Cesar Montano#Personal life
{{short description|Filipino actor, film producer and film director}}
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{{Philippine name|Demontaño|Manhilot}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Cesar Montano
| image = 2017 Cesar Montano as COO of TPB.jpg
| caption = Montano in 2017
| office = Chief Operating Officer of the Tourism Promotions Board
| president = Rodrigo Duterte
| termstart = December 6, 2016
| termend = May 21, 2018
| birth_name = Cesar Demontaño Manhilot
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|8|1|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Santa Ana, Manila, Philippines
| occupation = {{Hlist|Actor|film producer|film director}}
| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Marilyn Polinga||1992|end=died}} | {{marriage|Sunshine Cruz|September 14, 2000|September 18, 2018|end=annulled}} }}
| children = 10 (including Diego){{Cite news|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/02/08/17/diego-loyzaga-goes-after-dad-cesar-montano-on-social-media|title=Diego Loyzaga goes after dad Cesar Montano on social media|work=ABS-CBN News}}
| party = Independent (2017–present)
| otherparty = Liberal (2009–2017)
Lakas–Kampi–CMD (until 2009)
| alma_mater = Lyceum of the Philippines
Philippine Public Safety College
}}
Cesar Demontaño Manhilot{{Cite news|url=http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906184035/http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=561661&publicationSubCategoryId=65|url-status=dead|title=Cesar Montano's son commits suicide|work=The Philippine Star|archive-date=September 6, 2012|access-date=August 30, 2019}} (born August 1, 1962), known professionally as Cesar Montano ({{IPA|tl|ˈsɛsaɾ mɔnˈtɐnɔ|lang}}), is a Filipino actor, film producer, film director and aspiring politician.
Montano started in show business as a commercial model.[http://www.tv.com/cesar-montano/person/258949/biography.html Biography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212135445/http://www.tv.com/cesar-montano/person/258949/biography.html |date=February 12, 2009 }} www.tv.com Retrieved November 29, 2006. He portrayed roles in numerous B movies, before playing major roles in several action films, along with a successful television career, with his most notable television role being in the sitcom Kaya ni Mister, Kaya ni Misis. One of his best-known roles is his portrayal of the titular patriot José Rizal in the film José Rizal (1998). He starred in the war film The Great Raid (2005), his first Hollywood film.
Montano has won numerous acting awards in Panaghoy sa Suba ("The Call of the River"), José Rizal, Muro Ami ("Reef Hunters") and Bagong Buwan ("New Moon").
Aside from acting, Montano also embarked on a singing career, with the release of his music album Subok lang or Just try in 2000. He has also ventured into film production as well as directing, with Panaghoy sa Suba as his directorial film debut.
In May 2007, he unsuccessfully ran for Senate under the coalition TEAM Unity (TU). GMA News reported that he lost about P40 million worth of endorsement for running in public office. Montano also lost the 2010 Gubernatorial race in his home province of Bohol.
On July 13, 2010, Montano officially became a contract artist of GMA Network after signing a two-year exclusive contract with the said network.{{Cite web|url=http://ph.news.yahoo.com/pep/20100715/ten-cesar-montano-on-coming-back-to-gma-fb4fa78.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722012552/http://ph.news.yahoo.com/pep/20100715/ten-cesar-montano-on-coming-back-to-gma-fb4fa78.html|url-status=dead|title=Transfer to GMA7|archive-date=July 22, 2010}} In 2012, he left GMA Network for TV5's Artista Academy.
