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Patrick Garcia

Patrick Garcia (born Franz Patrick Velasco Garcia on September 14, 1981) is a Filipino actor, best known for his role as Ryan in the acclaimed Philippine movie, Madrasta and Nathaniel Cordero in tv series "darating ang umaga".

His father is Spanish and mother is Filipino.

Early Life

At the age of 9, Garcia started as an altar boy at St. James Parish Church of Ayala, Alabang where they used to live. He served for several years until his family moved to Frisco del Monte, Quezon City. At the age of 13, his actress sister convinced him to try acting. He tried out for the 1994 Philippine movie, "Separada", and was cast right away. The movie was well-received by the critics and became an instant hit, and also cemented Garcia's status as the newest young heartthrob in the Philippines. A year later, Garcia landed many more roles in movies and soap operas, such as "Gimik", "Araw-araw, gabi-gabi", and "Asero" among others. Then in 1996, he received his greatest achievement by winning the Best Child Actor award at the age of 15, at the FAMAS Awards, for his role as Ryan in the critically acclaimed Olivia M. Lamasan film, Madrasta.

After Madrasta, Garcia has been working steadily ever since, taking on more challenging characters in movies, "Mano po III: My love", "Nagbibinata" and TV series "Captain Barbell", "Kampanerang Kuba" and "Super Twins".

Background

Patrick was one of the original cast of Ang TV. He was later relaunched as a member of Star Circle (now Star Magic) batch 2 in ABS-CBN. He is the brother of another Ang TV cast and Star Circle batch 3 member, Cheska Garcia and commercial model Pichon Garcia.

Patrick Garcia first began his career in ABS-CBN and then transferred to rival network GMA-7. While he was with ABS-CBN, he was paired with actress Jodi Sta. Maria whom he got to work with in Tabing Ilog, Pangako Sa'yo, Darating Ang Umaga, and lastly Kampanerang Kuba where he also got to work with Anne Curtis. He was last seen in GMA 7's Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita and "Obra".

Personal Life

He had a long-time relationship with actress Jennylyn Mercado and he eventually became a father to their son named Jazz, who was born in August 2008.

In June 2008 Patrick Garcia decided to leave intrigues behind as he went for a new life abroad — with the hope to pursue studies in directing at the New York University. Patrick decided to leave behind the love of his life actress Jennylyn Mercado, who was at that time pregnant with his child.

Patrick is back in Philippines for his sister Cheska Garcia and basketball player Douglas Kramer's wedding which will take place on October 9th 2008.

His cousins are Sharmaine Arnaiz and Bunny Paras.

Filmography

Movies

Year	Title	Character/Role	Company
1993	Araw-araw, Gabi-gabi	Jun-Jun
1994	Separada	Vincent
1994	Asero	Victor Asero
1996	Rollerboys	Christian
1996	Madrasta	Ryan
1997	Ang TV Movie: The Adarna Adventure	Patrick	Star Cinema
	Biyudo Si Daddy, Biyuda Si Mommy		Star Cinema, M-Zet
	Nagbibinata	Lester
1998	Batang PX	Michael 'Am-boy' Dahoff
1998	Mula Sa Puso, The Movie	Warren	Star Cinema
2007	Angels	Jude

Television

Year	Title	Character/Role	Notes
1992-1997	Ang TV	himself
1996-1997	Familia Zaragoza
1996-1999	Gimik	Carlo de Leon	Original main cast.
1997-1999	Mula Sa Puso	Warren
1998-2001	Richard Loves Lucy	Mikoy
1999-2002	Tabing Ilog	Jaime 'James' Collantes	Original main cast.
2000-2002	Pangako Sa'yo	Jonathan
2003	Darating ang Umaga	Nathaniel Cordero
2005	Kampanerang Kuba	Luke
2006	Hoooo U?
	Komiks Presents: Momay
	Captain Barbell	Levi
	Komiks Presents: Bampy	boy	Appeared for a few seconds in an all-star Star Magic special anniversary episode.
2007	Fantastic Man	Lloyd Mendez
2007	Super Twins	Billy
2008	Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita	Lawrence
2008	Obra