Carlos Diego Loyzaga (born May 21, 1995) is a Filipino model, actor and video jockey. He is known as one of the members of the male group Kapamilya Cuties.
Biography
Early life
Loyzaga was born in San Juan, Metro Manila to actress Teresa Loyzaga and actor Cesar Montano. He has a half-brother named Joseph Dizon, from his mother's former marriage to businessman Arnold Dizon; three half-sisters Angelina Cruz, Samantha Cruz, and Francheska Cruz, from his father's second marriage to Sunshine Cruz; and half-siblings named Angela Manhilot and Christian Angelo Manhilot from his father's first wife.
He is a grandson of Filipino basketball legend Carlos Loyzaga and a nephew of actress Bing Loyzaga and of former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) players Chito Loyzaga and Joey Loyzaga.
In May 2000, Loyzaga, his mother and half-brother Joseph Dizon moved to Sydney, Australia.
Education
Before moving to Sydney, he attended preschool at Marcellis School in Antipolo. After moving to Sydney, he studied at St. Aidan's Catholic School in Maroubra, Sydney and at John Forrest School in Perth.
In 2011, after moving back to the Philippines to pursue an acting career, he enrolled at O.B. Montessori Center, Inc. – Greenhills where he finished high school.
Career
2011–2012: Early roles and short hiatus
On March 8, 2011, he signed a three-year exclusive contract with ABS-CBN; he was 15 years old then. In an interview, he said that going into show business was his personal choice and had nothing to do with his parents. He became part of ABS-CBN's top-rated series Mara Clara reprising the role of Derrick Gonzales originally played by Rico Yan.
He had a number of TV guesting roles including the variety talk show Gandang Gabi, Vice!, in which he chaperoned Daniel Padilla and Neil Coleta. In September 2011, he was cast in the youth-oriented drama series Growing Up, in which he played the role of Jason, the brother of Patrick.
In 2011, he was nominated as Amazing Male Newcomer in Yahoo! Awards Philippines.
While keeping up with his studies, he held various endorsements including the clothing brand Bench labeled "Happy in Bench" with co-stars Julia Montes, Kathryn Bernardo, and Albie Casiño.
He took a break from show business to complete his secondary education in 2012.
2013–present: Comeback and new opportunities
In May 2013, he returned onscreen when he played the role of Bruce in the episode "Box" of Maalaala Mo Kaya? (MMK), Asia's longest drama anthology. His comeback acting talent received good feedback on social media describing him as being able to "converse in flawless Tagalog" unlike in his past projects in which he tended to halt in twang.
Subsequently, he starred in the fantasy-drama series Wansapanataym in the second installment of "Petra Paminta," in which he played the role of Sancho and was paired with Julia Barretto.
In July 2013, he was initially signed for a major role in the soap opera Mirabella mainly cast by Julia Barretto; however, he was later delegated to a supporting role.
In September 2014, he played a supporting role in TV5’s Wattpad Presents "Mr. Popular Meets Miss Nobody". During the presscon of Wattpad Presents, he said that he had no problems with working exclusively with TV5, explaining that an artist like him did not consider network war relevant and that his work was to portray the character well.
In January 2015, he was revealed as one of three new VJ’s of MYX, who could be seen in My MYX, MYX Daily Top 10, Pinoy MYX, and Pop MYX.
Still in January 2015, he guested as the young G (God) in the hit daytime program Oh My G!. In February 2015, he joined the cast of the TV series Forevermore, which was top-billed by Enrique Gil and Liza Soberano.