Eric de la Cruz

Who is Eric de la Cruz?

Eric V. dela Cruz is a Filipino theater actor. He was born Eric Villanueva dela Cruz in Manila, Philippines, to engineer Enrique dela Cruz, Sr. and singer Isidora dela Cruz. He has three siblings.

Dela Cruz graduated from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila in 2003 with a degree in Physical therapy but decided to forgo a career in medicine to pursue acting. He received his first training in acting from the New Voice Company Summer Acting Workshop, from which he got his first taste of the stage. He played the Sexton in Neil Simon's The Good Doctor as part of their culminating activity. He also participated in Tanghalang Pilipino's Intermediate Acting Workshop. He played the role of Fernan Gomez de Guzman in their staging of Lope de Vega's 'Fuente Ovejuna' as their recital. He is currently receiving his training as a junior member of PETA.

His first major stage role was to play Oedipus opposite Gigette Reyes in the 2004 Sophocle's play Oedipus Rex. He appeared in several TV shows since including GMA ch. 7's Hanggang Kailan and ABSCBN ch. 2's Hiram and Maalaala Mo Kaya.He recently appeared in GMA ch.7's La Vendetta and Marimar where he played the role of Sergio's Lawyer.