during the 25th Metro Manila Film Festival. The film tells a story about a cruel captain named Fredo (Cesar Montano's character) who employs children for his illegal fishing business. Pen played Dado, the father of Fredo. After a year, he became one of the cast of the Joel Lamangan film Deathrow playing a booty bandit inmate named Gabino. His role earned him another Best Supporting Actor award given by the Film Academy of the Philippines in 2001. He starred as an ex-convict in another prison-themed film, Layang Bilanggo (2010), in which he garnered a Best Actor award from the 6th Cinema One Originals Film Festival. In the 2012 film Kamera Obskura, Pen got to play the main role of Juan, a character from a lost silent film. Pen also co-wrote the script of the film. Television After starring in stage plays and films, Pen entered television and appeared in the political satire television show Sic O'Clock News in the late 1980s. He continued to guest in other television programs, which include Goin' Bananas, and Batibot. He is also part of the cast of the television series Villa Quintana, Tabing Ilog, and Sa Puso Ko Iingatan Ka. In 2005, he starred in the fantasy series Encantadia as the main villain Hagorn, which is his most well-known television role. His other television acting credits include Joaquin Bordado, E-Boy, Be Careful With My Heart, and Aso ni San Roque. Activism Pen is also known as an activist who joined rallies including calling for then Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's resignation, protesting against the burial of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, and protesting against the meddling of foreign governments, particularly the United States and China, over Philippine affairs. He also attended a rally against then-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and urged protesters to love and enlighten supporters of the Duterte administration. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, he also joined anti-vaccination and anti-mask protests saying that the COVID-19 virus "can go through any mask" and challenged critics, particularly television personality Kiko Rustia, to a debate. Rustia declined the debate because he is not a doctor and he "support(s) vaccines and the science behind it." Filmography Television Film Awards References External links 1950 births Living people Filipino male comedians Filipino activists Kapampangan people People from Pampanga Male actors from Pampanga Filipino male film actors Filipino male television actors GMA Network personalities ABS-CBN personalities TV5 (Philippine TV