Raymart Santiago
| Raymart Santiago | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Raymond Martin Legaspi Santiago July 20, 1973 Manila, Philippines |
| Occupation | Actor/Comedian |
| Years active | 1989-present |
| Agent | GMA 7 (1999-present) |
| Spouse(s) | Claudine Barretto (2004-2013)(after 9 years) |
| Children | Sabina Natasha (May 2004)(adopted) Rodrigo Santino (July 2007) |
Raymond Martin (Raymart) Legaspi Santiago (born July 20, 1973 in Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino action star and comedian.
He comes from a prominent Philippine showbiz family—the Santiagos. His father is the late director Pablo Santiago Sr. He is the youngest among the Santiago siblings. He and two of his elder brothers are also known in their respective fields in show business—them being Randy Gerard (or Randy Santiago) who is a singer/actor/host and Rowell who is a director/actor. Their other brother is Reilly Pablo Jr., who was married to another local actress Sherilyn Reyes and also tried his hand at film production.
He married actress Claudine Barretto on March 27, 2006 in Tagaytay Highlands in Tagaytay City, Cavite[1]. Their wedding was attended by ABS-CBN and GMA Network executives, their families (except Gretchen Barretto, who at the time of the wedding was estranged with Claudine), their showbiz and non-showbiz friends. Claudine gave birth to their son on July 19, 2007. Rodrigo Santino joins big sister Sabina Natasha(b 2004), whom they adopted at 2 months old in July 2004.
Santiago's wife Claudine Barreto joined GMA in 2010 for Claudine's exclusive GMA contract. She left the network on 2012 after GMA executives decided not to renew her contract.
Santiago started testing the showbiz waters in 1989 when he was introduced in Viva Films' youth-comedy flick Estudyante Blues (Student Woes). Among his contemporaries at that time were Gelli de Belen, Keempee de Leon, Dingdong Avanzado and Vina Morales. After Estudyante Blues, Santiago became Viva's contract star and started to become visible before the public. While some of his fellow Viva contract stars were given regular TV shows aside from movies at that time (most of them were on That's Entertainment), Santiago opted not to overexpose himself and instead only did TV guestings. He also started to concentrate on his studies until he finished high school in La Salle Greenhills while doing movies on the side. In the movies he appeared, he was mostly paired with Gelli de Belen.
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