23 Facts About Pen Medina

Pen Medina eventually played versatile roles on the big screen and in various television shows.

Pen Medina became well-known after getting the role of the villainous Hagorn in the 2005 fantasy television series Encantadia.

Pen Medina has won the Nora Aunor Ulirang Artista Lifetime Achievement Award during the 33rd PMPC Star Awards for Movies, the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 62nd FAMAS Awards, and the Best Actor Award at the 6th Cinema One Originals Film Festival.

Pen Medina is the second KFC Filipino Colonel as well as a model and painter.

Pen Medina is an activist who joins rallies against those in power as well as participates in anti-vaccination and anti-mask protests amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pen Medina graduated high school at Arayat Institute of Pampanga and went to different schools in colleges, which include the University of Santo Tomas, Far Eastern University, and the University of the East.

Pen Medina usually took up fine arts, premed, and other courses with a bachelor of arts degree but he later dropped out and pursued an acting career.

Pen Medina is married to Victoria Aquino Chupungco and he is the father of Karl Medina, Crispin "Ping" Medina II, Alex Vincent Medina, Japs Medina, Victor Medina, Zeth Medina and JL Medina.

Pen Medina has undergone spinal surgery to treat the disease.

Pen Medina portrayed various characters in the Cultural Center of the Philippines plays, which include Andres Bonifacio as Emilio Jacinto, Kanser in 1981 as Kapitan Tiago, and appeared again in 1993 as Elias, Gregorio Aglipay as Fr.

Pen Medina appeared in stage plays at the University of the Philippines such as Patay Na si Sizwe Banzi as Styles, Tatalon as the Jeepney Driver; and Supremo as Andres Bonifacio.

Pen Medina acted in the Metropolitan Theater appearing in plays such as Gironiere as Alila, and El Filibusterismo as Simoun.

Pen Medina subsequently appeared in other Filipino films in the 1980s such as Karnal, Sister Stella L, Scorpio Nights, Virgin Forest, and Unfaithful Wife.

Pen Medina has several acting credits in foreign films, most notably, the 1988 Australian television film Dangerous Life, where he plays Col.

Pen Medina starred in the 1993 film Sakay as Lucio de Vega, a historical figure who, together with Macario Sakay, were revolutionaries fighting the Americans, and were later outlawed and hanged in 1907.

Pen Medina played Jose Rizal in the documentary film entitled Jose Rizal: Ang Buhay ng Isang Bayani, which was produced by Ateneo de Manila University.

The other films in the 1990s that Pen Medina starred in include Mumbaki, Ligaya ang Itawag Mo sa Akin, and Sa Pusod ng Dagat.

Pen Medina's role earned him another Best Supporting Actor award given by the Film Academy of the Philippines in 2001.

Pen Medina starred as an ex-convict in another prison-themed film, Layang Bilanggo, in which he garnered a Best Actor award from the 6th Cinema One Originals Film Festival.

Pen Medina continued to guest in other television programs, which include Goin' Bananas, and Batibot.

Pen Medina is part of the cast of the television series Villa Quintana, Tabing Ilog, and Sa Puso Ko Iingatan Ka.

Pen Medina is known as an activist who joined rallies including calling for then Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's resignation, protesting against the burial of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, and protesting against the meddling of foreign governments, particularly the United States and China, over Philippine affairs.

Pen Medina attended a rally against then-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and urged protesters to love and enlighten supporters of the Duterte administration.