Hero Gervacio Angeles (born December 8, 1984) is a Filipino

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. Hero Angeles bested four other contestants in the Grand Finals for the title "Grand Teen Questor" in the first season of

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's popular

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star search in the Philippines, '' Star Circle Quest''.

Career

After winning the title of the first "Grand Teen Questor" of

's '' Star Circle Quest'', Hero appeared in several TV shows on the network, like the youth oriented program '' SCQ Reload'' and the fantasy series ''

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'', led by

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. He was one of the hottest young stars in 2004, and his Love team with

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was popular, making box-office hits like ''

Bcuz Of U ''Bcuz of U'' is a 2004 Filipino romantic anthology film, starring Kristine Hermosa, Diether Ocampo, Heart Evangelista, Geoff Eigenmann, Hero Angeles and Sandara Park. It is loosely based on the 1964 UK drama film ''The Yellow Rolls-Royce'', wh ...

'' and ''Can This Be Love''. In 2005, Hero ended his contract with

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, and later appeared in various TV shows on

's rival network,

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. Until March 2008, Angeles is under the network contract of

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with the management of

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and brother Henry Angeles. His first break was playing the role of Mark in ''

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'' which stars

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and

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. After Dyesebel, he played one of the main villains in '' Luna Mystika'', which starred his fellow former Kapamilya star Heart Evangelista and

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. Angeles also made his directorial debut in 2007 entitled ''Stockroom'', blending modern scares with social issues on employment of language teachers in the Philippines. It was sold-out at the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival. The film also had its World Premiere at the prestigious St. James Cavalier Theatre in Valletta, Malta in Europe in November 2007. After joining '' Luna Mystika'' Angeles will join the first ''

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'' of

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and

Mark Herras Mark Angelo Santos Herras (born December 14, 1986) is a Filipino film and television actor. He won in the reality talent show '' StarStruck'' aired in GMA Network. He also appeared in '' Forever in My Heart'', ''Encantadia'', '' SOP'', and ''I ...

that entitled ''

'': '' Paano Ba Ang Mangarap?''. Since 2006, Angeles has been a regular co-host of German 'Kuya Germs' Moreno in the Saturday late night show ''

Walang Tulugan with the Master Showman ''Walang Tulugan with the Master Showman'' () formerly known as ''Master Showman Presents'', is a Philippine television variety show broadcast by GMA Network. Hosted by German Moreno, along with John Nite, Shermaine Santiago, Jackie Lou Blanco, ...

''. shown through GMA and GMA Pinoy TV. Hero was also a student of University of the Philippines Diliman, College of Fine Arts. When '' Endless Love'' Philippine TV remake was in production, rumor had it that he was considered for the role of Andrew, which was eventually portrayed by Dennis Trillo in the series. It was also rumored in June 2011 that he would be part of '' Captain Barbell''. Hero is now endorsing the Philippine Tourism shirts, Favola Shirts - a project of the Pag-asa Social Center Foundation, Inc. located in Tagaytay City. The shirts are produced by the out-of-school youth of Tagaytay. Hero had donated some of his designs to this project. On December 1, 2014, Hero launched his first Online Art Gallery called ARTCETERO. He creates artwork of different kinds. He aims to share his talent through the page in hopes of helping and inspiring others. 50% of the profit generated by his artwork is used to fund causes like iCancerVive and 'From the bottom of My heART'. In 2018, Hero Angeles returns in the ABS-CBN drama series "Halik" as the gay Atty. Ken Velasco.

Visual arts

Solo exhibit

Filmography

Movies

Television

Awards

References

External links

HEROANGELES.NET Hero's Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Angeles, Hero 1984 births Living people Filipino male television actors Male actors from Metro Manila People from Pasig Participants in Philippine reality television series Star Circle Quest participants Star Circle Quest winners Star Magic personalities ABS-CBN personalities GMA Network personalities University of the Philippines Diliman alumni