Von Flores

Von Flores
Born
Valentin Andres Tanga Flores IV

(1960-04-05) 5 April 1960
Malabon, Metro Manila, Philippines
Alma materAmerican Academy of Dramatic Arts
OccupationActor
Years active1987–present
Children2

Valentin Andres Tanga "Von" Flores IV (born 5 April 1960) is a Filipino-Canadian actor, best known for his television work.[1] He notably starred as Ronald Sandoval on the science-fiction series Earth: Final Conflict (1997–2002), and portrayed Manny Santos' father Joseph Santos on Degrassi: The Next Generation (2005–08)

Early life and education

Von was born in Malabon and lived in Pateros until age 13 when his family migrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[2] He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City and the Centre for Actors' Study in Toronto.[2]

Career

Flores' first audition landed him a guest starring role on Night Heat.[2] Flores went on to perform roles in a number of television productions, including the series Kung Fu: The Legend Continues[3] and the Atlantis Films TekWar,[3] TekJustice and TekLords TV movies. He has guest starred on such series as The Adventures of Sinbad,[2] Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years, Forever Knight, E.N.G., Street Legal and Degrassi: The Next Generation.

Flores played Ronald Sandoval in Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict, one of the lead characters and the only character to regularly appear in all 5 seasons.[2][3][4]

Flores has also appeared in feature films, most notably in the critically acclaimed I Love a Man in Uniform[2] and Eclipse.[2] He also appeared in the 1995 film Picture Perfect as well as in the 1998 film Dogboys with Dean Cain and Tia Carrere.

Flores played Suba, a uranium smuggler in La Femme Nikita episode "Treason" (S1E7), which was broadcast on CTV and USA Network. In other works, he has played multiple roles in a variety of episodes from the internationally acclaimed television programme Mayday, his first role coming as Captain Ed Reyes in the season three episode "Bomb on Board" (Philippine Airlines Flight 434). Since then, he has played Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah in "Where is Malaysia 370?" (Malaysia Airlines flight 370) and co-pilot Zuwaldi in "Lethal Turn" (Garuda Indonesia Flight 152). More recently, he has played the part of the lead investigators in the episodes "Caught on Tape" (TransAsia Airways Flight 235), "Deadly Go Round" (China Airlines Flight 140), "No Warning" (Trigana Air Flight 267), "Grounded: Boeing Max 8" (Lion Air Flight 610), and "Power Struggle" (Sriwijaya Air Flight 182).

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1989 Renegades Gangbanger
1989 Fireballs Japanese Fireman
1991 The Big Slice Sing Won Duck
1993 A Man in Uniform Kenny
Zero Patience Ray
1994 Car 54, Where Are You? Mr. Kim
Eclipse Henry
Soft Deceit Hooker / Detective
1995 Johnny Mnemonic Viet Scientist
1996 Foreign Bodies Denny
Darkman III: Die Darkman Die Johnny Lee
1997 The Assignment Koj
2004 Ham & Cheese A.D. (MOW)
The Confessor Father Andrews
2019 Let It Snow Mr. Bernal

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1988 Night Heat Danny Kai Episode: "Chinatown"
War of the Worlds Alex Episode: "A Multitude of Idols"
1988, 1990 Friday the 13th: The Series Hitoshi Tanaka / A.J. 2 episodes
1989 My Secret Identity Dan Chen Episode: "The Eyes of the Shadow"
Street Legal Domingo Apalma Episode: "Soul Custody"
E.N.G. Seiji Koko Episode: "The Chilling Effect"
1991 Top Cops Cinco Episode: "Memorial Show"
1992 Beyond Reality Soong Episode: "The Fire Within"
1993 The Hidden Room Vinh Episode: "While She Was Out"
1993–96 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Jack Wong / Marco 8 episodes
1994 TekWar Sonny Hokori Television film
TekLords
Model by Day Johnny Lee
TekWar: TekJustice Sonny Hokori
Forever Knight Tran Episode: "Can't Run, Can't Hide"
1995 Down Came a Blackbird Minh Television film
Picture Windows Judo Instructor Episode: "Armed Response"
Picture Perfect Marco Television film
1996 Gridlock Mr. Seven
Conundrum Linh Tze Chou
Lonesome Dove: The Series Harry Episode: "The Robbery"
F/X: The Series Albert Volk Episode: "The Ring"
1996, 1997 The Adventures of Sinbad Tetsu 2 episodes
1997 La Femme Nikita Suba Episode: "Treason"
Johnny 2.0 Carlos Television film
1997–2002 Earth: Final Conflict Ronald Sandoval / Jason Main cast
1998 Blood on Her Hands Mike Lee Television film
Dogboys Miguel
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms Jong Sung
1999 Sirens Assistant Coroner
2001 My Daughter's Secret Life Kong
Largo Winch Ahmed Pangkor 2 episodes
2002 Adventure Inc. Che Lao Episode: "Memento Mori"
2003 Starhunter Darnell Episode: "Torment"
2004 Doc Mr. Euchi Episode: "No Pain, No Gain"
Home Beyond the Sun Colonel Khan Television film
2005 Plague City: SARS in Toronto Father Louis
Human Trafficking Rico Miniseries
2005–08 Degrassi: The Next Generation Mr. Joseph Santos 8 episodes
2005–25 Air Crash Investigation Various roles 9 episodes
2006 This Is Wonderland Sammy Episode #3.13
Cow Belles Nick Perez Television film
Angela's Eyes Kevin Episode: "Eyes on the Prize"
2008 ReGenesis Mr. Lee Episode: "Hep Burn and Melinkov"
Degrassi Spring Break Movie Mr. Santos Television film
Never Cry Werewolf Detective Stalling
2009 The Line Eddie 15 episodes
The Dating Guy Customs Agent Episode: "Boner Donor"
Cra$h & Burn Efram Garcia Episode: "Freedom"
The Border Ashin Nanda Episode: "Dying Art"
2011 InSecurity Dr. Ho Lung Episode: "Spies on Ice"
Skins Hamilton Valero Episode: "Daisy"
Lost Girl Donovan Episode: "Death Didn't Become Him"
2012 Rookie Blue Edwin Santos Episode: "A Good Shoot"
2013 The Listener Tai Ling Episode: "Witness for the Prosecution"
Nikita Kramer 2 episodes
2014 Lucky 7 Dr. Chu Episode: "Five More Minutes"
2015 Killjoys Suspicious Man Episode: "Escape Velocity"
2017 Conviction Lu Jin Episode: "Black Orchid"
Designated Survivor Dr. Shen Episode: "Outbreak"
2018 The Detectives Detective Joe Malicdern Episode: "Home"
Frankie Drake Mysteries Curator Episode: "The Old Switcheroo"
2019 Private Eyes Irving Guzman Episode: "It Happened One Fight"
5000 Years of Heroes Li Yiji 2 episodes
2020 Coroner Mario Episode: "Borders"
Nurses Tenzin Episode: "Chrysalis"
Rising Suns Charles Montenegro 3 episodes

References

  1. ↑ Sorenson, August (14 May 2021). "Von Flores, Star of Canadian Television". The Academy Pages. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lo, Ricky. "Von Flores: Another Filipino actor making waves abroad". philstar.com. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Von Flores". littlereview.com. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Sci-Fi Blast From The Past – Von Flores (Earth: Final Conflict)". SciFiAndTvTalk. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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