Fernando Poe Jr.
Acting
🎂 1939-08-20
Ronald Allan Kelley Poe (August 20, 1939 – December 14, 2004), better known as Fernando Poe, Jr. and colloquially known as FPJ and Da King, was a Filipino actor. During the latter part of his career, Poe was defeated by incumbent President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the 2004 Philippine Presidential elections, a result roundly believed to have been fraudulent. His long career as an action film star earned him the moniker "King of Philippine Movies" (often shortened to Da King). Poe was posthumously declared a National Artist of the Philippines for Film on 23 May 2006 by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The award was confirmed by President Benigno Aquino III on 20 July 2012, and was presented to his family on 16 August. Ronald Allan K. Poe was the son of Filipino actor Allan Fernando R. Poe (Fernando Poe, Sr.) and Elizabeth Kelley, an American. He was born in San Carlos City, Pangasinan. His parents were not yet legally married when he was born on August 20, 1939, although his parents were later married in 1940. His opponents tried to derail his bid for the presidency when they sought to disqualify him as an illegitimate son of a non-Filipino mother. He was the second among six siblings and it was his brother Andy who was really named Fernando Poe, Jr. which FPJ later adopted, to bank on the popularity of his father who was a top actor in his time. Conrad Poe, a Filipino actor is FPJ's half-brother, the illegitimate son of the late Fernando Poe Sr. and actress Patricia Mijares. Pou is the original spelling of the family's surname from his grandfather, playwright Lorenzo Pou, a Catalan migrant from Majorca, Spain, who ventured into mining and business in the Philippines.
Cast credits(194)
Lieutenant Guerrero
1989
Enrique Dimasupil
1978
Edward Hagedorn
1996
Berting (segment 3)
1975
Daniel Barrion
1978
1976
Baldomero "Baldo" Dimaguiba
1986
Badong Rivera
1999
Mediavillo
1978
Berting Cayabyab
1992
Pepeng Kaliwete
1982
1985
Carding
1958
Berting
1975
1980
Daniel
1980
Sgt. Mediavillo
1974
Roberto 'Berting' Reyes
1978
Nanding Escalante
2003
Emong Sanchez
1984
Dr. Jaime de Guzman
2000
Lt. Kardo de Leon
1998
Nanding
1996
Ador / Kardo
1996
Benedik
1970
1986
Mike Bautista
1994
1968
1975
Pilo
1996
1977
1960
1969
Roman Rapido
1983
Guerrero, Sgt. Isagani
1987
Daniel
1995
1968
Carling
1973
1987
Flavio
1980
Eusebio "Eseng .45" Natividad
1997
1971
Gener
1987
Carding Villamar
1994
1968
Berting Rodriguez
1983
Sgt. Nardo Maglaya
1964
1960
Berting Rodriguez
1996
Ariel
1966
Daniel Barrion
1964
1974
Gomer
1975
1978
Efren
1969
1957
Magno Rojo/Emiliano Sangre
1968
1981
Self (archive footage)
2015
1988
Mario Magtanggol
1983
1980
Franco Maderro
1966
1958
1965
1967
Mario Rojo
1961
1968
Johnny
1979
1965
Daniel Bartolo
1982
1960
Nanding
1977
Teodoro Asedillo
1971
Mauro Reyes
1988
Sgt. Rubinio Gaudiel
1965
1979
Conrado the Ex-Convict
1978
Nanding
1990
1992
1990
1990
2000
Carding Briñas
1985
1960
1963
1981
Himself
1974
Crisanto
1986
Delfin Prado
1983
1964
Donato Navales
1959
Ramir
1969
1963
Conrado
1979
1967
Guiller
1975
1979
Gonzalo
1970
1987
1972
1968
1966
1967
Ariel
1965
Major Ruben Medrano
2002
1981
Totoy Bato
1979
Crisanto
1981
Johnny
1979
1963
1963
1962
Panday
1988
1959
Victor Banal
1989
1991
Eliseo
1975
1986
Daniel
1966
Luis
1973
David Villafuerte
1988
1968
Pepeng Kaliwete
1958
Berting
1980
1983
1973
Delfin
1965
Alfredo Javier
1984
1959
Mando
1961
1966
Flavio / Panday
1982
1982
1988
1957
1963
1962
Mando Guevarra
1991
Nanding
1965
Amador Martinez
1959
Wilfredo
1964
1984
Arturo
1959
Daniel Barrion
1968
1960
1975
Nanding
1972
1971
1956
1976
1961
1969
1965
Nando
1967
Ando
1970
1980
1962
Atty. Epimaco Velasco
1994
1964
1970
1962
1965
1958
1967
1964
1968
1995
1971
Panday
1984
Lumawen 'Bontoc'
1977
1977
1955
Ronwaldo Reyes
1973
1957
1966
1967
Berting
1974
Flavio
1981
1967
2002
1962
1963
1986
1965
Carlo
1981
1972
1954
1963
1971
Leon
1972
1961
Orlando
1966
1966
Directing (35)
Director
1989
Director
1978
Director
1996
Director
1980
Director
1978
Director
1984
Director
2000
Director
1998
Director
1996
Director
1968
Director
1995
Director
1980
Director
1997
Director
1994
Director
1983
Director
1996
Director
1966
Director
1975
Director
1981
Director
1983
Director
1975
Director
1979
Director
2002
Director
1991
Director
1975
Director
1986
Director
1966
Director
1982
Director
1972
Director
1967
Director
1973
Director
1981
Director
1967
Director
2002
Director
1966
Production (51)
Producer
1978
Producer
1976
Producer
1975
Producer
1974
Executive Producer
1998
Producer
1996
Producer
1996
Producer
1994
Producer
1996
Producer
1969
Producer
1980
Producer
1997
Producer
1971
Producer
1987
Producer
1983
Producer
1966
Producer
1969
Producer
1968
Executive Producer
1967
Producer
1979
Producer
1971
Producer
1988
Producer
1990
Producer
2000
Producer
1963
Executive Producer
1983
Producer
1964
Producer
1966
Producer
1975
Producer
1967
Executive Producer
1966
Producer
1966
Producer
1968
Producer
1980
Producer
1973
Producer
1972
Producer
1965
Producer
1968
Producer
1975
Producer
1972
Producer
1969
Executive Producer
1970
Producer
1970
Producer
1962
Producer
1965
Producer
1978
Producer
1967
Producer
1971
Producer
1977
Producer
1977
Producer
1967
