---
name: "Spanky Manikan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/spanky-manikan"
fi1m_id: "spanky-manikan"
imdb_id: "nm0542405"
tmdb_id: 1185024
wikidata_id: "Q12971267"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 March 1942"
died: "14 January 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:02:17.524623+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."
---

# Spanky Manikan

## Identity

Spanky Manikan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/spanky-manikan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** spanky-manikan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0542405
- **TMDB ID:** 1185024
- **Wikidata ID:** Q12971267
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanky_Manikan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12971267, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542405/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1185024

Actor. Born 22 March 1942 in Philippines. Died 14 January 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 March 1942, Philippines
- **Died:** 14 January 2018
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanky_Manikan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12971267, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542405/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1185024

## Biography

Spanky Manikan (born Manuel S. Manikan) was a Filipino actor who worked in theatre, film and television. He was born in Manila on 22 March 1942 and died there on 14 January 2018.

He began his career in theatre with the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) in 1972 and later appeared with companies including Tanghalang Pilipino. His film roles include Gido in Lino Brocka’s *Manila in the Claws of Light* (1975), a part in *Bona* (1980) and Orly in Ishmael Bernal’s *Himala* (1982), for which he received Best Supporting Actor awards at the Metro Manila Film Festival and the Catholic Mass Media Awards. He also worked in international productions and on Philippine television series.

Manikan died of stage-four lung cancer.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, manilatimes.net, bworldonline.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Manila in the Claws of Light* (1975), Fi1m 87, as Gido — [page](https://film.one/film/manila-in-the-claws-of-light.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *Lakambini, Gregoria de Jesus* (2025), as Julio Nakpil
- *Piding* (2016), Actor
- *Alienasyon* (2014), Actor
- *Alfredo S. Lim: The Untold Story* (2013), as Lolo Nardo
- *The Strangers* (2012), Actor
- *Himala Ngayon* (2012), Actor
- *Amigo* (2011), as Tuba Joe
- *Amok* (2011), as Blind Man
- *Forever and a Day* (2011), as Euge's Dad
- *Midnight Phantom* (2010), series, as Don Hernando
- *Lure of the Nest* (2010), as Apin
- *Tayong Dalawa* (2009), series, as Stanley King, Sr.
- *Ploning* (2008), as Tsuy
- *Kulimlim* (2004), Actor
- *Au bout du rouleau* (2002), as Dao
- *Buhay Kamao* (2001), as Poldo
- *The Reaper* (2001), as Gen. Tomas Roxas
- *Deathrow* (2000), as Fajardo
- *Bullet* (1999), Actor
- *Behind Enemy Lines* (1997), as Gen. Nguy
- *In Naam Der Koningin* (1996), series, Actor
- *Noli Me Tangere* (1993), series, as Lolo ni Elias
- *Fatal Vacation* (1990), as Sam
- *Cruel Horizon* (1989), as Kim's husband
- *Saigon Commandos* (1988), as Jon Toi
- *Bona* (1984), as Bona's Brother
- *Broken Marriage* (1983), Actor
- *Himala* (1982), as Orly
- *Dung-aw* (1975), Actor
- *Manila in the Claws of Light* (1975), as Gido — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/manila-in-the-claws-of-light.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor 1981: Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor (won), for *Himala*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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