Juan Carlos "JC" Shinzato Bonnin (born February 2, 1968,
Okinawa
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Naha is the capital and largest city ...
,
Japan
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) is a retired
Filipino
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actor. He was a matinee idol in the 1980s, best remembered for his role in
Bagets
''Bagets'' () is a 1984 two-part Filipino youth-oriented comedy film directed by Maryo J. de los Reyes under the production of Viva Films.
Plot
The movie focuses on the lives of five young boys - boy next door Adie, "overstaying" Tonton, the g ...
.
Career
Bonnin comes from a family of well-known showbiz personalities. His uncle,
Bernard Bonnin married to Elvira Gonzalez, were former
actor
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s. His cousins are former beauty queen/actress
Charlene González (now married to actor
) and former actor Richard Bonnin.
He began his acting career in 1981, where he bagged the role of Monty in ''Flordeluna''. The following year, he bagged his first leading role with
Sharon Cuneta
Sharon Gamboa Cuneta-Pangilinan ( , ; born January 6, 1966) is a Filipino actress, singer, television host, and socialite. Regarded as one of the most successful and highest-earning individuals in the Philippine entertainment industry, she has ...
in ''Cross My Heart''. He got his biggest break when he became part of
''Bagets''. He later on starred in various movies with Viva, including ''Ninja Kids'' and ''Kamagong''.
He retired from showbiz in 1987 and attended bible school. In 1998, he moved to the
United Kingdom
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where he became a pastor. In 2011, he moved to the
United States
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, where he works as a hospice chaplain and spiritual counselor.
Filmography
Movies
*''Cross My Heart'' (1982)
*''Zimatar'' (1982)
*''Daddy Knows Best'' (1983)
*''
Bagets
''Bagets'' () is a 1984 two-part Filipino youth-oriented comedy film directed by Maryo J. de los Reyes under the production of Viva Films.
Plot
The movie focuses on the lives of five young boys - boy next door Adie, "overstaying" Tonton, the g ...
'' (1984)
*''14 Going Steady'' (1984)
*''Bagets 2'' (1984)
*''
Ma'am May We Go Out?'' (1986)
*''Kamagong'' (1986)
*''Ninja Kids'' (1986)
Television
*''Flordeluna'' (1981)
*''
That's Entertainment'' (1986)
*''Julian Talisman'' (1988)
References
External links
*
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Filipino male film actors
Living people
1968 births
Filipino male television actors
Actors from Okinawa Prefecture