Alfred Vargas

Alfred Vargas
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from 5th District of Quezon City
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2013
Preceded by	Post created
Member of the Quezon City Council from second district
In office June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2013
Personal details
Born	Alfredo Paolo Dumlao Vargas III (1981-10-24) October 24, 1981 San Juan City, Philippines
Political party	Lakas Kampi CMD (2009-2010) Liberal (2012-present)
Spouse(s)	Yasmine Espiritu Vargas (August 16, 2010–present)
Children	Alexandra Milan E. Vargas, Aryana Cassandra E. Vargas
Profession	Politician, TV host Actor, Entrepreneur
Religion	Roman Catholic

Alfredo Paolo Dumlao Vargas III (born on October 24, 1981 in San Juan City) is a Filipino actor and model. He was elected councilor in the 2nd District of Quezon City in 2010. In the year 2013, he was overwhelmingly elected for a Congressional Seat representing the newly created Fifth District of Quezon City. He will seek a re-election in the 2016 elections on the same position.

Biography and career

Alfred Vargas was born on October 24, 1979 in San Juan City. He is the son of Alfredo Vargas, Jr and Susana Dumlao Vargas.

Vargas graduated in A.B. Management Economics in Ateneo de Manila University. For his graduate studies, he went to the University of the Philippines Diliman to pursue a master's degree in public administration. He began his career as a member of ABS-CBN Star Magic (formerly Star Circle) acting workshop Batch 10. From there, he had his TV role in the drama soap opera, Pangako Sa'yo, from the same network. But this Ateneo de Manila graduate was acting in theatre long before the talent scouts lured him into television.

His breakthrough role came in the film Bridal Shower. After this, Vargas moved to the GMA Network where he featured in three shows in Philippine television: the daytime drama series, Daisy Siete, the fantasy series, Encantadia (as Aquil), and its prequel series Etheria (as Amarro, Aquil's father).

He played the leading role on the GMA daytime series Muli, opposite the Malaysian actress Carrie Lee and Marian Rivera as well as being part of the cast of Impostora in 2007. In 2008, he worked again with Marian Rivera in Dyesebel. He is also part of the upcoming installment of Una Kang Naging Akin co-starring Angelika dela Cruz, in which he plays "Ronnie".

His most recent movie projects include Status: Single and When I Met U. He is set to do an indie film, Amamanhig. In 2009, he appeared in All About Eve where he is reunited with his Impostora castmates Sunshine Dizon, Iza Calzado, and Mark Anthony Fernandez. He then made a villainous turn when he played the pirate captain Lima Wong in Zorro. He went on to play "Gabriel" in Darna but had to leave the series as he applied for candidacy for councilor.

In 2010 Alfred Vargas was reappearing in "Darna", becoming a successful reporter.

In December 2010 he moved from the GMA-7 network to ABS-CBN and did projects for ABS-CBN, without contract as he is a public servant and cannot be exclusive.

Politics

In Quezon City local elections for District 2 on May 11, 2010, he was elected city councilor, with the second-highest number of votes in the district.

Vargas won for the Congress in 2013, due to reapportioning from 2nd district to newly created 5th district of Quezon City which consist parts of Novaliches area, under the administration (LP/NP/NPC/NUP) coalition. His opponent is former old 2nd district Representatives Annie Rosa Susano (of Lakas) and Dante Liban (of the United Nationalist Alliance).

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
2002	Pangako Sa 'Yo	Dyno Zuryete	ABS-CBN
2003	Tipong Pinoy	Host
	Sa Dulo Ng Walang Hanggan	Lauro
2004	Marinara	Felipe	GMA Network
2005	Encantadia	Aquil
	Love to Love	Mike
	Etheria	Amarro
2006	Encantadia: Pag-ibig Hanggang Wakas	Aquil
	I Luv NY	Sebastian Santos
	Komiks Presents: Kapitan Aksyon	Kapitan Aksyon	ABS-CBN
	Ang Pagbabago	Host	GMA Network
	Sandwichlandia (Fantasy Commercial Series)	Haring Spredo
2007	Magic Kamison	Jaren Absede
	Muli	Lukas Estadilla
	Nuts Entertainment	himself
	Impostora	Carlos Pambide
	Sine Novela: My Only Love	Emman Angeles
2008	ESP	Dave
	Mars Ravelo's Dyesebel	Erebus
	Sine Novela: Una Kang Naging Akin	Ronnie Bautista
2009	Dear Friend: Karibal	Ron
	All About Eve	Warren Bautista
	Zorro	Captain Lima Wong
	Mars Ravelo's Darna	Gabriel Ramirez
2011	Pablo S. Gomez's Mutya	Prince Irvin	ABS-CBN
	Ikaw Ay Pag-Ibig	Mario Reyes
2012	Maalaala Mo Kaya: Gayuma	Lenny
	Wansapanataym: Si Pam Pabaya At Ang Mahiwagang Goldfish	Mr. Perez

Films

Year	Title	Role	Film Production
2003	Liberated		Seiko Films
2004	Bridal Shower	Joebert	Seiko Films
2005	Bikini Open		Seiko Films
	Ang Lagusan		TAPE, Inc.
2006	I Wanna Be Happy		Seiko Films
	Gigil	Felix	Regal Films
	Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah: Ze Moveeh	Dodong	Regal Films
2007	Faces of Love
	Banal	Jayson Ramos	ComGuild Productions
2009	Status: Single	Sean	Viva Films, on-Q 28 Productions
	When I Met U	Albert	GMA Films, Regal Entertainment
	Colorum	Simon Madriga	Cinemalaya Foundation, Wild Coyote Pictures, Solito Arts
2011	Amamanhig	Ben Jalandoni
2012	Supremo	Andres Bonifacio	Alternative Vision Cinema & Strawdogs Studio Production

Awards

• 2nd Golden Screen Entertainment TV Awards of Enpress - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama series for Encantadia (nominated, tied with Pen Medina)
• Gawad Urian - Best Supporting Actor for Bridal Shower (nominated)
• Golden Screen Award - Breakthrough Performance by an Actor for Bridal Shower (won)
• 2012 35th Gawad Urian Awards - Best Actor (Pinakamahusay na Pangunahing Aktor) for Teoriya (nominated)

External links

• Alfred Vargas at the Internet Movie Database