Junix Inocian is a Filipino

Filipino people

The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 international stage, television and movie actor who starred in various plays such as Miss Saigon

Miss Saigon

Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr.. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover...

, Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters by Sholem Aleichem...

, and the movie version of the Swedish crime novel Tatuerad Torso.

Early life and career

Junix was born in Iligan City

Iligan City

The City of Iligan is a highly urbanized industrial city north of the province of Lanao del Norte, Philippines, and the province's former capital. It is approximately 795 kilometers southeast of Manila...

, in the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 on March 17, 1951. He graduated from Silliman University

Silliman University

Silliman University is a private research university located in Dumaguete, Philippines. Established in 1901 as Silliman Institute by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, it was the first American private school to be founded in the country. The University is named after Dr...

 in Dumaguete City

Dumaguete City

The City of Dumaguete is a city in the Philippine province of Negros Oriental. It is the capital, principal seaport, and largest city of the province. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 133,470 people. A person from Dumaguete is called a "Dumagueteño"...

 where he obtained a degree in Theater Arts, and proceeded to take further studies in the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

 where he obtained a degree in Acting

Acting

Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....

 in 1978. He trained with Mary Hutchinson, an acting coach from Syracuse University

Syracuse University

Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...

, New York

New York

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, and with Paul Palmore, an acting coach from the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

. Subsequent to his studies in the U.S., Junix joined Repertory Philippines where he starred in at least sixty productions.

Stage appearances

His stage appearances include leading roles in Little Shop of Horrors, as Audrey 2; Mass Appeal, as Father Tim Farley; Man of La Mancha, as Sancho; The Government Inspector, as the Mayor; The Pirates of Penzance, Major-General Stanley; A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, as Pseudolus; Fiddler On The Roof, as Tevye; Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, as Sweeney Todd; Children of a Lesser God, as James Leeds.

Television and movie

On television Junix also appeared in various shows such as in Sesame, the Filipino version of Sesame Street; Sitak Ni Jack (Jack's Taxicab), a top-rated sitcom; and the show A Dangerous Life, a six-hour documentary series based on the EDSA People Power Revolution in the Philippines. He also starred in movies such as in Silk and Greed.

Miss Saigon

Junix joined the original cast of the play Miss Saigon where from 1992 to 1994 he played the lead role of Engineer. Some time after playing the role of Old Deuteronomy in the play Cats at the New London Theatre, Junix returned to Miss Saigon.

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