In 2016, Montano was running as the 2nd nominee of Aangat Tayo party-list in the 2016 national elections, but subsequently lost. In the same year, he was appointed by Tourism Secretary Wanda Corazon Teo as the Chief Operation Officer of the Tourism Promotions Board.{{cite news|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/06/16/cesar-montano-to-head-tourism-promotions-board|title=Cesar Montano to head Tourism Promotions Board|work=ABS-CBN News|date=December 6, 2016|access-date=December 6, 2016}}
Biography and career
Montano, known by his nickname Buboy, was born and raised in Santa Ana, Manila, Philippines. His paternal side traces its roots to the Manhilots of Baclayon, a town in Bohol.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}
=Early work=
Montano became interested in acting while studying in college. He acted in stage productions at the University of the Philippines and joined acting workshops in between. Among his notable plays is Esteromenggoles. He also worked as a stuntman early in his career.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/people/cesar-montano/biography/|title=Cesar Montano: Biography|work=TV.com|access-date=April 10, 2015|archive-date=April 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415085515/http://www.tv.com/people/cesar-montano/biography/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QaAVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5617%2C3941049|last=Villanueva|first=Nena|title=Cesar Montano: The Long Climb Pays Off|pages=25|date=August 23, 1989|newspaper=Manila Standard|publisher=Philippine Manila Standard Publishing|accessdate=August 30, 2022|via=Google News}}
He auditioned for Ishmael Bernal's Student Body under Regal Films, in which he became among the top 3 leading men. Unfortunately, the project didn't push through. He was later discovered by Robbie Tan, who made him a talent of the now-defunct Seiko Films. He initially bagged supporting roles in action films and leading men roles in drama films. In 1990, he starred in his first two movies Kasalanan ang Buhayin Ka and Machete. After leaving Seiko in mid-1992, he starred in several films under Viva Films and its subsidiary Neo Films.
Montano is known for his collaboration with the late Toto Natividad, who directed his movies Leonardo Delos Reyes: Alyas Waway (1993), Utol (1996), Biláng na ang Araw mo (1996), Pusakal (1997), Sanggano (1997), Kasangga Kahit Kelan (1998), Warfreak (1998), and Type Kita Walang Kokontra (1999).
He played national hero José Rizal in the historical biopic José Rizal in 1998. In 1999 film Muro Ami, he played Fredo, the boss of child laborers in the illegal fishing industry. The film won thirteen awards at the 1999 Metro Manila Film Festival.[https://web.archive.org/web/20071023064206/http://www.geocities.com/philmovies/films/muroami/muroami.html Muro Ami]{{Unreliable source?|date=July 2010}} www.geocities.com Retrieved November 30, 2006.
=Directing=
Montano's early directions were an episode of Mikee in 1995, in which he starred in, and the 1998 film Warfreak, in which he co-directed with Natividad and starred as the titular character. In 1999, Montano marked his directorial debut with Bullet, in which he co-wrote and starred as the titular character, an autistic person with a special skill in marksmanship. The same goes for the 2001 film Mananabas, where he stars as the leader of a lost command.{{cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/pilipino-star-ngayon/showbiz/135923/mahal-mag-direk-si-cesar-montano|last=Bautista|first=Emy|title=Mahal mag-direk si Cesar Montano|website=The Philippine Star|date=October 7, 2001|accessdate=August 30, 2022}}
Montano produced, directed and starred in the 2004 film Panaghoy sa Suba, which was his entry to the 2004 Metro Manila Film Festival. It is set during World War II, and the story takes place mostly along the Loboc River in Bohol.{{cite web |url=http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/sb/sb003480.htm |title=Cesar Montano's not-so-impossible dream| work=www.newsflash.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060101090051/http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/sb/sb003480.htm |archive-date=January 1, 2006}} It was filmed mostly in the Visayan language with an almost exclusively Visayan cast. It was given an "A" rating by the Cinema Evaluation Board or CEB of the Film Development Council of the Philippines, which described the film as "a poetic, sometimes even magical, current of silent struggle and survival".{{cite web |url=http://www.inq7.net/globalnation/sec_sho/2005/jan/04-02.htm |title= A-rating for 'Panaghoy sa Suba' | work=www.inq7.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051112000049/http://www.inq7.net/globalnation/sec_sho/2005/jan/04-02.htm |archive-date=November 12, 2005}}
