Coco Martin is best known for playing the lead roles in television series, such as Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin, Walang Hanggan, Ikaw Lamang, Juan dela Cruz, FPJ's Ang Probinsyano and FPJ's Batang Quiapo.
44 Facts About Coco Martin
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Coco Martin has won 2 FAMAS Awards, 2 Gawad Urian Awards and 3 Golden Screen Awards.
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Coco Martin is recognized as the most awarded actor of his generation, with 119 awards and recognitions and 40 nominations from various award-giving bodies since 2006.
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In 2017, Coco Martin starred as the titular character in the Ang Panday reboot, while serving as the director, marking his directorial debut.
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Coco Martin is credited under his real name, Rodel Nacianceno for his roles as director.
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Coco Martin is the chairman of his own production company, CCM Film Productions, a company that he established in 2017.
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Coco Martin was young when his parents separated causing his grandmother, Matilde, to care for him.
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Coco Martin was raised in Novaliches, Quezon City, and would later admit that he spent most of his time on the streets to make ends meet.
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Coco Martin earned a degree in hotel and restaurant management from the National College of Business and Arts in Fairview, Quezon City.
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Coco Martin eventually returned to janitorial work, and after nine months, returned home to the Philippines.
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Coco Martin started his career in one of the ABS-CBN's talent agencies, Star Magic, as part of the Star Circle Batch 9 in 2001 alongside Angel Locsin, Rafael Rosell, Janus Del Prado, Heart Evangelista, Princess Schuck, and Alwyn Uytingco.
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Coco Martin made his acting debut under his real name, Rodel Nacianceno, with a cameo appearance in the 2001 film Luv Text starring Judy Ann Santos.
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Coco Martin got his big break in 2004, when the TV personality German Moreno included him as a star on his reality show Walang Tulugan with the Master Showman.
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Coco Martin was later scouted for a role in an independent film.
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In 2007, Coco Martin starred in the film "Siquijor: Mystic Island" directed by Mark Philip Espina, and had a cameo role for a Seiko Films' produced indie film, Foster Child.
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Coco Martin acted in his first Cinema One Originals entry "Tambolista" alongside Jiro Manio and Sid Lucero, and directed by Adolfo Alix, Jr.
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In 2007, Coco Martin appeared as a supporting actor for the first time in a mainstream film under GMA Films titled Batanes: Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan alongside Iza Calzado and Taiwanese actor, Ken Chu of F4.
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Coco Martin appeared in Season 15 of Daisy Siete, "Isla Chikita" under GMA Network, his first-ever TV series.
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In 2008, Coco Martin returned to indie films starring with "Condo" under Breaking The Box Productions directed by Coco Martin Cabrera.
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Coco Martin starred as an idealistic security guard named Benjamin Castro Jr.
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In 2008, Coco Martin starred again in another critically acclaimed indie film Daybreak, a Philippine gay film written by Charliebebs Gohetia and directed by Adolf Alix, Jr.
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Coco Martin returned to the Cinemalaya film festival in 2008 with the film, "Jay" alongside Baron Geisler.
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In late 2008 while accomplishing success in the indie films, Coco Martin started doing television series and was cast in Ligaw na Bulaklak, his first ABS-CBN series.
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Coco Martin starred in his first mainstream film under Star Cinema, Sa 'yo Lamang, and in the primetime series 1DOL with Sarah Geronimo and Sam Milby.
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Coco Martin was nominated for Best Actor at the 2009 FAMAS Award.
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Coco Martin was nominated for multiple awards for his portrayal as Alexander and Javier del Tierro in the series, and won Best Actor in the 20th KBP Golden Dove Awards and Best Drama Actor at the 25th Star Awards for TV.
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In 2012, Coco Martin starred in another ensemble series titled Walang Hanggan, an adaptation of the 1991 film Hihintayin Kita sa Langit.
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Coco Martin was paired with Julia Montes, as his first official love interest.
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Coco Martin starred in his second mainstream film entitled Born to Love You, opposite singer Angeline Quinto.
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The series had positive reviews and Coco Martin became a household name.
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In 2012, Coco Martin starred in a film by Emmanuel Quindo Palo titled Sta.
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Nina, Coco Martin was chosen to star in a 2013 film A Moment in Time together with Julia Montes as his leading lady.
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Coco Martin's performance earned him, a nomination for Best Drama Actor at the 2014 FAMAS Awards.
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In 2014, Coco Martin starred in Maybe This Time, a film with singer-actress Sarah Geronimo produced by Star Cinema and VIVA Films.
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Coco Martin appeared in an episode of Maalaala Mo Kaya co-starring Angel Locsin and Ejay Falcon that was dedicated to the memory of Special Action Force members killed in the Mamasapano clash.
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In September 2015 with an ensemble cast, Coco Martin starred in his most successful television series to date, the TV adaptation of the late Fernando Poe Jr.
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Coco Martin was given a certificate of appreciation for his portrayal of a highly dedicated CIDG Police officer.
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In 2017, Coco Martin launched his own production company, CCM Productions, and had his first directorial and producer debut in the film Ang Panday, a 2017 Metro Manila Film Festival entry.
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In 2021, Coco Martin starred in a romantic comedy film Love or Money with Angelica Panganiban under CCM Productions and Star Cinema.
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Coco Martin is set to appear again in the Brillante Mendoza film Apag alongside Lito Lapid, Gladys Reyes, Gina Pareno, Joseph Marco, Shaina Magdayao and Mercedes Cabral, an official entry for the 2023 Metro Manila Summer Film Festival.
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Coco Martin will serve as the series' co-director, co-writer, and co-producer under his film production company.
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Coco Martin has been in a romantic relationship with Julia Montes since 2011 when he was still 30 years old and Montes was 16.
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The couple has kept their relationship private until Coco Martin publicly confirmed it in May 2023.
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In 2017, Coco Martin established his own film Production Company 'CCM Film Productions'.