Sonny Parsons
| Sonny Parsons | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jose Parsons Agliam Nabiula, Jr June 13, 1958 Marikina, Philippines |
| Other names | Jun, Sonny |
| Occupation | actor, singer, film director and former politician |
| Years active | 1979 – present |
Jose Parsons Agliam Nabiula, Jr. a.k.a. Sonny Parsons (born June 13, 1958) is a Filipino actor, singer, director and former politician in the Philippines. He was a former member of Hagibis (band), an all male sing and dance group in the 1970s to the early 1980s, a parody of the Village People. He was a former councilor in Marikina City.
In the 1970s to 1980s, Parsons was a famous member of one of the Manila Sound icon and famous group band Hagibis together with Bernie Fineza, Mike Respall, Joji Garcia and Mon Picazo. There hit songs included Legs, Babae, Lalake and Katawan (a theme song in Palibhasa Lalake, a Philippine TV sitcom series in ABS-CBN) among others. In 2001, Hagibis reunited and released one album under Star Records. He performed a series concert already in various popular venue of the folk music era like in Hobbit House in Ermita, Hobbit East in Antipolo, Bodega City along Quezon Avenue and Cowboy Grill in Malate among others. In 2011, he was a special guest in the greatest hits tour of Bobby Kimball (original lead singer of Toto in the Philippines).
In 1981, the Hagibis members made a movie titled Legs Katawan Babae with Laarni Enriquez, Myrna Castillo and Jess Lapid, Jr. directed by Tony Ferrer. When Hagibis split up in the 80's, Parsons became an actor, director and a politician. He appeared in many action movies in the late 80's and early 90's. He starred with Ronnie Ricketts in 1989 action movie UZI Brother 9mm and directed by Francis 'Jun' Posadas. He produced, directed and starred in the movie Bala Para Sa Katarungan for Regal Films in 1997. Instead for his first TV guesting in 1991 soap opera Agila which starred with Val Sotto, Aurora Sevilla and Roy Alvarez. Parsons is currently part of his guesting role as a main villain to Coco Martin on a 2017 action-drama TV series of ABS-CBN's FPJ's Ang Probinsyano.
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