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Paolo Montalban(I)

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Paolo Montalban
Born in the Philippines, Paolo is one of two children. The Montalban family moved to America when Paolo was just one year old. He lived in an apartment in Manhattan, and then in New Jersey, where he grew up in a neighborhood surrounded by mostly Filipinos. He grew up in a musical family: his father played the piano, two aunts studied the violin and piano at Juilliard, and his mother was involved in the theater while a student at St. Paul's College in Manila. Like many other Filipino American children, he learned how to play the piano, as well as the violin and saxophone. And like many Filipino American children, he doesn't play anymore. When Paolo was attending grade school, he auditioned for his school's production of "Oliver" and got the lead role.

Paolo graduated with a pre-med course at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. After graduation, he had his eyes set on Broadway. His parents only wish was for him to get a college degree, which he did. However, after he got his diploma, he went straight for Broadway. His parents did support him in his decision primarily because he had a New York agent during his last year in college, with whom shortly after signing, secured him his first professional job on a national tour with "Man of La Mancha".

Paolo's success has convinced many Filipinos that he is the next best thing to happen to them since Lea Salonga. In an interview, he laughs saying "I wouldn't put myself in the same scale. She's a star. I'm just a guy." Though he may think he is just a guy, he too is considered a star to many people. Paolo understands the disadvantages of being an Asian actor in Hollywood. There isn't much in Hollywood for a stereotypical Asian who knows Kung-fu, who's a gangster or delinquent, or a wise munk of some sort. Still, nothing is stopping him. In the mean time, he's busy auditioning for other roles and relaxing playing video games and watching the cartoon channel.
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Jeffrey Meek, Paolo Montalban, and J.J. Perry in Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1998)
Jeffrey Meek, Paolo Montalban, and J.J. Perry in Balance of Power (1999)
Jeffrey Meek, Paolo Montalban, and J.J. Perry in Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1998)
Jeffrey Meek, Paolo Montalban, and J.J. Perry in Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1998)
Jeffrey Meek, Paolo Montalban, and J.J. Perry in Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1998)
Jeffrey Meek, Paolo Montalban, and J.J. Perry in Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1998)

Known for

Whitney Houston and Brandy Norwood in Cinderella (1997)
Cinderella
6.7
TV Movie
  • Prince Christopher
  • 1997
The Great Raid (2005)
The Great Raid
6.6
  • Sgt. Valera
  • 2005
Jeffrey Meek, Paolo Montalban, and J.J. Perry in Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1998)
Mortal Kombat: Conquest
6.2
TV Series
  • Kung Lao
Just Wright (2010)
Just Wright
5.9
  • Sommelier
  • 2010

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  • Asian Persuasion
    • Completed
  • Paolo Montalban, Russwin Francisco, Liz Casasola, Emy Coligado, Lora Nicolas, Angelo Santos, Lindsay Armstrong, Matthew Halla, Alex Winkler, Mallorie Ortega, Katie McClellan, and Haven Everly in The Girl Who Left Home (2020)
    The Girl Who Left Home
  • The Blacklist (2013)
    The Blacklist
  • Edie Falco in Nurse Jackie (2009)
    Nurse Jackie
    • (uncredited)
  • Téa Leoni in Madam Secretary (2014)
    Madam Secretary
  • Jee Young Han, Jonathan Lee Jr., and Justin Anthony Long in City of Dreams (2012)
    City of Dreams
  • Two Weeks
  • Kristen Alderson, Kassie Wesley DePaiva, Erika Slezak, Trevor St. John, and John-Paul Lavoisier in One Life to Live (1968)
    One Life to Live
  • Just Wright (2010)
    Just Wright
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • The Great Raid (2005)
    The Great Raid
  • Keesha Sharp in American Adobo (2001)
    American Adobo
  • Jeffrey Meek, Paolo Montalban, and J.J. Perry in Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1998)
    Mortal Kombat: Conquest
  • Whitney Houston and Brandy Norwood in Cinderella (1997)
    Cinderella

Soundtrack

  • Whitney Houston and Brandy Norwood in Cinderella (1997)
    Cinderella

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    • May 21
    • Manila, Philippines
    • (Sibling)
  • Other works
    Was in the original Broadway cast of The King And I in 1996 with Donna Murphy and Lou Diamond Phillips.
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    Dec. 2001 to Jan. 2002 playing the Prince in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC

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