Kenneth Moraleda (born 17 April 1973) is a Filipino-American actor, based in Australia.
Early life Of Filipino descent, Moraleda was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has lived in Seattle, the Philippines, Los Angeles and is now based in Sydney, Australia.
Moraleda trained at Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP), before being accepted into the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating with a Bachelor of Acting in 1995.
Career Moraleda's first lead in a feature film was the role of Arun in Lucky Miles (2007), directed by Michael James Rowland. His portrayal won him the Vic Silayan Award for Best Actor at the 10th Cinemanila International Film Festival in 2008.www.screendaily.com, The Band's Visit takes top prize at Cinemanila fest He played Monsod in Miramax's Australian-American war film The Great Raid (2005), Heng in Dead Europe and Aristotle Chen in Locusts (2019). He played Tony in the short film Sweet and Sour and had lead roles in the shorts Perfection, The Fence, Banana Boy and Legacy.
Moraleda's numerous television appearances include playing Michael Lee in New Zealand soap opera City Life and Tim Young in the SBS seven-part series Bondi Banquet in 2000. He appeared in the second season of SBS drama East West 101 and in a 4-episode storyline in season three of ABC drama Janet King. He played the role of Winata in Channel 9′s 2014 biographical TV movie Schapelle and had a recurring guest role in the second season of The Bureau of Magical Things. Most recently, he had a lead role in ABC 2022 mystery drama miniseries Significant Others, alongside Jacqueline McKenzie.
His television guest credits include Water Rats, Wildside, White Collar Blue, Jay's Jungle, City Homicide, Stingers, Wolf Like Me and Strife. He also portrayed various characters in Comedy Inc. and had a presenting role on Playhouse Disney.
Notable acting credits for stage include creating the role of Roger Chan in Nick Enright's A Man With Five Children for the Sydney Theatre Company and playing Banzai in the Australian/Asian tour of Disney's The Lion King.
Moraleda was a Resident Artist with Sydney Theatre Company from 2018 to 2020, before becoming Resident Director, with productions including 4000 Miles, American Signs, A Fool in Love, and Rough Draft #48: Hubris and Humiliation. He has also directed for Griffin Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre Company, Belvoir and NIDA.
Filmography Source: Film Year Title Role Notes Sweet & Sour Tony Short film 2000 Sample People Jake Feature film 2005 The Great Raid Monsod Feature film 2007 Lucky Miles Arun Feature film The Strand Nanao Short film 2012 Dead Europe Heng Feature film Perfection Mr Smith Short film The Fence Virak Short film Legacy Richmond Short film Banana Boy Guard Short film 2019 Locusts Aristotle Chen Feature film 2023 Christmess The Doctor Feature film Interview with a Hero Chhay Short film
Television Year Title Role Notes Manic Times Various roles English at Work Henry City Life Michael Lee Get a Life Dave O’Chee Wildside Tinzaw Nanda Water Rats Kevin Gilbert Big Sky Ramon 2000 Bondi Banquet Tim Young Miniseries Stingers Tran Playhouse Disney Presenter Outriders Kitchen Hand White Collar Blue Edward Lam Comedy Inc. Various roles Alfred Wallace Ali Mystery ER Dr Walker East West 101 Zacharriah Noor City Homicide Muhammad Hartono 2014 Schapelle Winata TV movie 2015 Maximum Choppage Rizaldo Mendoza Avalon Now $2 shop man Web series Janet King Eddie Cooke Season 3 Bent 101 Neighbour Web series The Family Law Dong Miniseries 2018– The Bureau of Magical Things Mr Mendoza Seasons 1 & 22022 Significant Others Den Miniseries Wolf Like Me Suppakorn 2023 Strife Benja
Awards Year Work Award Category Result Ref. 2008 Lucky Miles Cinemanila International Film Festival Vic Silayan Award for Best Actor 2007 Lucky Miles Sydney Film Festival Audience Award 2022 One Hour No Oil Sydney Theatre Awards Best Director in an Independent Production 2023 Significant Others Equity Ensemble Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Miniseries or Telemovie
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