Mon Confiado

{{Short description|Filipino actor}}

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{{Philippine name|Veroy|Confiado}}

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| name = Mon Confiado

| image = Floats of the 48th Metro Manila Festival Parade of Stars 29.jpg

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| caption = Confiado in 2022

| birth_name = Ramon Veroy Confiado

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|3|19}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0174566/|title=Mon Confiado|website=IMDb|accessdate=January 3, 2019}}

| birth_place = Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines

| other_names = Ramon, Mon, Monching

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| occupation = Actor, businessman

| years_active = 1992–present

| parents = Ángel Confiado {{small|(father)}}

}}

Ramon Veroy Confiado (born March 19, 1968), professionally known as Mon Confiado, is a Filipino character actor, theater actor and businessman who has appeared in both mainstream and independent films. He is the son of late veteran actor Ángel Confiado from a second family.{{cite web|last1=Gallardo|first1=Ricky|title=The lure and longevity of Mon Confiado|url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/the-lure-and-longevity-of-mon-confiado/|website=businessmirror.com.ph|publisher=BusinessMirror|accessdate=May 13, 2018|date=May 13, 2018}}{{cite web|last1=Alama|first1=Rudolph Ian|title=The method of Mon Confiado|url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/142070|work=SunStar Philippines|accessdate=May 15, 2017|date=May 15, 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Santos|first1=Rhea Manila|title=EXCLUSIVE: Mon Confiado on making more than 300 films: 'Walang role na hindi ako excited gawin'|url=https://push.abs-cbn.com/2018/3/4/fresh-scoops/exclusive-mon-confiado-on-making-more-than-300-fi-179513|website=push.abs-cbn.com|publisher=ABS-CBN Corporation|accessdate=March 4, 2018|date=March 4, 2018}}

Confiado graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering at the Mapúa Institute of Technology. He practices method acting and has also starred in a handful of international films.[https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/08/09/mon-confiado-continues-to-take-the-right-steps/ Mon Confiado continues to take the right steps. BusinessMirror.] Having started his acting career in the early 1990s, Confiado has been nominated and won numerous acting awards both internationally and locally.

He is best known for playing Emilio Aguinaldo in the movies Heneral Luna and Goyo: The Boy General. He is recently known for his role as Gov. William Acosta, one of the main antagonists in the 2023 hit series Senior High, and its sequel, High Street.{{cite news |last1=dela Cruz |first1=Liezel |title=Cast members express excitement, expectations as High Street takes shape |url=https://ent.abs-cbn.com/seniorhigh2023/articles-videos/cast-members-express-excitement-expectations-as-high-street-takes-shape-21984 |access-date=April 3, 2024 |publisher=ABS-CBNnews.com |date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326031558/https://ent.abs-cbn.com/seniorhigh2023/articles-videos/cast-members-express-excitement-expectations-as-high-street-takes-shape-21984 |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |url-status=live}} Another portrayal of the main antagonist role of Dr. Franco Terra is in the 2024 GMA Drama afternoon series Makiling.

In August 2024, Confiado filed a Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 complaint against a content creator who made a copypasta that depicted Confiado stealing fifteen Milky Way bars from a grocery store.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Confiado lashes out at content creator for spreading fake news|url=https://manilastandard.net/showbitz/celebrity-profiles/314483137/actor-mon-confiado-lashes-out-at-content-creator-for-spreading-fake-news.html |accessdate=August 18, 2024 |publisher= Manila Standard|date=August 12, 2024}}

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