Panaghoy sa Suba won multiple awards. It collected Second Best Picture (to Mano Po III: My Love), Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Musical Score and the Gatpuno Villegas Cultural Award at the Metro Manila Film Festival, 2004;[http://www.abs-cbn.com/Entertainment/ent-123004-mmff.aspx And the winners are...] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204091447/http://www.abs-cbn.com/Entertainment/ent-123004-mmff.aspx |date=February 4, 2008 }} www.abs-cbn.com Retrieved November 30, 2006. and Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress at Gawad Suri Awards, Manila, 2005.[http://www.cinemaya.net/c7-fi.asp?filmid=39&ur=af§1=3 The Call of the River] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112084602/http://www.cinemaya.net/c7-fi.asp?filmid=39&ur=af§1=3 |date=January 12, 2008 }} www.cinemaya.net Retrieved November 30, 2006. Aside from garnering 16 awards and 11 nominations including 5 from, it was also given an endorsement by the UNESCO.[http://www.thefreeman.com/lifestyle/story-20050108-26479.html Panaghoy sa Suba], Thefreeman.com, Retrieved November 30, 2006. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051130151943/http://www.thefreeman.com/lifestyle/story-20050108-26479.html |date=November 30, 2005 }} It was named Best Picture at the International Festival of Independent Films held in Brussels, Belgium. Montano was also chosen Best Director.[http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryID=21670 Two Pinoy films triumph at international film fests] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060426190953/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryID=21670 |date=April 26, 2006 }} www.abs-cbnnews.com Retrieved November 30, 2006. In addition, Montano also won Best Actor in Panaghoy sa Suba in the Golden Screen Awards.[http://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/ent-030705-awards.aspx Congrats sa mga Winners ng Golden Screen Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204114829/http://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/ent-030705-awards.aspx |date=February 4, 2008 }} www.abs-cbn.com Retrieved November 30, 2006. Panaghoy sa Suba was invited as an exhibition in the Tous les cinémas du Monde (Movies of the World) at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005.[http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/sb/sb003597.htm Panagahoy sa Suba (Call of the river) to Cannes Filmfest] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214050447/http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/sb/sb003597.htm |date=December 14, 2006 }}, Newsflash.org, Retrieved November 30, 2006.[http://www.filipinoreporter.com/archive/3319/entertain.htm Cesar Montano's Panaghoy... to screen in Cannes filmfest], Filipinoreporter.com, Retrieved November 30, 2006. It has also been invited for exhibition in other international film festivals in Berlin, Toronto, Tokyo, Korea and in the Czech Republic's Karlo Vary Film Festival.
=Hollywood=
In 2002, American film director and screenwriter John Dahl cast Montano in The Great Raid after taking notice of Montano's performance in the movie Muro Ami as well as an extensive open call audition and series of callbacks in Manila. He played Juan Pajota in the Miramax Film set in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, in 1945 during World War II. The film was shot mostly in Australia and partly in China.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326905/ The Great Raid], IMDb.com, Retrieved November 30, 2006.
Montano was cast in another U.S. film, Another Deep Breath, scheduled to start shooting in the San Francisco Bay Area in March 2005.[http://www.inq7.net/globalnation/sec_sho/2004/sep/13-02.htm Cesar Montano to star in another Hollywood movie] www.inq7.net Retrieved November 30, 2006. Funding was never secured so the production never started shooting.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}
=Music career=
From 1981 to 1982, Montano was a regular performer at Hotel Mirador.
On January 1, 2000, Montano released his first music solo album entitled "Subok Lang" (Just Try) under Star Records.[https://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Subok%20Lang:1921489842 Subok lang]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Retrieved November 30, 2006. On nine of the album's ten songs he is accompanied only by an acoustic guitar. He sings a duet on the second version "Kailan Ko Lang Sinabi" (When I Just Told You) with his wife, Sunshine Cruz, who is also a Filipino actress and recording artist. Subok lang went on to become Platinum record.
