Spanky Manikan


Manuel S. Manikan, known professionally as Spanky Manikan, was a Filipino theater, film and television actor.
In 1981, Manikan won Best Supporting Actor awards from the Metro Manila Film Festival and the Catholic Mass Media Awards for his role in the 1982 film Himala. He was also awarded the Best Supporting Actor for GMA's Bahaghari Awards for the tele-movie Parola in 1995. In 2014, Manikan was nominated by the PMPC Star Awards as Best Supporting Actor for Bamboo Flowers. On December 1, 2014, he was awarded the Best Actor by the Aliw Awards for his portrayal of Zacarias Monzon in Tanghalang Pilipino's Mga Ama Mga Anak.

Career

He began his theater career with the Philippine Educational Theater Association in the production Halimaw in 1972. Since then, he had acted with Dulaang UP, Manila Metropolitan Theater, Bulwagang Gantimpala and Tanghalang Pilipino of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. He also played roles in Kabesang Tales, Joe Hill, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Rehas Sa Tubig, Solo Entre Las Sombras, General Goyo, The Boor, Henry IV (Pirandello), Mando Plaridel, Canuplin, Marat Sade, Kang Tse, Bombita, Pilipinas Circa 1900, Bien Aligtad, Puntila and Matti, Pantaglieze, The Iceman Cometh, Maliw and Mga Ama Mga Anak.
Manikan's filmography consists of local and international productions, with roles in Lino Brocka's Maynila sa Kuko Ng Liwanag and Bona, and Ishmael Bernal's Broken Marriage and Himala. He went on to work with American and European directors in Behind Enemy Lines, Saigon Commandos, HBO's A Dangerous Life, Le Zhan Chang An, In Naam der Koningin, Tatort-Manila, Au Bout De Rouleau, and Amigo.

Health and death

In August 2017, Manikan was diagnosed with stage-4 lung cancer.
On January 14, 2018, Manikan died due to lung cancer, at the age of 75.

Theatre

Mga Ama Mga Anak, as Zacarias Monzon, Tanghalang Pilipino, Cultural Center of the Philippines Maliw, Tanghalang Pilipino, Cultural Center of the Philippines The Iceman Cometh; University of the Philippines Repertory Pantaglieze, as Judge, Cultural Center of the Philippines Taos, as Cult Leader ; Puntila and Matti, as Matti, Cultural Center of the Philippines ; The Police, as Chief of Police, Cultural Center of the Philippines Luwalhati sa Kaitaasan, as Fanatic, Cultural Center of the Philippines Bien Aligtad, as Takyong Bagting, Cultural Center of the Philippines ; Three Penny Opera, as MacKieth, Cultural Center of the Philippines The Importance of Being Earnest, as Ernest Worthing, Cultural Center of the Philippines ; Pilipinas Circa 1900, as Andres, Philippine Educational Theater Association The Weavers, as Jaeger, Cultural Center of the Philippines ; Bombita, as Nestor, Cultural Center of the Philippines ; Kang Tse, as Kang Tse, Cultural Center of the Philippines Marat Sade, as Jean Paul Marat, UP Theater; Canuplin, as Blas, Philippine Educational Theater Association ; Mando Plaridel, as Mando Plaridel, Cultural Center of the Philippines ; Henry IV, as Henry IV, UP Theater; The Boor, as Smirnoff, Cultural Center of the Philippines ; Bent, UPSalubong, Cultural Center of the Philippines ; General Goyo, as General Goyo, Cultural Center of the Philippines ; Solo entre las sombras, Metropolitan Theater; Rehas sa Tubig, MET Caucasian Chalk Circle, as the narrator, Philippine Educational Theater Association ; Joe Hill, as Joe Hill, Philippine Educational Theater Association ; Juan Tamban, Philippine Educational Theater Association Kabesang Tales, Philippine Educational Theater Association ; Antigone, as Creon, Philippine Educational Theater Association ; Alitan sa Venetia, as Bepe, Philippine Educational Theater Association Halimaw, as Activist, Philippine Educational Theater Association ; Godspell, as Clown, Philippine Educational Theater Association

Filmography

Film