Valentin Andres Tanga Flores IV, known by his professional name as Von Flores, is a

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actor. He is often cast as commanding or aggressive characters.

Early life and education

Von was born in

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and lived in Pateros until age 13 when his family migrated to

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, Ontario, Canada. He studied at the

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and the Centre for Actors' Study in Toronto.

Career

Flores' first audition landed him a guest starring role on ''

Night Heat ''Night Heat'' is a Canadian police crime drama series that aired on both CTV in Canada and CBS in the United States. Original episodes were broadcast from 1985 to 1989. ''Night Heat'' was the first Canadian original drama series that was also ...

''. Flores went on to perform roles in a number of television productions, including the series '' Kung Fu: The Legend Continues'' and the Atlantis Films ''

TekWar ''TekWar'' is a series of science fiction novels created by Canadian actor William Shatner and ghost-written by American writer Ron Goulart, published by Putnam beginning in October 1989. The novels gave rise to a comic book series, video game, an ...

'', ''TekJustice'' and ''

TekLords ''TekWar: TekLords'' is a 1994 TV movie, based on a series of books by William Shatner. It is the second TV movie made from the series of books. It aired on 20 February 1994 and is preceded by ''TekWar'' (23 January 1994). It precedes '' TekWar: ...

'' TV movies. He has guest starred on such series as ''

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'', ''Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years'', ''

Forever Knight ''Forever Knight'' is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern-day Toronto, Ontario. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a ho ...

'', ''

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'', '' Street Legal'' and '' Degrassi: The Next Generation''. Flores played Ronald Sandoval in Gene Roddenberry's '' Earth: Final Conflict'', one of the lead characters and the only character to regularly appear in all 5 seasons. Flores has also appeared in feature films, most notably in the critically acclaimed '' I Love a Man in Uniform'' and ''

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''. He also appeared in the 1995 film '' Picture Perfect'' as well as in the 1998 film ''Dogboys'' with

Dean Cain Dean George Cain ( Tanaka; born July 31, 1966) is an American actor. From 1993 to 1997, he played Clark Kent / Superman in the TV series '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''. Cain was the host of ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' and ...

and

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. Flores played Suba, a uranium smuggler in '' La Femme Nikita'' episode "Treasom" (S1E7), which was broadcast on CTV and USA Network. In other work, he has played multiple roles in a variety of episodes the internationally acclaimed television programme '' Mayday'', his first role coming as Captain Ed Reyes in the season three episode "Bomb on Board" (

Philippine Airlines Flight 434 Philippine Airlines Flight 434, sometimes referred to as PAL434 or PR434, was a flight on December 11, 1994 from Cebu to Tokyo on a Boeing 747-283B that was seriously damaged by a bomb, killing one passenger and damaging vital control systems. ...

). Since then, he has played Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah in "Where is Malaysia 370?" (

Malaysia Airlines flight 370 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370/MAS370) was an international passenger flight operated by Malaysia Airlines that disappeared on 8 March 2014 while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia to its planned destination ...

) and co-pilot Zuwaldi in "Lethal Turn" (

Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 was a scheduled domestic flight operated by Garuda Indonesia from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta to Polonia International Airport, Medan in Indonesia. On 26 September 1997, the aircraft flying the rou ...

). More recently, he has played the part of the lead investigators in the episodes "Caught on Tape" (

TransAsia Airways Flight 235 TransAsia Airways Flight 235 was a TransAsia Airways domestic flight from Taipei to Kinmen (Quemoy). On , the aircraft serving the flight, a 10-month-old ATR 72-600, crashed into the Keelung River shortly after takeoff from Taipei Songshan Air ...

), "Deadly Go Round" (

China Airlines Flight 140 China Airlines Flight 140 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (serving Taipei, Taiwan) to Nagoya Airport in Nagoya, Japan.China Airlines is based in Taiwan. Air China is the flag carrier for the ...

), "No Warning" (

Trigana Air Flight 267 Trigana Air Flight 267 was a scheduled passenger flight from Sentani to Oksibil in the eastern Indonesian province of Papua. On 16 August 2015, the ATR 42 turboprop operating the service crashed on approach in the Bintang highlands region of O ...

), and "Grounded: Boeing Max 8" (

Lion Air Flight 610 Lion Air Flight 610 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Jakarta to Depati Amir Airport, Pangkal Pinang in Indonesia. On 29 October 2018, the Boeing 737 MAX operating the route crashed into th ...

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Von Flores
at NorthernStars.ca

at Earth: Final Conflict official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Flores, Von 1960 births American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni Living people Filipino emigrants to Canada Filipino expatriates in Canada Filipino male television actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male actors of Filipino descent People from Malabon Filipino male film actors