Raymond Oliver Cruz Ilustre (born July 20, 1989), better known by his screen name Rayver Cruz, is a Filipino actor, dancer, singer, and host. He is the younger brother of fellow actor and dancer Rodjun Cruz.

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Rayver Cruz
Cruz in 2014 promotional short about the making of Dilim
Born	Raymond Oliver Cruz Ilustre (1989-07-20) July 20, 1989 (age 33) Las Piñas, Philippines
Other names	Rayver, Ray, Ray Ray, Raymond
Occupation	Actor, dancer, singer, host, model
Years active	1993–present
Agent(s)	Star Magic (2002–2018) Sparkle (1995–2002; 2018–present)
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Family	Rodjun Cruz (brother) Sunshine Cruz (cousin) Donna Cruz (cousin) Geneva Cruz (cousin) Sheryl Cruz (cousin) Tirso Cruz III (uncle) Ricky Belmonte (uncle)

Personal life

Rayver is a member of the Cruz family, a noted family line in the Philippine entertainment industry. He has two older brothers, Rodjun Cruz and Omar Cruz-Ilustre. His father, Rodolfo L. Ilustre, died in 2009 from kidney failure. He finished Grade 6 in Saint Mark's Institute in Las Pinas City.^{[citation needed]}

He graduated in 2010 with a B.S. degree in Business Administration Management from St. Francis of Assisi College.[1]

Rayver is also a cousin of Sheryl Cruz, Sunshine Cruz, Geneva Cruz and Donna Cruz.[2]

Career

Cruz started as a former host together with his brother Rodjun in a children's magazine show 5 and Up on ABC (later TV5). In 1994, he moved to GMA Network and started as a child actor in the comedy show Kiss Muna, then moved to ABS-CBN in 2002 and became part of their contract talents before becoming a Star Magic talent.

His first lead role was in the 2005 primetime TV series Spirits as Red, with actress Maja Salvador. He played another lead role as Mythos in the 2007 primetime show Rounin.

On June 14, 2018, he left Star Magic, but he remained in Bagani, his final project at ABS-CBN.[3][4] After 18 years, Cruz returned to his home network, GMA Network as he signed a contract on September 6, 2018.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Aside from acting and dancing, he is given a big break in singing and hosting career[13] when he hosted some GMA programs like the defunct variety show Studio 7, and singing competition The Clash along with Julie Anne San Jose.

Cruz is currently a part of variety show All-Out Sundays.

Filmography

Television

Movies

Discography

Singles

• 2007: "Kembot" (as part of ASAP)
• 2016: "Bitaw"

Appearances

Accolades

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Rayver Cruz at IMDb