Rowell Santiago
Rowell Joseph Legaspi Santiago is a Filipino actor, film director and producer.
Early life and education
Santiago is born on November 11,1963 to Pablo P. Santiago, director and producer and Cielito Legaspi, former actress. He is the second child among of six siblings including Randy Santiago, Raymart Santiago, Rieley "Jun-Jun" Pablo Santiago, Rhea Santiago and Resciel Santiago.He studied marketing in De La Salle University.
Career
Santiago started his acting career in supporting roles in his father, Pablo Santiago directed movies Bato sa Buhangin and Kumander Ulopong which starred action-star Fernando Poe Jr.In the 1980s, he appeared in movies Cross My Heart and Friends in love with actress Sharon Cuneta. After five years, they were reunited in movies 3 Mukha ng Pag-ibig, Oras-oras, Araw-araw and Biktima. Santiago continued working with Sharon Cuneta as one of the directors in the variety show The Sharon Cuneta Show.
He took a decade-long hiatus from acting, and worked behind camera as a director. On television, Santiago was offered roles in the television series Lobo and Lovers in Paris, but turned it down. He was offered the role of President Juan Policarpio in the series Tanging Yaman , but took some time to accept it.
In 2017, he was offered a role in the book 2 of the action television series Ang Probinsyano but turned it down, the role changed and the character was scratched. The following year, the show producers offered him the role of the President with a complete Presidential cast with First Lady, played by Dawn Zulueta and Vice President Edu Manzano. He became interested and accepted the role of President Oscar Hidalgo in the television series Ang Probinsyano.