=Political career=
{{Main|Philippine Senate elections, 2007}}{{Main|2010 Bohol local elections}}
Montano ran for a senate position under Lakas in the 2007 elections and lost.{{cite web|url=http://tenminutes.ph/7-famous-celebrities-failed-election/|access-date=February 9, 2017|title=7 Famous Pinoy Celebrities Who Failed to Win the Elections {{pipe}} tenminutes.ph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075657/http://tenminutes.ph/7-famous-celebrities-failed-election/|archive-date=February 11, 2017|url-status=dead}} On May 19, 2009, he was appointed by then-president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as her Presidential Special Envoy for Film and Digital Cinema, a newly created position accorded ambassador rank and given diplomatic status by the Department of Foreign Affairs.{{Cite news|url=http://archives.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&sec=reader&rp=10&fi=p090605.htm&no=93&date=|title=PGMA names Montano envoy for film, camera|last=Chiu|first=Rey Anthony|date=June 5, 2009|work=Philippine Information Agency|access-date=May 3, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/2009/06/04/474005/cesar-montano-named-special-film-envoy|title=Cesar Montano named special film envoy|last=Sy|first=Marvin|date=June 4, 2009|work=The Philippine Star|access-date=May 3, 2018}} He then again attempted to be involved in politics on October 13, 2009, when he filed his candidacy for governor in his home province Bohol under Liberal Party. He lost the 2010 local election for the governor position against incumbent representative-turned-governor Edgar Chatto.{{cite news|work=Manila Bulletin|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/257011/cesar-montano-automated-election-process-it-could-ve-been-better |title=Cesar Montano on the automated election process: 'It could've been better' {{pipe}} the Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online |access-date=March 31, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524001241/http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/257011/cesar-montano-automated-election-process-it-could-ve-been-better |archive-date=May 24, 2012 }}
Personal life
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Montano is fluent in both Tagalog and Cebuano, and speaks his ancestral Boholano dialect. He is the fifth of seven children born to a lawyer father and mother that belonged to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Montano describes his father as a strict disciplinarian, and his mother imposing her religion's prohibitions against pork and movies. He attended Santa Ana Elementary School and Mariano Marcos Memorial High School, both in Santa Ana, Manila.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} He completed his bachelor's degree in Mass Communication at Lyceum of the Philippines University in Intramuros, Manila in 2009. He later obtained his master's degree in Public Safety Administration at Philippine Public Safety College in 2023.{{cite news|url=https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/514788/cesar-montano-earns-masters-degree-in-public-safety-administration-at-60|title=Cesar Montano earns master's degree in public safety administration at 60|first=Anne|last=Pasajol|date=July 8, 2023|accessdate=July 8, 2023|website=INQUIRER.net}}
Montano was first married to Marilyn Polinga, a fellow Boholano he met at a local Seventh-day Adventist church. Montano then worshipped at the Bread of Life Ministries International evangelical church in Quezon City, before becoming a congregant at Christ's Commission Fellowship in Mandaluyong together with his second wife, Sunshine Cruz, and his children. Polinga, with whom he has two children, died in 1993. Their second child, Christian Angelo Manhilot, died at the age of 23 on March 26, 2010, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at their house in Quezon City.{{Cite news|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/entertainment/03/26/10/cesar-montanos-son-commits-suicide|title=Cesar Montano's son commits suicide|work=ABS-CBN News}}
