Lito Lapid
Manuel "Lito" Mercado Lapid (born October 25, 1955 in Porac , Pampanga ) is a Filipino actor , film director and politician of the Lakas Cabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino-Christian Muslim Democrats ( Lakas-CMD ), who starred in almost eighty films and among has been a Senator since 2004 .
Life
After graduating from the Elementary School of the Porac Central School in Pampanga, Lapid attended the St. Catherine Academy there between 1968 and 1972 , where he obtained his high school degree in 1972 .
After that, Lapid, who was a child actor in the film Ikaw o ako as early as 1961 , began his career as a film actor and starred in ninety films between 1974 and 2006, where he directed ten films. In 2003 he won the FAP Award for Best Actor in Lapu-Lapu (2002), a film about the folk hero of the same name .
In 1992, Lito Lapid began his political career in the Lakas Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) and was first lieutenant governor and then until 2004 governor of his home province of Pampanga.
In the May 2004 elections, he was first elected a member of the Senate and was both chairman of the Senate Committee on Games, Amusement and Sports . In the May 2010 elections, he was finally re-elected as Senator for a further six-year term. In the current for the years 2010 to 2013 officiating the 15th Congress is Lito Lapid chairman of the Senate committees on cooperatives ( Committee on Cooperatives ) and tourism ( Committee on Tourism ).
His son, Mark T. Lapid, was his successor as governor of Pampanga between 2004 and 2007.
Filmography (selection)
- 1961: Ikaw o ako
- 1974: Ang pagbabalik ni Leon Guerrero
- 1979: Ang leon, ang tigre, at ang alamid
- 1981: Kamaong asero
- 1984: Zigomar
- 1986: Kamagong
- 1989: Task Force Clavio
- 1993: Aguinaldo
- 1997: Tapang sa tapang
- 2000: Pasasabugin ko ang mundo mo
- 2006: Tatlong Baraha
Awards
- 2003: FAP Award for Best Actor
Web links
- Lito Lapid in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Senate homepage
- i-site.ph
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lapid, Lito |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lapid, Manuel Mercado; Lapid, Lito (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Filipino politician, film director and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Porac , Pampanga |