...

in 2010. his first appearance in GMA is ''

I Laugh Sabado ''I Laugh Sabado'' is a Philippine television variety show broadcast by Q. Directed by Bibeth Orteza, it premiered on April 24, 2010. The show concluded on February 19, 2011. Overview I Laugh Sabado was a comedy variety show of Q Channel 11 wh ...

'' until 2011 as a mainstay before his quick return to

. after 4 years, he returned to

while he still appeared at two shows of

including ''

Tubig at Langis ''Tubig at Langis'' (International title: ''Broken Vows'' / ) is a 2016 Philippine television drama romance series based on 1980 film of the same name, starring Vilma Santos, Amy Austria-Ventura and Dindo Fernando. Directed by FM Reyes, it is t ...

'' and ''

FPJ's Ang Probinsyano ''FPJ's Ang Probinsyano'' (lit. ''FPJ's The Provincial Man''; abbreviated as ''FPJAP'' and internationally known as ''Brothers'') is a 2015 Philippine action drama television series under ABS-CBN Entertainment replacing ''Nathaniel''. Bas ...

''. Alemania is currently a mainstay of ''

Bubble Gang ''Bubble Gang'' is a Philippine television sketch comedy show broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Frasco Mortiz, it stars Michael V. It premiered on October 20, 1995 on the network's Friday night line up replacing '' Vilma''. The show is the ...

'' since 2016. his first GMA Drama appearance is ''

D' Originals ''D' Originals'' is a 2017 Philippine television drama revenge series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Adolfo B. Alix Jr., it stars Jaclyn Jose, LJ Reyes and Kim Domingo. It premiered on April 17, 2017 on the network's Afternoon Prime line ...

''.

Personal life

He has a son with actress

Mickey Ferriols Michelle Ferriols (born March 8, 1973), simply known as Mickey Ferriols, is an American-born Filipino actress. She has a son with ex-partner Archie Alemania named Brent Marcus Alemania. Career Ferriols shot into stardom via a PLDT commercial ...

named Brent Marcus Alemania. He married Gee Canlas in October 2018.

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

* 1978 births Living people ABS-CBN personalities GMA Network personalities Filipino male comedians Filipino male television actors Star Magic personalities Tagalog people Converts to evangelical Christianity from Roman Catholicism Filipino evangelicals {{Philippines-actor-stub