John Paul Guido Regala Scherrer, better known by his screen name John Regala, was a Filipino actor and environmentalist.
16 Facts About John Regala
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John Regala gained notoriety in the entertainment industry as a member of the 1986 television show That's Entertainment, and went on to play well-known antagonist roles in action movies and teleseries in the 1990s.
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John Regala was sometimes unofficially tagged as the "Bad Boy" of Philippine action films along with fellow action stars like Robin Padilla and the late Ace Vergel.
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John Regala entered showbusiness in the mid-1980s, becoming a member of That's Entertainment.
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John Regala became an action star in his first action film Boy Kristiano.
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John Regala then portrayed a villain role in the film Isa-Isahin ko Kayo alongside Ronnie Ricketts.
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John Regala has collaborated with action star Jeric Raval when he played the lead role as Marcial "Baby" Ama in the true to life action-drama film Primitivo Ebok Ala: Kalaban Mortal ni Baby Ama.
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John Regala played his role as Kris Aquino's rapist-killer in the true-to-life crime drama film The Vizconde Massacre: God Help Us.
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John Regala returned to showbusiness and worked with Mart Escudero in the horror-comedy-thriller film Remington and the Curse of the Zombadings.
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ER Ejercito for the award-winning 2011 Metro Manila Film Festival Filipino action film Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story while John Regala himself won the best supporting actor award.
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John Regala has worked with JC de Vera and Oyo Sotto for the TV drama series Valiente of TV5.
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John Regala was made famous on ABS-CBN when he worked with Kim Chiu and Maja Salvador in Ina, Kapatid, Anak, and with Coco Martin in the action-fantasy drama TV series Juan dela Cruz and FPJ's Ang Probinsyano.
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John Regala was the son of the late former character actor Mel Francisco and the late former actress Ruby John Regala.
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John Regala later converted to Members Church of God International but went back to Iglesia ni Cristo in 2015.
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John Regala became an environmentalist and worked as the president and CEO of Project Green Evolution, Inc.
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John Regala died on June 3,2023, from cardiac arrest brought on by liver and kidney complications.