Bernard Palanca
| Bernard Palanca | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Bernard Revilla Palanca, Jr. December 3, 1976 Philippines |
| Other names | BJ, Bernardo Palanca |
| Occupation | Actor, Host, Endorser |
| Years active | 1996-present |
| Spouse(s) | Meryll Soriano (m. 2006; separated) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives |
Armando Goyena Mico Palanca Johnny Revilla |
Bernard Palanca, Jr. (born December 3, 1976) is a Filipino host, film/television character actor, and product endorser.
His maternal grandfather, Armando Goyena (real name: José Revilla), was also an actor as is his younger brother, Mico Palanca. He is the son of Bernard Palanca, Sr., a race car driver, who died when Bernard, Jr. was just a child. He is also the grandson of businessman and philanthropist Carlos Palanca, Jr. of the prestigious Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. His mother, Pita Revilla-Palanca (now Revilla-Hocson) comes from the Revilla Clan. One of his aunts is former actress/Camay model/jewelry designer Marites Revilla-Araneta. Cita Revilla-Puyat also a Camay model is his aunt. Bianca Araneta-Elizalde, a supermodel and daughter of Marites is his cousin. Tina Revilla-Valencia a former TV host is also his aunt. Another showbiz relation is actor-businessman Johnny Revilla married to singer Janet Basco. Palanca is known to be a versatile actor and has worked with all the famous actors and actresses in Philippine Cinema. He has Chinese ancestry from his father's side.
A member of ABS CBN's Star Magic stable, Palanca was part of "The Hunks" together with Piolo Pascual, Jericho Rosales, Diether Ocampo, and Carlos Agassi and the defunct band Bizkit Factory that was featured in the movie Kahit Isang Saglit. He is a Star Magic Batch 5 alumni. Palanca also had hosting stint in the Filipino local music television channel myx on its myx Live! program.
Palanca was also once an endorser for San Miguel Beer Pale Pilsen and currently for Beer na Beer.
Palanca is a member of ABS-CBN Star Magic talents but he did not renew his contract after the expiration. He decide to fuse on GMA Network and became one of the cast of primetime series Gagambino where he worked with Dennis Trillo, Katrina Halili and Ryza Cenon. After Gagambino, Bernard appeared again in the afternoon hit drama series co-starred with Heart Evangelista and JC de Vera in the remake of Ngayon at Kailanman aired on GMA Network.
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