Zaijian Jaranilla

Zaijian Jaranilla (born August 23, 2001) is a Filipino actor best known for his role in the ABS-CBN religious series May Bukas Pa.

Biography
Zaijian Jaranilla was born on August 23, 2001 in Gloria, Oriental Mindoro from Glendelle Lara and Zenon Louis Jaranilla and has three siblings named Zildjian and Zymic Jaranilla. He grew up in Metro Manila. His vacation home is at Boac, Marinduque.

He was discovered by a talent manager named Bryan Ancheta in 2004 at age 3 joining the agency RDB Talents and Events Management, and later became ABS-CBN and Star Magic actor four years later in 2008.

As an actor, he rose to prominence when he played the role of orphan Santino in May Bukas Pa aired from February 2, 2009 to February 5, 2010 on ABS-CBN and full airing version from March 11, 2013 to December 5, 2013 with deleted scene of the show's finale episode not aired on the former on Jeepney TV.

Education
Until his first grade in 2009, Jaranilla spent his schooling at General Roxas Elementary School in Quezon City.

Due to the production of May Bukas Pa and subsequent roles as the fish Otep in Agua Bendita and Maalaala Mo Kaya episode Xylophone, his regular schooling paused, and underwent homeschooling and physical classes at Headway School for Giftedness at second grade from June 2009 to May 2010.

Jaranilla resumed regular school at UST Angelicum College from June 2010 to May 2018 where he served as student there for eight years from second to ninth grade. He again paused schooling due to the struggle of schedules between education and entertainment industry.

After a three-year pause in attending classes, Jaranilla enrolled at Colegio de San Juan de Dios in San Rafael, Bulacan where he was the senior high school student from August 2021 to May 31, 2023.

Endorsements
Jaranilla appeared in various TV commercials, with the first being McDonald's: Good Kuya in 2006.

From 2009 to 2012, Jaranilla was an endorser of Bench clothing brand. Later, his endorsements moved to Moose Gear where he endorsed the brand from 2012 to 2016.
References

Category:Actors