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Val Sotto

Filipino actor, singer, composer and politician

Summary

Filipino actor, singer, composer and politician

Field	Value
honorific-prefix	The Honorable
name	Valmar "Val" C. Sotto
office	Member of the Parañaque City Council from the 2nd district
term_start	June 30, 2004
term_end	June 30, 2013
birth_date
birth_place	Manila, Philippine Commonwealth
party	Independent (2004–2007, 2013–present)
otherparty	NPC (2007–2013)
spouse
residence	Manila, Philippines
children	4 (including Wahoo)
parents	Marcelino Antonio "Nonong" O. Sotto Sr. (father)
Herminia Castelo-Sotto (mother)
relations	Tito Sotto (brother)
Vic Sotto (brother)
Maru Sotto (brother)
profession	Actor
occupation	Actor, singer, politician
birth_name	Valmar Castelo Sotto

| honorific-prefix = The Honorable Herminia Castelo-Sotto (mother) Vic Sotto (brother) Maru Sotto (brother)

Valmar Castelo Sotto (; born March 23, 1945) is a Filipino actor, singer, composer, and comedian. He was one of the lead vocalists of the Filipino band VST & Company. He appeared as the lead actor in Agila, which aired from 1987 to 1992 on RPN and ABS-CBN and produced by TAPE Inc.

Personal life

Sotto is a great-nephew of former Senator Filemon Sotto and grandson of former Senator Vicente Sotto of Cebu City, Philippines. He is the eldest brother of Senator Tito Sotto, Marcelino Antonio "Maru" Sotto Jr. (former husband of actress Ali Carag-Sotto) and Vic Sotto. He is an uncle of actresses and actors Ciara Sotto, Danica Sotto-Pingris, Oyo Sotto and the late Miko Sotto. He has been married to Theresa Marco-Sotto since December 14, 1969 and the couple have four children (including Viktor Eriko "Wahoo", the councilor of Parañaque) and 7 grandchildren.

Political career

He served as a councilor in the second district of Parañaque from 2004 to 2013.

Filmography

Film

Swing It... Baby! (1979)
Rock Baby, Rock (1979)
D'Gradwets (1981)
Alexandra (1985)
Super Wan-Tu-Tri (1985)
Send In The Clowns (1986)
Shoot That Ball (1987)
Ready!... Aim!... Fire!... (1987)
Knock, Knock Who's There? (1988)
Fly Me To The Moon (1988)
Tangga and Chos: Beauty Secret Agents (1990)
The Return Of The Long Ranger & Tonton: How The West Was Wrong (1992)
Ligaw-ligawan, Kasal-kasalan, Bahay-bahayan (1993)
Pandoy: Alalay Ng Panday (1993)
Once Upon A Time In Manila (1994)
Ang Tipong Kong Lalake (1995)
Basta't Ikaw... Nanginginig Pa (1999)
Lastikman (2003)
Mr. Suave: Hoy! Hoy! Hoy! Hoy! Hoy! Hoy! (2003)
Enteng Ng Ina Mo (2011)
Si Agimat at Si Enteng Kabisote (2013)

Television

OK Lang (1975–1977)
Iskul Bukol (1977–1989)
Lovingly Yours, Helen (1984–1992)
Regal Shockers The Series (1985)
The Dawn & Jimmy Show (1986–1989) - guest
Agila (1987–1992)
Okay Ka, Fairy Ko! (1987–1997)
T.O.D.A.S.: Television's Outrageously Delightful All-Star Show (1981–1989)
TVJ: Television Jesters (1989–1992)
Rock En Roll 2000 (1992–1993)
TVJ on 5 (1993–1994)
Eat Bulaga! (1994)
Mixed N.U.T.S. (1994–1997)
Haybol Rambol (1995)
ASAP Natin 'To (1995–2020) - guest
Wow Mali (1996–2008)
Rio Del Mar (1999–2001)
Super Klenk (2000)
1 for 3 (2000)
Back To Iskul Bukol (2001)
Daddy Di Do Du (2002–2007)
Bubble Gang (2005)
Ful Haus (2008) - guest
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (2009–2015) - guest
Pepito Manaloto (2010) - guest
Wow Mali Pa Rin (2011) - guest
The Jose & Wally Show Starring Vic Sotto (2011–2012) - guest
Celebrity Samurai (2012) - guest
Vampire ang Daddy Ko (2013)
Mars (2014–2019) - guest
Sabado Badoo (2015)
Tunay na Buhay (2017)
Bossing & Ai (2017)
Daddy's Gurl (2018)
Mars Pa More (2020) - guest
E.A.T. (2023) - guest

References

http://www.last.fm/music/VST+&+CO. "VST & CO."
http://www.tutorgigpedia.com/sagum_es.html "Agila (TV series)"
(January 8, 2006). "Ali Sotto speaks".
http://dokumentaryonijuantagalog.weebly.com/parantildeaque.html "Parañaque City"
http://www.paranaque.gov.ph/home/index.php/city-government/the-city-council {{Webarchive. link. (February 11, 2013 "The City Council")

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