Ely Buendia
Acting
Biography
Ely Eleandre Basiño Buendia, popularly known as Ely Buendia, is a Filipino musician who first gained fame as the guitarist, lead vocalist and principal songwriter of Filipino rock band Eraserheads. After leaving the band in 2001, Buendia has since performed as vocalist for bands such as Pupil, Oktaves and Apartel and has released solo music as well.
Born: November 2, 1970
Place of Birth: Naga City, Camarines Sur
Known For
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
Andrés Bonifacio is celebrated as the father of the Philippines Revolution against Spanish colonial rule. This eight-hour epic examines this myth, undertaking an expedition into history through various interwoven narrative threads, held together by an exploration of the individual’s role in history.
The Halt
Madmen control Manila in 2034 after massive volcanic eruptions have plunged Southeast Asia into darkness.
Singing in Graveyards
Pepe, a 68-year-old impersonator of a Filipino rock legend, lives alone on the borders of reality, imagination and mysticism. One day, he is finally given the chance to open for the rock legend’s concert but he must do something neither of them has done before – write a love song.
San Lazaro
Two estranged friends journey to the town of San Lazaro to ask a faith-healer for help in saving the life of one's brother, who is possessed by an evil spirit.
Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story
Mobster Asiong Salonga (ER Ejercito) rules the mean streets of Manila with an iron fist—until he is betrayed by a trusted friend. Manila Kingpin is based on the story of the notorious Tondo, Manila, gang leader Nicasio “Asiong” Salonga, whose true-to-life accounts had been portrayed in several movie versions since 1961 (starring Joseph Estrada). It is also the first Filipino major film produced in black-and-white in the 21st century as well as the returning action genre movie. Before the film was shown, Tikoy Aguiluz requested the producers, through his lawyers, that his directorial credits in the film and promotional tools be removed because the final version of the film can no longer be described as his after the producers made a reedit, re-shoot and music mixing without his involvement. He also demanded that he be allowed to make a director's cut of the film.
Masikip sa Dibdib: The Boobita Rose Story
Boobita Rose is a woman dealing with her dysfunctional family and a socially challenged love life.
Eraserheads: The Reunion Concert
A concert movie featuring iconic Filipino alternative rock band Eraserheads as they went onstage for their reunion concert on August 30, 2008 at Bonifacio Global City Open Field at Taguig City in Metro Manila, Philippines.
Rakenrol
Odie and his best friend Irene are two outsiders who find a second home in the Philippine underground music scene. The two decide to form a band and put together an unlikely crew that consists of the school bully, an ex-punk-turned-barista, and a former-childstar-turned-band-manager. The film follows their misadventures as they face satanic S&M bands, samurai swindlers, narcissistic rockstars, the pretentious Philippine art community and the freakiest music video auteur ever.
Eraserheads: Combo on the Run
When the Eraserheads formed in 1989, their music swept the country. But the REAL story behind the group has remain untold. Until now...
Run Barbi Run
Bartolome del Rosario is a Shakey's pizza delivery boy who witnesses the massacre of the Black Scorpion Gang committed by a group of henchmen while delivering pizza at night. As a result, he was indefinitely suspended from his job and had to decide whether to turn state witness or hide forever. Ultimately, he decides to turn himself over to the authorities after his grandmother and mother appeared in his dream. Unknown to him however, he is already on the death list of the henchmen's boss Gardo who was not pleased with his revelations.
Filmography
as Doring
as Himself
as Himself
as Django
as Pepe's son
as Musikero
as Himself
as Band Lead Singer
as Rex
as Himself
as Ely Buendia
as Himself
as Himself