Actor
Jiro Manio
May 9, 1992 · Metro Manila, Philippines
Jiro Manio (born as Jirō Katakura (片倉次郎 Katakura Jirō?, 9 May 1992), is a Filipino actor at ABS-CBN. He started acting at a very young age and became the youngest multi-awarded actor of his generation. He was born with a Japanese father Yusuke Katakura and Filipina mother Joylene Santos (who died in August 2007). He was raised by his grandfather and had a younger brother named Anjo Santos.
Manio graduated from San Felipe Neri Parochial School and plans to study HRM in culinary studies at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde. He recently starred in digital film "Tambolista (Drumbeat)" under Cinema One, and his latest film was "Ang Tanging Ina Niyong Lahat" with Ai-Ai de las Alas. In 2004, he won the Best Actor and Gaward Urian plus Best Child Actor at Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award for the movie "Magnifico." On May 18, 2011, news program TV Patrol confirmed that Jiro underwent a rehab for drug addiction.
Often works with
Cherry Pie Picache
7 titles together
Magnifico, Manay Po!, Foster Child
John Prats
5 titles together
Manay Po!, Manay Po! 2: Overload, Ang Tanging Ina
Eugene Domingo
5 titles together
Foster Child, Ang Tanging Ina, Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'To!)
Alwyn Uytingco
5 titles together
Foster Child, Ang Tanging Ina, Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'To!)
Shaina Magdayao
5 titles together
Ang Tanging Ina, Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'To!), Ang Tanging Ina N'yong Lahat
Carlo Aquino
4 titles together
Ang Tanging Ina, Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'To!), Ang Tanging Ina N'yong Lahat
Full filmography · 26
Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'To!)
as Shammy
2010
Manila
as Macky
2009
Ang Tanging Ina N'yong Lahat
as Shammy
2008
Slingshot
as Odie
2008
Manay Po! 2: Overload
as Orwell Castello
2008
Antonio's Secret
as Mike
2008
Bahay Kubo: A Pinoy Mano Po!
as JR
2007
Tambolista
as Jason
2007
Green Paradise
as Marcial
2007
Foster Child
as Yuri
2007
Pacquiao: The Movie
as Young Manny
2006
Manay Po!
as Orwell Castello
2006