Von Flores | |
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Born | Valentin Andres Tanga Flores IV 5 April 1960 |
Years active | 1987–present |
Children | 2 |
Valentin Andres Tanga Flores IV, known by his professional name as Von Flores, is a Filipino-Canadian actor. He is often cast as commanding or aggressive characters.
Von was born in Malabon and lived in Pateros until age 13 when his family migrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City and the Centre for Actors' Study in Toronto. [1]
Flores' first audition landed him a guest starring role on Night Heat . [1] Flores went on to perform roles in a number of television productions, including the series Kung Fu: The Legend Continues [2] and the Atlantis Films TekWar , [2] TekJustice and TekLords TV movies. He has guest starred on such series as The Adventures of Sinbad , [1] Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years, Forever Knight , E.N.G. , Street Legal and Degrassi: The Next Generation .[ citation needed ]
Flores played Ronald Sandoval in Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict , one of the lead characters and the only character to regularly appear in all 5 seasons. [1] [2] [3]
Flores has also appeared in feature films, most notably in the critically acclaimed I Love a Man in Uniform [1] and Eclipse . [1] He also appeared in the 1995 film Picture Perfect as well as in the 1998 film Dogboys with Dean Cain and Tia Carrere.
Flores played Suba, a uranium smuggler in La Femme Nikita episode "Treason" (S1E7), which was broadcast on CTV and USA Network. In other works, he has played multiple roles in a variety of episodes from the internationally acclaimed television programme Mayday , his first role coming as Captain Ed Reyes in the season three episode "Bomb on Board" (Philippine Airlines Flight 434). Since then, he has played Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah in "Where is Malaysia 370?" (Malaysia Airlines flight 370) and co-pilot Zuwaldi in "Lethal Turn" (Garuda Indonesia Flight 152). More recently, he has played the part of the lead investigators in the episodes "Caught on Tape" (TransAsia Airways Flight 235), "Deadly Go Round" (China Airlines Flight 140), "No Warning" (Trigana Air Flight 267), and "Grounded: Boeing Max 8" (Lion Air Flight 610).
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1989 | Renegades | Gangbanger | |
1989 | Fireballs | Japanese Fireman | |
1991 | The Big Slice | Sing Won Duck | |
1993 | A Man in Uniform | Kenny | |
1993 | Zero Patience | Ray | |
1994 | Car 54, Where Are You? | Mr. Kim | |
1994 | Eclipse | Henry | |
1994 | Soft Deceit | Hooker / Detective | |
1995 | Johnny Mnemonic | Viet | |
1996 | Foreign Bodies | Denny | |
1996 | Darkman III: Die Darkman Die | Johnny Lee | |
1997 | The Assignment | Koj | |
2004 | Ham & Cheese | A.D. (MOW) | |
2004 | The Confessor | Father Andrews | |
2019 | Let It Snow | Mr. Bernal |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | Night Heat | Danny Kai | Episode: "Chinatown" |
1988 | War of the Worlds | Alex | Episode: "A Multitude of Idols" |
1988, 1990 | Friday the 13th: The Series | Hitoshi Tanaka / A.J. | 2 episodes |
1989 | My Secret Identity | Dan Chen | Episode: "The Eyes of the Shadow" |
1989 | Street Legal | Domingo Apalma | Episode: "Soul Custody" |
1989 | E.N.G. | Seiji Koko | Episode: "The Chilling Effect" |
1991 | Top Cops | Cinco | Episode: "Memorial Show" |
