Victor Neri

Victor Neri
Born	Victor Luis Juan Hilado Neri (1976-02-19) February 19, 1976 (age 49) Makati, Philippines [1]
Occupation(s)	Actor, entrepreneur, chef
Years active	1992–present
Political party	Independent (since 2024)
Children	1 [2]

Victor Luis Juan Hilado Neri (born February 19, 1976) is a Filipino actor, singer, entrepreneur and chef.

Personal life

Neri is also a chef and owns a restaurant named Saute. ^{[3] [4]} In 2007, Neri took a break from the entertainment industry and spent three years in Bangkok, studying Culinary Arts in Le Cordon Bleu and moonlighting as a cook in a Thai restaurant. He also spent two and a half years in Hong Kong to work for an insurance company and more than a year in Beijing to study Mandarin. ^[3]

Neri also trained as a bomb disposal technician in the Philippine Coastguard and briefly worked in the Philippines' Bureau of Immigrations' fugitive search unit. ^[5]

Neri was a Catholic before joining Iglesia ni Cristo. ^[5]

He worked in the Department of Social Welfare and Development first as a Driver (Administrative Aide), then suddenly, Assistant Secretary for Visayas Affairs during the term of President Rodrigo Duterte.

Actor and Ang TV co-star Christopher Roxas is his close friend.

Political career

In October 2024, Neri filed his candidacy to run for mayor of Makati in 2025 as an independent. ^[6]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1992	Ang TV	Himself
1993	Anna Luna	Edmond
1994—1995	Hanggang Kailan, Anna Luna?: Ikalawang Aklat
1995–2006	ASAP	Co-host / performer
1996	Love Notes	Various
1998	Takot Ka Ba sa Dilim?	Dennis		Episode: "Phobia"
1999–2000	Liwanag ng Hatinggabi	Gabriel		[7]
2000–2002	Kagat ng Dilim	Dino
2001–2002	Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan	Joaquin Montenegro
2002–2003	Habang Kapiling Ka	Julius Javellana
2004	Maalaala Mo Kaya: Danny Ildefonso Life Story	Danny Ildefonso
2005–2006	Carlo J. Caparas' Ang Panday	Lizardo
2006–2007	Bakekang	Herman
2007	Muli	Jaime
	Dalawang Tisoy
2014	Ipaglaban Mo: Hustisya Para Sa'yo, Anak	Andres
	Hawak Kamay	Pedring
2015	Pari 'Koy	Matthew
2016	FPJ's Ang Probinsyano	Mayor Anton Guerrero
	Ipaglaban Mo: Larawan	Bert
2017	Pinulot Ka Lang sa Lupa	Cesar Esquivel
	La Luna Sangre	Frederick Arguelles
2018	Super Ma'am	Agalon
	Inday Will Always Love You	Budots
	Uniporme Hero Serye	BUCOR Usec. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa	The Bato Dela Rosa Story
2019	TODA One I Love	Migs Generoso		[8]
2019–2020	Beautiful Justice	PDEA NCR Regional Director Antonio "Tony" Bautista
2023	Unbreak My Heart	Dante Manalad
2024	Lavender Fields	Max Albano
2025	Lolong: Bayani ng Bayan	Police Col. Dominador Innocenio		[9]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1993	Secret Love	Ronald's relative
1995	Pare Ko	Lester
	Hataw Na	Anton Velasco
	Asero	Ratso
1996	Utol	Joey / Lito
1997	Amanos: Patas ang Laban	Bobby
	Iskalawag: Ang Batas ay Batas	Spike
1998	Birador	Frankie
	Notoryus	Torio
1999	Tigasin	Cpl. Ramon Ignacio
	Brokedown Palace	Bellhop
	Suspek	Alexander "Rex" Braga
2000	Ex-Con	Lt. Ariel "Turo" Vergara
2002	Videoke King	Freddie Boy
2003	Masamang Ugat	Darwin
	Filipinas	Emman Filipinas
2005	Enteng Kabisote 2: Okay Ka Fairy Ko... The Legend Continues!	Drago
2014	Violator	Gilberto Pring
2016	Kabisera
2017	Tatlong Bibe	Amado
2018	BuyBust	Bernie Lacson
	Hapi ang Buhay: The Musical	Victor
2019	Wild Little Love	Joel
2024	The Blood Brothers
	Mamay: A Journey to Greatness [10] [11]
Green Bones	Carlos Pineda

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details
Victor Neri [12]	Released: 1995 Format: Cassette, CD Label: Star Records

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Other artist(s)	Album
"Beep, Beep, Beep" (with Jao Mapa, Cholo Escaño, Mykel Gonzales, Mart Mondale, Markus Robles)	1994	None	Hataw Na

References

1. "NERI, VICTOR LUIS JUAN HILADO" (PDF). Commission on Elections. October 29, 2024. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
2. "More Showbiz Scions Sign up with Star Magic". The Philippine Star. June 25, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
3. "Victor Neri Opens Own Restaurant". ABS-CBN.com. March 11, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
4. Lo, Ricky (January 30, 2015). "Chef Victor Neri". Funfare. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
5. Rañoa-Bismark, Maridol (October 6, 2018). "Victor Detonates Bombs on the Side". The Philippine Star . Archived from the original on September 25, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
6. Ferrer, Noel D. (October 11, 2024). "Lights, camera, politics". Malaya. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
7. "Lorna Tolentino Plays Despotic Politician in New Miniseries". Philippine Daily Inquirer . Archived from the original on March 26, 2009. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
8. "TODA One I Love: Si Victor Neri Bilang Mayor Migs Generoso". GMA Network. March 5, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
9. "Lolong (TV series)", Wikipedia, October 28, 2024, retrieved October 28, 2024
10. Nicasio, Maricris Valdez (September 2, 2024). "Mamay: A Journey To Greatness ipalalabas din sa mga eskuwelahan" [Mamay: A Journey To Greatness to be shown in schools as well]. Hataw! D'yaryo ng Bayan (in Filipino). Archived from the original on September 11, 2024. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
11. Antonio, Lou Ellen (March 18, 2023). "Life of Nunungan mayor to be featured in a biopic film". Philippine Information Agency . Archived from the original on November 15, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
12. "Victor Neri – Victor Neri". Discogs . 1995. Retrieved September 25, 2021.

External links

• Victor Neri at IMDb