10 things about Manila native Elmo Magalona

Elmo Moses Arroyo Magalona is a Filipino actor and singer born in Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines. The city is home to the De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde.

BIOGRAPHY

On April 27, 2025, Magalona turned 31. Here are 10 more things about him:

1. He is an alumnus of the De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde in Malate, Manila.
2. He is Francis Michael Durango Magalona and Maria Pia Koch Arroyo‘s son.
3. His father is Enrique Gayoso Magalona Jr. and Teresita Rigo Durango‘s son.
4. His mother is Ramon Cleofe Arroyo and Edwina Ochoa Koch‘s daughter.
5. He has five siblings, one paternal half-sibling and two maternal half-siblings.
6. From 2009 to 2015, he was a GMA Artist Center artist.
7. In 2009, his father died.
8. From 2014 to 2016, he dated Janine Gutierrez.
9. In 2015, he joined Star Magic and signed with Universal Records Philippines.
10. He was one of the performers at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony.

TIMELINE

Elmo is 5’10” tall. His great-grandfather Enrique “Equi” Barrera Magalona Sr. served as a senator of the Philippines from May 28, 1946 to December 30, 1955.

1990s

• He was featured on the cover of his father’s fifth album “FreeMan”, which was released in April 1995.

2000s

• On March 6, 2009, his father passed away in Pasig, Metro Manila at age 44.

2010s

• On June 17, 2011, he and Sam Concepcion performed as the front act of Miley Cyrus‘s concert at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Metro Manila.
• On April 2, 2016, he joined the Century Tuna Superbods Nation 2016 finalists in a fitness session at the BGC Ampitheater in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila.
• He and Janella Salvador starred in “Born for You”, which aired on ABS-CBN from June 20, 2016 to September 16, 2016.
• On September 30, 2016, Universal Records Philippines released his debut album “ELMO”.
• On October 24, 2017, with his mother as his manager, he renewed his contract with Universal Records Philippines.
• He, Salvador and Kiko Estrada starred in the Regal Entertainment film “My Fairy Tail Love Story”, which was released on February 14, 2018.
• On March 24, 2019, he started dating a woman who was not in the show business industry.
• On November 30, 2019, he performed his father’s songs “Man From Manila”, “Mga Kababayan Ko” and “Tayo’y Mga Pinoy ” at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony at the Philippine Arena in Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines.

2020s

• He played Jethro Mondejar in “A Soldier’s Heart”, which aired on ABS-CBN from January 20, 2020 to March 13, 2020.
• He starred in Julius Ruslin Alfonso‘s film “Mudrasta: Ang Beking Ina”, which was released on August 20, 2025.