Jay Manalo was born in South Vietnam but raised in Tondo, Manila.
16 Facts About Jay Manalo
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Jay Manalo was born to a Filipino father and Vietnamese mother.
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Jay Manalo was born to a Filipino father and Vietnamese mother.
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Jay Manalo became a lead in his second film, Paracale Gang, which was released in 1996 and followed by the movie Urban Rangers.
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Jay Manalo voiced Simakwel in Urduja whom was the titular character's fiance.
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Jay Manalo has been part of the cast of soap operas.
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Jay Manalo followed it up with other appearances in soaps like Pangako Sa 'Yo and Kung Mawawala Ka.
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Jay Manalo plays Miguel, a Vietnamese businessman who was Carina's first love.
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Jay Manalo played Christoph, an actor and a love interest of the lead role, Bakekang, played by Sunshine Dizon and Valeria, played by Sheryl Cruz.
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Jay Manalo recently starred in his new action-adventure series on GMA titled Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan as Drigo, a Filipino version of Hessler of Shaider.
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Jay Manalo was last seen in the teleserye FPJ's Ang Probinsyano on ABS-CBN.
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Jay Manalo reunited with his father in 1993, and two years later with his mother.
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Jay Manalo has since married a United States Navy serviceman; Eustaquio continued with his passion for music.
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Jay Manalo was released to the custody of his lawyer on 6 July 2007, a day after cracking a bomb joke at Ninoy Aquino International Airport while about to board a morning flight to Puerto Princesa, Palawan.
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Jay Manalo was earlier removed from Philippine Airlines flight PR185 after telling a flight attendant that there was a bomb in his backpack.
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The prosecutor found that Jay Manalo was only cracking a joke and had no intention of carrying explosives nor harming any of the passengers in the Palawan-bound flight.