His son with actress Teresa Loyzaga, Carlos Diego Loyzaga, lived with his mother in Australia, and has returned to the Philippines as an exclusive contract actor with ABS-CBN.{{cite web|url=http://www.push.com.ph/features/2923/showbiz-newbie-carlos-diego-loyzaga-joins-mara-clara/|title=Showbiz newbie Carlos Diego Loyzaga joins 'Mara Clara'|last=Franco|first=Bernie|date=March 9, 2011|publisher=Push.com.ph|access-date=April 7, 2011}}{{cite news | url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/03/12/11/cesar-loyzagas-son-signs-contract-abs-cbn | title=Cesar Montano's son signs contract with ABS-CBN |work=ABS-CBN News| date=March 13, 2011 | access-date=April 14, 2011}}{{cite news|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/309115/cesar-montanos-son-ventures-showbiz |title=Cesar Montano's son ventures into showbiz |work=Manila Bulletin|date=March 13, 2011 |access-date=April 14, 2011 |author=Rowena Joy A. Sanchez |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813072635/http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/309115/cesar-montanos-son-ventures-showbiz |archive-date=August 13, 2012 }}
Montano married Sunshine Cruz on September 14, 2000, in a Christian wedding.{{Cite news |work=Philippine Entertainment Portal|url=http://www.pep.ph/articles/11957/Cesar-and-Sunshine:-Sunset-Nuptials |title=Cesar and Sunshine:Sunset Nuptials|access-date=November 3, 2019 }} They have three daughters, Angelina Isabelle, Samantha Angeline and Angel Francheska.{{Cite web|url=https://filipinotimes.net/entertainment/2019/12/29/look-sunshine-cruz-celebrates-christmas-three-daughters-opens-cesar-montano/ |title=LOOK: Sunshine Cruz celebrates Christmas with three daughters, opens up about Cesar Montano |date=December 29, 2019 |website=The Filipino Times |access-date=February 22, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222195031/https://filipinotimes.net/entertainment/2019/12/29/look-sunshine-cruz-celebrates-christmas-three-daughters-opens-cesar-montano/ |archive-date=February 22, 2022}} He filed for annulment of marriage with Cruz, which was finally granted on September 18, 2018.{{Cite news |date=September 18, 2018 |title='New chapter' for Sunshine as marriage with Cesar finally annulled |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/09/18/18/new-chapter-for-sunshine-as-marriage-with-cesar-finally-annulled |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129212304/https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/09/18/18/new-chapter-for-sunshine-as-marriage-with-cesar-finally-annulled |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |access-date=September 6, 2024 |work=ABS-CBN News}} Aside from his farm in Pandi, Bulacan,{{Cite web|url=http://www.healthtoday.net/main_section.cfm?id=882§ion=profiles|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809190310/http://www.healthtoday.net/main_section.cfm?id=882§ion=profiles|url-status=dead|title=Bulacan Farm Article 1|archive-date=August 9, 2010}}{{Cite web|url=http://ww5.agribusinessweek.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413010316/http://www.agribusinessweek.com/celebrity-farmers-in-bloom/|url-status=dead|title=Agribusinessweek|archive-date=April 13, 2015|website=Ww5.agribusinessweek.com}} Montano also owns an Italian restaurant located in Quezon City.[http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/sim/sim/view/20071202-104337/Bellissimo,_with_a_touch_of_Montano "Bellisimo Restaurant"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110738/http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/sim/sim/view/20071202-104337/Bellissimo%2C_with_a_touch_of_Montano |date=August 11, 2012 }}
Montano also had a relationship with Miss Philippines Earth 2009 Sandra Seifert. The two had a son named Corinth Ian or Coco.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/celebrities/sandra-seifert-posts-photo-son-with-cesar-montano/ |title=Sandra Seifert posts photo of son hugging Cesar Montano |date=November 26, 2020 |website=The Filipino Times |access-date=March 31, 2023}} He's currently in a relationship with his domestic partner Socorro "Kath" Angeles, to whom he had 3 children, Liam, Samuel and Kristen.
