Robert James Reid (born 11 May 1993) is a Filipino-Australian singer-songwriter, actor, dancer, model, record producer and record label executive. He began his professional acting career in the early 2010s after being named as Big Winner of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash 2010. He came into prominence for his leading role in the film Diary ng Panget (2014). Reid has since starred in Philippines movies, such as Talk Back and You're Dead (2014), Para sa Hopeless Romantic (2015), This Time (2016) and Never Not Love You (2018). He also starred in the Philippine TV series Good Vibes (2011), On the Wings of Love (2015–16), and Till I Met You (2016–17). Reid is popularly referred to as the country's “Multimedia Prince” by multiple media outlets and has bagged a FAMAS Award, an MTV Europe Music Award and 2 SBS Pop Asia Award. He has released two studio albums: Palm Dreams (2017) and lovescene: (2022), both self-produced under his own record label, Careless; and three extended plays: We Are Whatever (2011) with Bret Jackson, the eponymous EP James Reid (2013) and the gold record Reid Alert (2015). Early life Reid was born as Robert James Reid in Sydney, Australia, on 11 May 1993 to an English Australian father and a Filipino mother. He has four half-brothers and two half-sisters from his father's side (including model Lauren Reid), and one half-sister from his mother's side. His parents separated when he was two years old, and Reid lived in Australia until he was fifteen. With his father, Reid moved to the Philippines due to financial issues. Reid has stated before that he found it difficult to adjust to his new life in the Philippines, especially due to the different academic and social skills required, as well as language difficulties. Back in Australia, he was a gymnast and swimmer. He was enrolled in Makati Science High School, but his father enrolled him in Karabar High School Distance Education Centre, an Australian distance-learning center located in Karabar, New South Wales, Australia. Career 2010: Pinoy Big Brother Reid was only 17 years old when he entered the Pinoy Big Brother house as one of the 10 "Teenternational" housemates on 30 April 2010 (Day 22). He celebrated his 17th birthday inside the house with his co-teenternational housemates giving him a surprise pool party. Reid was the only teenternational housemate who had Filipino blood. Reid was almost evicted twice