Zanjoe Marudo

Zanjoe Marudo is the newest heartthrob in Philippines after Sam Milby . This former Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition housemate, Zanjoe managed to be part of the BIG 4 with housemates Bianca Gonzales , John Prats , and the Winner Keanna Reeves.

Born Zanjoe Acuesta Marudo on July 23, 1982, in Tanauan, Batangas, he is the third of six siblings. He belongs to a middle class background, his father works as a chef in New Jersey, his mother is a housewife in Philippines. A favourite child, Zanjoe grew up idolizing his father who is also his best friend. However, Zanjoe had to struggle to get through college due to lack of funds. He took advantage of his height and became a basketball player at the varsity level. In college, he enrolled for a course in IT at Mapua and allowed for his prowess in basketball to pay his tuition fees.

Having won the first place in Bodyshots in 2001, Zanjoe entered the competitive world of modelling. In 2006, he was touted as one of the Top 10 Bachelors by Cosmopolitan magazine. He even posed for the Metro Calendar. Recently, he has appeared in the Bench Fever Fashion Show. He was picked up by Bench top brass Ben Chan to endorse the men’s underwear line by Bench. In Cosmo - September 2006 (Philippine issue), Zanjoe is one of the 10 Centrefold men in the "Cosmopolitan 69 Bachelors and 10 Centrefolds" supplement.

A wakeboarding sport freak, Zanjoe’s tryst with the television began with the comedy series, ‘Aalog-Alog’ with the other Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition housemates such as John Prats, winner Keanna Reeves, and the Pinoy Big Brother runner-up Jason Gainza and received TV space on every Saturday. He has also acted in the fantasy series ‘Super Inggo’ in the role of Super Islaw pretty similar to the acting start of Richard Gomez who also got his first movie break as a comic character Islaw.

Besides running a successful business in Bora, of Ice Monsters with Luke and Martin Jickain, Zanjoe is a member of ABS-CBN’s exclusive circle of homegrown talents aptly named as ‘Star Magic’.