As of June 2023, Montano has three grandchildren: two from his eldest daughter Angela and one from son Diego.{{cite news|url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/504750/cesar-montano-on-son-diego-loyzaga-being-a-new-dad|title=Cesar Montano on son Diego Loyzaga being a new dad|first=Dolly Anne|last=Carvajal|date=June 17, 2023|accessdate=July 8, 2023|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}
Cesar Montano has rejoined the Seventh-day Adventist Church.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzKZL_6Dsh4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/IzKZL_6Dsh4 |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Cesar Montano Converted into SDA|website=YouTube|date=February 12, 2016 |access-date=August 17, 2018}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=hJad137jPDU|title=Cesar Montano Conversion Story of Brother Cesar "Buboy" Montano|website=YouTube|access-date=August 17, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz1OgXZj9fs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Pz1OgXZj9fs |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Cesar Montano testimony during Hope Baybay 2014|website=YouTube|date=November 19, 2015 |access-date=August 17, 2018}}{{cbignore}}
Filmography
=Film=
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2"| 1982 | Ang Tapang Para sa Lahat! | Young Alex | |
| Relasyon | |||
| 1983 | Broken Marriage | Ralph Palomeno | |
| rowspan="2" | 1984 | Working Girls | Office Bully | |
| Ang Padrino | Noring | FPJ Productions | |
| 1985 | Hinugot sa Langit | Cesar | Regal Films |
| 1988 | Puso sa Puso | Noel | rowspan="14" | Seiko Films |
| rowspan="5"| 1989 | Lihim ng Golden Buddha | ||
| Mahirap ang Magmahal{{cite news|last=Japitana|first=Norma|title=Dina and Viva, in the mood for love and a second round|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v60VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6155%2C446938|access-date=May 24, 2022|work=Manila Standard|publisher=Kagitingan Publications, Inc.|date=July 3, 1989|page=15|quote=Some Cesar Montano fans, who have been following his pictures, were disappointed that his role was so short in 'Mahirap...'}} | |||
| Kokak | Ralph Palomeno | ||
| Bihagin ang Dalagang Ito | Hector | ||
| Ang Bukas Ay Akin | Predo | ||
| rowspan="5"| 1990 | Sagot ng Puso | Efren | |
| "Ako ang Batas" -Gen. Tomas Karingal | Lt. Reyes | ||
| Kasalanan ang Buhayin Ka | Jimmy | ||
| Machete: Istatwang Buhay | Machete | ||
| Hindi Laruan ang Puso | Mark | ||
| rowspan="3"| 1991 | Mainit, Masarap ... Parang Kaning Isusubo | ||
| Ganito Ba ang Umibig? | Armand | ||
| Kapag Nag-abot ang Langit at Lupa | Hamil | ||
| rowspan="3"| 1992 | Hiram Na Mukha | Mendez | Viva Films |
| Sumayaw Ka Salome | Leo | rowspan="2" | Seiko Films | |
| Eh, Kasi Bata | Glen | ||
| rowspan="3"| 1993 | Ikaw Lang | Alfred | rowspan="2" | Moviestars Production |
| Leonardo delos Reyes: Alyas Waway | Leonardo "Waway" delos Reyes | ||
| Markadong Hudas | Daniel Braganza | Viva Films | |
| rowspan="2"| 1994 | The Cecilia Masagca Story: Antipolo Massacre (Jesus Save Us!) | Winifredo Masagca | Golden Lion Films |
| Talahib at Rosas | Jacob Villapando | rowspan="2" | Viva Films | |
| rowspan="5"| 1995 | Manalo, Matalo, Mahal Kita | Jack | |
| Asero | Victor Asero | Star Cinema | |
| Silakbo | Atty. Andy Gil | Viva Films | |
| The Lilian Velez Story | Narding Anzures | rowspan="2" | Viva Films and Golden Lion Films | |
| Annabelle Huggins Story/Ruben Ablaza Tragedy - Mea Culpa | Ruben Ablaza | ||
| rowspan="3"| 1996 | Utol | Jaime Cordero | rowspan="2" | Star Cinema Productions Inc. |
| Kung Kaya Mo, Kaya Ko Rin | Mac | ||
| Bilang Na ang Araw Mo | Raphael Fernandez | Neo Films (Released Date: June 12, 1996) (Directed by: Toto Natividad) | |
| rowspan="5"| 1997 | Batas Ko ay Bala | Guiller | Mega Vision Films (Released Date: September 11, 1996) |
| Pusakal | King Rustia | Solar Films (Released Date: June 4, 1997) | |
| Kadre | Ruben Torres | Premiere Productions (Released Date: October 22, 1997) | |
| Wala Nang Iibigin Pa | Daniel | Viva Films (Directed by: Toto Natividad) | |
| Sanggano | Diego | Mega Vision Films (Directed by: Toto Natividad) | |
| rowspan="4"| 1998 | Kasangga Kahit Kailan | Bardo Santa Mesa/Benjie Borres | Neo Films (Directed by: Toto Natividad) |
