Benjamin Alves

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Mar 31, 1989 (36 years old)

Benjamin Alves

Known For

The Backride
1h 35m
Movie 2022

The Backride

Two estranged friends rebuild their embittered past as they travel dangerously together in a habal-habal and retrieve a dead pal.

Article 247
TV Show 2022

Article 247

The story of a woman who leaves her complicated past to change her life and of a woman with a dark personality that she hides behind her beauty.

Owe My Love
0h 30m
TV Show 2021

Owe My Love

Owe My Love is the story of a financial illiterate (Sensen) and a miserly but successful doctor (Migs) whose lives unexpectedly intertwine because of the economic impact of the pandemic.

Mystery of the Night
1h 45m
Movie 2019

Mystery of the Night

Spanish-ruled Philippines, 1800s: A woman, raped and banished to the woods on a full moon’s night, sees her newborn child swallowed by animalistic shadows lurking in the foliage. Raised by the forest’s mysterious ghouls and demons — boars, wild cats and a many-eyed sage — the child grows.

Goyo: The Boy General
2h 35m
Movie 2018

Goyo: The Boy General

With this film (the second war trilogy set during the Filipino-American war in the early 1900s), the revolution marches on against the Americans after the bloody death of General Antonio Luna. The conflicted philosophies behind the heroic struggle continue and become personified in the colorful character of General Gregorio "Goyo" del Pilar.

Kapag Nahati ang Puso
TV Show 2018

Kapag Nahati ang Puso

Spirit of the Glass 2: The Haunted
1h 33m
Movie 2017

Spirit of the Glass 2: The Haunted

Three fashionista friends who are popular on social media attempt to have some offline fun by trying to contact spirits using the age-old Spirit of the Glass game and this opens up to a series of horrific haunting experiences.

Pinulot Ka Lang sa Lupa
0h 30m
TV Show 2017

Pinulot Ka Lang sa Lupa

A story of two opposing women entangled and intertwined by love. Is there a way that one of them can accept exactly from where did they belong?

Biography

Benjamin Sapida, whose previous screen name was Vince Saldaña and current screen name is Benjamin Alves, is a Filipino actor and model under the management of GMA Network. Alves is a nephew of Filipino actor Piolo Pascual. In 2006, Alves went to the Philippines to pursue a modeling career. He entered showbusiness with the screen name Vince Saldaña back in 2008 and appeared in ABS-CBN's reality model-search competition Close-Up to Fame where he eventually became a finalist. He then signed up in VIVA and got his first acting gig in QTV's teen series Posh in 2007. In that same year, he appeared in other Viva Films movies like Ang Cute ng Ina Mo and Apat Dapat, Dapat Apat. He also starred on soap operas Dalawang Tisoy in RPN 9, Ysabella on ABS-CBN and Impostora on GMA Network. Apart from his work on television series and films, Alves also appeared in various TV commercials and magazines. He was supposed to be one of the cast of GMA Network's L.U.V. Pow but was withdrawn after the cast reboot. Alves left show business in 2009 to continue his studies. In 2012, Alves graduated Summa cum laude at the University of Guam with a degree in English Literature. From a press interview, he revealed that he wanted to pursue a master's degree but decided to stay on with his showbiz career. Saldaña was relaunched into show business as Benjamin Alves by Mercator Model and Artist Management. He signed an exclusive contract to GMA Network signing a 3 movie outfit and soap operas. He was officially launched in a Sunday variety show, Party Pilipinas on June 25, 2012, as the newest Kapuso star, and was also dubbed as the newest Kapuso heartthrob. His first movie was under Regal Films and GMA Films entitled Guni-Guni playing as Paolo Lopez. He acted as a love interest of actress, Lovi Poe. He also appeared on GMA Films's entry to the 2012 Metro Manila Film Festival, Coño Problems. In August 2012, Alves was announced as one of the casts for the remake of the famous Korean television series, Coffee Prince. He acted as Errol, a record-producer and half-brother of Abrenica. In 2013, he starred in the film Sana Dati an Independent film starring TJ Trinidad, Lovi Poe and Paulo Avelino under GMA Films.

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