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name: "Clifford Bañagale"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/clifford-banagale"
fi1m_id: "clifford-banagale"
imdb_id: "nm3042403"
tmdb_id: 232055
wikidata_id: "Q8346918"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T01:10:44.209770+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Clifford Bañagale

## Identity

Clifford Bañagale

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/clifford-banagale
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** clifford-banagale
- **IMDb ID:** nm3042403
- **TMDB ID:** 232055
- **Wikidata ID:** Q8346918
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Ba%C3%B1agale, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8346918, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3042403/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/232055

Actor. Born 1 January 1901 in Manila, Philippines.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, Manila, Philippines
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Ba%C3%B1agale, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8346918, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3042403/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/232055

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Brüno*](https://film.one/film/bruno.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Clifford Bañagale is a Filipino-American actor. He began training in opera at the age of seven and later graduated from The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles. His early career included stage roles in regional productions and Equity theatre.

Bañagale is best known for playing Diesel in the 2009 film *Brüno*. He appeared as Filipino Teen in the 2013 finale of *The Office* and as Trent in the television series *Accidentally on Purpose* (2010). He also starred in and produced the 2011 film *Busong* (Palawan Fate). In 2009 he performed in the stage musical *Altar Boyz*, which won awards for ensemble cast and choreography at the L.A. Weekly Theater Awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Brüno* (2009), Fi1m 58, as Diesel — [page](https://film.one/film/bruno.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Get Big* (2017), as Kahji
- *Busong* (2012), Actor
- *Accidentally on Purpose* (2009), series, as Trent
- *Brüno* (2009), as Diesel — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/bruno.md)
- *The Legend of Bloody Mary* (2008), as Cafe guy (uncredited)
- *The Office* (2005), series, as Filipino Teen — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)

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