| Alyas Boy Tigas: Ang Probinsyanong Wais | Cesar | Cameo | |
| Warfreak: Walang Sinasanto, Walang Pinapatawad | Jack Llamas | Neo Films (Released Date: November 25, 1998) (Directed by: Augusto Salvador and Toto Natividad) | |
| José Rizal | José Rizal | GMA Films | |
| rowspan="3"| 1999 | Type Kita, Walang Kokontra | Victor | Star Cinema with John Regala and Dayanara Torres, directed by Toto Natividad (Released Date: January 27, 1999) |
| Bullet | Bullet | actor, line producer (Viva films) | |
| Muro Ami | Fredo | ||
| rowspan="5"| 2001 | Hostage | Jimmy Pizarro | Actor, writer |
| Baliktaran: Si Ace at si Angelique | Cameo | ||
| Alas-Dose | Titus Varona | (Viva Films) Directed by: Augusto Salvador and Cesar Montano | |
| Mananabas: Mga Ligaw Na Talahib (aka The Reaper) | Writer | ||
| Bagong Buwan (aka New Moon) | Dr. Ahmad Ibn Ismael | ||
| 2002 | Lakas Sambayanan (People Power){{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsRIUkO1UbQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/FsRIUkO1UbQ |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Lakas Sambayanan: People Power (1 of 10)|date=February 19, 2009 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}} | Documentary | |
| 2003 | Chavit | Chavit Singson | |
| 2004 | Panaghoy sa Suba (The Call of the River) | Duroy | Actor, director, producer |
| rowspan="3"| 2005 | The Great Raid | Guerilla Leader Captain Juan Pajota | Miramax Films |
| Balangiga Massacre | |||
| Dagohoy | Dagohoy/Jeremiah Roxas | ||
| rowspan="4"| 2006 | Ang Pagbabalik ng Bituin: A Mega Celebration | Himself | performer |
| Batang Maynila | Director | ||
| The Rootcutter | |||
| Ligalig | MMFF Entry | ||
| 2008 | Urduja | Limhang | APT Entertainment, Seventoon, Imaginary Friends |
| rowspan="3"| 2012 | Hitman | Ben | Viva Films & CM Films |
| Biktima | Mark de la Cruz | Alba Productions and Star Cinema | |
| El Presidente | Andres Bonifacio | VIVA Films, CMB Film, Scenema Concept Int. | |
| 2013 | Alfredo S. Lim (The Untold Story) | Alfredo S. Lim | CM Films Productions and Viva Films |
| rowspan="2"| 2015 | Kid Kulafu | Sardo | (Ten17P) |
| Nilalang | Tony | (Haunted Tower Pictures, WeLovePost, Parallax Studios & Viva Films) | |
| 2017 | Ang Panday | Police C/Insp. Erwin Rivera | CCM Film Productions and Viva Films |
| 2022 | Maid in Malacañang{{cite news|author=MJD|title=Cesar, Diego gaganap na mag-amang Marcos sa 'Maid in Malacañang'|url=https://tnt.abante.com.ph/cesar-diego-gaganap-na-mag-amang-marcos-sa-maid-in-malacanang/|access-date=June 9, 2022|work=Abante|publisher=Prage Management Corporation|date=June 9, 2022}} | rowspan="2"| Ferdinand Marcos Sr. | rowspan="2"|Viva Films |
| rowspan="2"| 2023 | Martyr or Murderer | ||
| Selda Tres | |||
| 2024 | The Blood Brothers{{cite news|last=Pizarro|first=Shirley Matias|title=SCUTTLEBUTT: Cesar Montano wants to make his latest film 'The Blood Brothers' an entry to 2022 MMFF|url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/09/04/scuttlebutt-cesar-montano-wants-to-make-his-latest-film-the-blood-brothers-an-entry-to-2022-mmff/|access-date=May 10, 2024|work=Manila Bulletin|publisher=Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation|date=September 4, 2022}}{{cite news|last=Siazon|first=Rachelle|title=Here are the 24 finished films that did not make it to MMFF 2023 official entries|url=https://www.pep.ph/news/local/176575/mmff-2023-finished-films-that-did-not-make-the-cut-a716-20231018|access-date=May 10, 2024|work=PEP.ph|publisher=Philippine Entertainment Portal Inc.|date=October 18, 2023}}{{cite news|title=New Movies This Week: 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,' 'Bag of Lies,' and more!|url=https://www.clickthecity.com/movies/article/164299/new-movies-this-week-kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-bag-of-lies-and-more/|access-date=May 10, 2024|work=ClickTheCity|publisher=Surf Shop, Inc.|date=May 8, 2024}} | Also director |
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120930052000/http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/life-and-times/showtime/31523-cesar-montano-takes-on-indie Cesar Montano in BIKTIMA Manila Times]
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