Early and personal life
Tanfelix was born on September 21, 1998, in Dasmariñas, Cavite. He is the eldest of the two children of Mary Grace Torrejos and Gary Tanfelix who are both educators and mountaineers. Although they live in Cavite, where Tanfelix attends regular school, the family also keeps a home in Parañaque to lessen Tanfelix's traveling time when he is filming. Tanfelix finished high school at Cavite School of Life (Dasmariñas Campus) and is now currently studying entrepreneurship at De La Salle University-Dasmariñas. Tanfelix was hired by the Commission on Population (POPCOM) as celebrity ambassador for U4U, a youth initiative whose stated mission is to provide Filipino teenagers with critical information on delaying sexual debut and preventing sexually transmitted infections.Career
2004–2013: ''StarStruck Kids''
Tanfelix was five years old when he joined the kid version of the reality-based ''artista'' search '' StarStruck'' in 2004. It was the ''artista'' search that made Jennylyn Mercado and Mark Herras (the show's very first winners) household names. Proclaimed as the season's First Prince, Tanfelix later joined the cast of the hit fantaserye '' Mulawin'' as Young Pagaspas. The following year, Tanfelix played the role of Rainier Castillo's younger version of Jimboy/Erastus in the 2006 fantaserye '' Majika'', and played Pepe Javier in the afternoon drama '' Now and Forever:'' '' Linlang''. From 2007 to 2012, Tanfelix portrayed the younger roles of some of the lead characters in several GMA series. He was Young Aldrin Griego in '' Pati Ba Pintig ng Puso'', Young Junjun in '' La Vendetta'', and '' Langit sa Piling Mos Young Thirdy among others.2014–2016: ''Big Break; Niño''
In 2014, Tanfelix received his biggest break to date when he was given the titular role of '' Niño''. His portrayal as a mentally challenged boy received three different acting nominations from PMPC Star Awards for TV, PEP List Awards and Golden Screen TV Awards. The same year, Tanfelix joined '' Sunday All Stars'' as a co-host and a performer. Tanfelix also starred in the comedy sitcom '' Ismol Family'' with his love team '' Bianca Umali''. Tanfelix led his second Primetime series, ''2015: ''Dubsmash: Twerk It Like Miley''
In July 2015, Tanfelix became popular in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Timor Leste because of his viral Dubsmash video of Brandon Beal's hit song Twerk It Like Miley. Tanfelix was featured in an Indonesian newspaper, "Sumatera Ekspres" twice. He has also received several invitations to travel to Indonesia for a TV guesting and show. Tanfelix has a strong following in Indonesia, evident in his social media posts which include Bahasa (Indonesian) language comments. Tanfelix gained 300k+ followers on his social media accounts, most of them Indonesian. Because of his popularity in Indonesia, he was compared to Indonesian actor and singerFilmography
Television
Television series
Television shows
Drama anthologies
TV specials
Movies
Awards and nominations
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanfelix, Miguel Filipino male film actors 1998 births Living people People from Dasmariñas Male actors from Cavite Tagalog people Filipino male television actors Filipino male child actors 21st-century Filipino male actors Participants in Philippine reality television series StarStruck Kids participants GMA Network personalities Filipino television variety show hosts