Robin Padilla

Padilla's movies with Sharon Cuneta in Maging Sino Ka Man (film), and Vina Morales in Ang Utol Kong Hoodlum series were blockbuster hits.[6] He suffered a serious accident while filming Tulak ng Bibíg, Kabig ng Dibdíb when he was trapped inside a speeding car that flew into the air, flipped and landed on its roof.[6]

Padilla's worst accident was when a blasting scene for Utol Kong Hoodlum burned him literally, leaving scars around his abdomen and arms.[7]

Padilla crossed over from the silver screen to television through the ABS-CBN comedy show Pwedeng Pwede. In 2002, he reprised his role as Anghel in the movie Hari ng Selda: Anak ni Baby Ama 2 with Angelika dela Cruz, a sequel to the 1990 film. The following year, he topbilled his first primetime action-drama series, Basta't Kasama Kita. In 2005, he did two movies: the horror thriller Kulimlim and the comedy La Visa Loca. He received Best Actor honors in the 2006 Urian Awards.

Padilla had transferred to GMA Network, after his contract with ABS-CBN, where he starred in the TV series Asian Treasures. He has also signed a two-film contract under GMA Network's film outfit GMA Films; first was Till I Met You, the second one was the 2009 horror-suspense film Sundo with Viva Films, before he opted out of his exclusive contract to be able to make films for other outfits, including Star Cinema Productions, FLT Films, Millennium Cinema, and GMA Films. That same year, he played the title role of Totoy Bato, which was an adaptation from a novel by Carlo J. Caparas.

In 2010, Padilla returned to ABS-CBN. His projects with the network included the sitcom Toda Max, which was launched in November 2011, this was Padilla's second over-all sitcom his last one with Pwedeng Pwede with his former co-star, the late comedian Redford White.

Robin Padilla in 2011

In the last quarter of 2013, Padilla once again returned to GMA Network, where he starred in Adarna for his cameo role.

In 2015, Padilla will be paired to former Japanese AV Idol Maria Ozawa for Nilalang for the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival.[8]

On December 1, 2015, he returned to his original mother network ABS-CBN after two years and he became one of the judges in the return from the fifth season Pilipinas Got Talent.

Padilla is an anti-malaria advocate since 2004; he appealed for media support for his cause against the disease in the press briefing of Department of Health's 'Movement Against Malaria'. As a MAM spokesperson, he engaged television networks in the campaign for the use of mosquito nets.[9][10]

Padilla flew to Turkey to attend a conference concerning the Liwanag ng Kapayapaan Foundation, a free preschool he built for Muslim children in Quezon City, which opened in 2007. On September 15, 2007 he donated 2.5 million Philippine pesos to the Muay Association of the Philippines. He often portrays nationalism and love of country in many of his media appearances.

Padilla was born to Casimero "Roy" Padilla Sr. and Lolita Eva Cariño. He has seven siblings — two brothers and five sisters. He is half-Igorot on his mother's side.

In 1994, Padilla was convicted for illegal possession of firearms and sentenced to a maximum of eight years in jail.[11]

In 1998, He was granted a conditional pardon and released by President Fidel Ramos.[12]

In 2016, Padilla campaigned for presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte and in May 2016 filed cybercrime libel against a twitter user for calling him an "ex-convict". [13] By November 2016, Padilla was granted an absolute pardon from President Rodrigo Duterte to endow him full civil and political rights.[14]

He has four children with Liezl: a son named Ali and three daughters: Queenie Padilla, Kylie, who are actresses, and Zhen-Zhen.[15]

He is Bela, Daniel Padilla, and Mark Anthony Fernandez's uncle. Robin is also the great uncle of Grae Fernandez, via his father.

In November 2009, Padilla announced that he and Sicangco had divorced two years earlier.[16]

On August 19, 2010, Padilla and Mariel Rodriguez were married at the Taj Mahal in India.[17] Padilla and Rodriguez had met during his stint as a host of Wowowee.[18] Rodriguez gave birth to their daughter in November 2016 in Delaware.[19]

In July 2017, Padilla became a grandfather when his eldest daughter Queenie gave birth to her daughter.[20]

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