1992 | Beyond Reality | Soong | Episode: "The Fire Within" |
1993 | The Hidden Room | Vinh | Episode: "While She Was Out" |
1993–1996 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Jack Wong / Marco | 8 episodes |
1994 | TekWar | Sonny Hokori | Television film |
1994 | TekLords | ||
1994 | Model by Day | Johnny Lee | |
1994 | TekWar: TekJustice | Sonny Hokori | |
1994 | Forever Knight | Tran | Episode: "Can't Run, Can't Hide" |
1995 | Down Came a Blackbird | Minh | Television film |
1995 | Picture Windows | Judo Instructor | Episode: "Armed Response" |
1995 | Picture Perfect | Marco | Television film |
1996 | Gridlock | Mr. Seven | |
1996 | Conundrum | Linh Tze Chou | |
1996 | Lonesome Dove: The Series | Harry | Episode: "The Robbery" |
1996 | F/X: The Series | Albert Volk | Episode: "The Ring" |
1996, 1997 | The Adventures of Sinbad | Tetsu | 2 episodes |
1997 | La Femme Nikita | Suba | Episode: "Treason" |
1997 | Johnny 2.0 | Carlos | Television film |
1997–2002 | Earth: Final Conflict | Ronald Sandoval / Jason | 110 episodes |
1998 | Blood on Her Hands | Mike Lee | Television film |
1998 | Dogboys | Miguel | |
1998 | Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms | Jong Sung | |
1999 | Sirens | Assistant Coroner | |
2001 | My Daughter's Secret Life | Kong | |
2001 | Largo Winch | Ahmed Pangkor | 2 episodes |
2002 | Adventure Inc. | Che Lao | Episode: "Memento Mori" |
2003 | Starhunter | Darnell | Episode: "Torment" |
2004 | Doc | Mr. Euchi | Episode: "No Pain, No Gain" |
2004 | Home Beyond the Sun | Colonel Khan | Television film |
2005 | Plague City: SARS in Toronto | Father Louis | |
2005 | Human Trafficking | Rico | Miniseries |
2005–2008 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Mr. Joseph Santos | 8 episodes |
2005–2021 | Air Crash Investigation | Various roles | |
2006 | This Is Wonderland | Sammy | Episode #3.13 |
2006 | Cow Belles | Nick Perez | Television film |
2006 | Angela's Eyes | Kevin | Episode: "Eyes on the Prize" |
2008 | ReGenesis | Mr. Lee | Episode: "Hep Burn and Melinkov" |
2008 | Degrassi Spring Break Movie | Mr. Santos | Television film |
2008 | Never Cry Werewolf | Detective Stalling | |
2009 | The Line | Eddie | 15 episodes |
2009 | The Dating Guy | Customs Agent | Episode: "Boner Donor" |
2009 | Cra$h & Burn | Efram Garcia | Episode: "Freedom" |
2009 | The Border | Ashin Nanda | Episode: "Dying Art" |
2011 | InSecurity | Dr. Ho Lung | Episode: "Spies on Ice" |
2011 | Skins | Hamilton Valero | Episode: "Daisy" |
2011 | Lost Girl | Donovan | Episode: "Death Didn't Become Him" |
2012 | Rookie Blue | Edwin Santos | Episode: "A Good Shoot" |
2013 | The Listener | Tai Ling | Episode: "Witness for the Prosecution" |
2013 | Nikita | Kramer | 2 episodes |
2014 | Lucky 7 | Dr. Chu | Episode: "Five More Minutes" |
2015 | Killjoys | Suspicious Man | Episode: "Escape Velocity" |
2017 | Conviction | Lu Jin | Episode: "Black Orchid" |
2017 | Designated Survivor | Dr. Shen | Episode: "Outbreak" |
2018 | The Detectives | Detective Joe Malicdern | Episode: "Home" |
2018 | Frankie Drake Mysteries | Curator | Episode: "The Old Switcheroo" |
2019 | Private Eyes | Irving Guzman | Episode: "It Happened One Fight" |
2019 | 5000 Years of Heroes | Li Yiji | 2 episodes |
2020 | Coroner | Mario | Episode: "Borders" |
2020 | Nurses | Tenzin | Episode: "Chrysalis" |
2020 | Rising Suns | Charles Montenegro | 3 episodes |
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