Niño del Mar Coching Volante (born January 25, 1978), better known as Nyoy Volante, is a

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acoustic pop singer-songwriter and actor.

Early life and education

Volante was born on January 25, 1978, to parents Oliver Volante and Evangeline Coching Volante. He had a sister nicknamed Nyay. He obtained his

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degree from De La Salle-College of St. Benilde. After graduation, he worked with prominent performance groups like Gantimpala Theater and Filipino theater actress

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’s New Voice Company. He worked in lights, sound and production design, occasionally stumbling upon small directorial gigs.

Career

Volante started his career at the early 2000s. His famous songs are ''Nasaan Ka Na'', ''Wansapanataym'' and ''Someday''. In 2015, he was one of the eight contestants of the first season of Your Face Sounds Familiar. In 2015, he made his acting debut on

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on the TV series ''

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''. He played Lola, the title character in Atlantis Productions Kinky Boots in 2018 and 2019 in Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, Makati. Since the 2nd Kids Season, he has been the choreography mentor of

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Filmography

Television

*Protege (GMA 7) *P.O.5 (The 5 Network) - guest performer *StarStruck (GMA 7) *Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN 2) - guest judge & teacher *Wowowee (ABS-CBN 2) - guest performer *Maynila (GMA 7) - guest performer *Eat Bulaga (GMA 7) - guest performer *SOP (GMA 7) - guest performer *Magandang Tanghali Bayan (ABS-CBN 2) - guest performer

Digital

* '' Spirits: Reawaken'' as Maestro Jose Carpio (

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, 2018) * ''

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'' as Wolfgang Aragon (

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, 2022)

Movies

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Personal life

Volante had a relationship with fellow

singer

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but their relationship ended in 2007. In 2009, she sued Volante's parents allegedly with estafa case after they failed to settle their 1.4-million peso debt. On February 24, 2016, he got married with Filipino theater actress Mikkie Bradshaw at the

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, Philippines. He is a stepfather to his wife's daughter Sofie.

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