Tirso Cruz III


Tirso Silvano Cruz III is a Filipino actor, comedian, and singer. He was the Chairperson of the Film Development Council of the Philippines, but resigned after one year and seven months for personal reasons. Regarded as a "matinee idol", Cruz is a FAMAS Award and Gawad Urian Award recipient.

Early life

Tirso Silvano Cruz III was born at 2:46 AM on April 1, 1952, at University of Santo Tomas Hospital in Sampaloc, Manila to Tirso Bailey Cruz, Jr. and Elma Acosta Silvano. He is the grandson by paternal line of musician Tirso Muñoz Cruz Sr. and María Loreto Lagrosa Bailey, and by maternal line of Tomas Silvano and Petra Acosta. Loreto's father, Lewis Edwin Bailey, was an American soldier, from Stowe, Vermont, and was the son of French Canadian immigrants.

Politics

In 1986, Cruz campaigned for the reelection of president Ferdinand Marcos in the 1986 snap election.
He ran for vice-mayor of Las Piñas in 2001, but lost.
On July 5, 2022, he was appointed by President Bongbong Marcos as the chairperson of the Film Development Council of the Philippines replacing Liza Diño.
Cruz III has resigned as FDCP chairperson effective March 1, 2024 citing personal reasons. Rica Arevalo is the appointed OIC and head-project development officer for Film Education Division and Film Festivals Division.

Personal life

Cruz married Erlinda "Lynn" Erillo Ynchausti in 1981. The couple have two sons and one daughter, TJ, Bodie and Djanin. Bodie Cruz was a housemate in Pinoy Big Brother: ''Season 2''. On November 21, 2018, his eldest son TJ died of cancer, at the age of 37.
Cruz was raised a Roman Catholic, but converted to Evangelical Christianity in 2009.

Discography

  • Tirso Cruz III
  • By Special Request
  • PIP
  • Pip at the Top
  • Hawaiian Souvenirs
  • TCIII
  • Afterglow
  • Rock and Roll Music
  • Butterfly
  • The Sound of Pip
  • ''Pip Dimension''

    Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Gawad Urian Awards
  • 1996 Gawad Urian Best Supporting Actor - Inagaw Mo ang Lahat Sa Akin
  • 2003 Gawad Urian Best Supporting Actor - Mano Po
  • 2011 Gawad Urian Best Supporting Actor - Sigwa
  • 2012 Gawad Urian Best Actor - Bisperas
  • 2016 Gawad Urian Best Supporting Actor - Honor Thy Father
Golden Screen Awards
*Star Awards for Movies
  • 1990 Actor of the Year-Bilangin ang bituin sa langit
  • 2011 Movie Supporting Actor of the Year-Sigwa
  • 2012 Movie Supporting Actor of the Year-Deadline: The Reign of Impunity
  • 2016 Movie Supporting Actor of the Year-Deadline: Honor Thy Father
Metro Manila Film Festival
Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival
  • 2010 - Best Actor-Sigwa
TV Awards