BERNARDO BERNARDO received the 2005 FILIPINAS MAGAZINE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (For Entertainment). Citing Bernardo as "an actor par excellence," the nationally-circulated US monthly glossy gave the prestigious award to Bernardo as one of the top ten Filipino Achievers of the Year, in "recognition of the accomplishments of the advocates, role models, and movers and shakers in the Filipino-American community."
Previous Fil-Am Awardees for Entertainment include actors Lou Diamond Phillips , Tia Carrere, and Rob Schneider; film director Gene Cajayon and scriptwriter John Manal Castro ("The Debut"); David Maquiling ("Too Much Sleep"), the only Fil-Am in the Directors Guild of America; Hollywood producer Dean Devlin ("Independence Day," "The Patriot," and "Stargate"); and singer Jocelyn Enriquez.
Bernardo was also named one of the five distinguished recipients of the 2006 THOMASIANS USA NOBILITY AWARD, given to outstanding alumni of the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas for their"outstanding achievements and contributions in their field of specialization and in the service of society."
As a triple treat HOST, SINGER and STAND-UP COMEDIAN, Bernardo continues to wow audiences in a series of concerts in Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Juneau, Las Vegas and New York. His wit and wicked repartee sends up the wackier quirks of Pinoy Ghetto Glam USA. For his tongue-in-cheek efforts, he received the GAWAD PARANGAL 2005 BEST STAND-UP COMEDIAN AWARD in Sacramento; and the 2004 BEST ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR AWARD in the Via Times Hall of Fame Awards in Chicago.
As a STAGE ACTOR, Bernardo and the cast of "VOYAGE"
were featured on the front cover of AMERICAN THEATRE magazine (Cover Story ---“FRONTIER DREAMS, The Alaskeros Tell Their Stories,” July/August Issue 2005). Bernardo appeared as lead in two successive Perseverance Theatre productions: as the despicable cannery foreman Conrado, in PT’s world premiere musical, "THE LONG SEASON"; and as Ben Cantil, the nostalgic Merchant Marine in its companion piece, "VOYAGE"-- a play based on the lives of four generations of Filipino immigrants in Alaska,
Bernardo was Prudencio in the Midwest premiere
of the award-winning play "THE ROMANCE OF MAGNO RUBIO" at Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater. The outstanding production reaped standing ovations and garnered rave reviews. Out of more than 140 plays in Chicago, "MAGNO RUBIO" was chosen by the JEFF Awards (Chicago's Tony's) as one of the top five and was nominated for Best Production and Best Acting Ensemble. For Ma-Yi Theatre Company's 2007 restaging of the Obie award-winning play at The Culture Project Theatre in New York, as part of the 1st National Asian American Theatre Festival, Bernardo reprised the role of Prudencio.
In Manila, Bernardo was an URIAN BEST ACTOR Awardee
for Ishmael Bernal's much-acclaimed film "MANILA BY NIGHT." Also known as "CITY AFTER DARK," Bernal's seminal film was chosen by the elite Manunuri (the Philippines' National Society of Film Critics) as one of the 10 Best Films in the last 25 years in Philippine Cinema.
Bernardo has an M.A. in Dramatic Arts from the University of California, Santa Barbara; he was also a recipient of various scholarships from the Inner City Cultural Center of Los Angeles, the American Conservatory Theater of San Francisco (Summer Workshop) and the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art under a British Council grant.
Bernardo graduated from the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas where he received the degree of Bachelor of Literature in Journalism from the Faculty of Arts and Letters. He was Editor-in Chief of the University paper, THE VARSITARIAN. He is also a graduate of the historic Manila High School in Intramuros, alma mater of distinguished statesmen such as Carlos P. Romulo (Pulitzer Prize winner and Ambassador Extraordinaire) and former Presidents of the Philippine Republic: Jose P. Laurel, Manuel A. Roxas and Elpidio Quirino.
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COMIC PHASE: Bernardo as snarky, swishy Steve Carpio in HOME ALONG DA RILES, a Philippine primetime TV sitcom that ran for 10 years on ABS-CBN Channel 2. The hit show still airs reruns on Pinoy global cable, The Filipino Channel (TFC).
As a company media campaign endorser for the West Coast ISLAND PACIFIC SUPERMARKET chain, Bernardo created a colorful Peter Sellers-inspired multi-character TV/Print Ad which featured his comic talents as a Mermaid, a Grandmother, a Carmen Miranda-like Fruit Lady, a Farmer and a Steve Carpio look-alike.
OFFSCREEN and offstage, Bernardo is a Board Member of the Filipino American Library, and is actively involved with Historic Filipinotown Rotary of Los Angeles, FASGI, Search to Involve Pilipino Americans, FilAmArts, Asia Pacific Aids Intervention Team and the Filipina Women's Network.
He is currently Tagalog Language and Cultural Instructor at the Foreign Service Institute, Department of State, Washington DC.
Bernardo also taught Intermediate Tagalog at the University of San Francisco and Musical Theater at the Westlake School for the Performing Arts. He was a Speech and Drama instructor at the University of the Philippines and De La Salle University; a Human Resource Consultant/Trainer for Mercuri International in Singapore; Artistic Project Manager for Haw Par Villa Theme Park, Singapore; and, Acting for the Camera teacher at John Robert Powers, Makati.
He was also a teacher in Acting and Hosting Workshops for ABS-CBN Channel 2 and TFC, The Filipino Channel; Acting for Singers coach for Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mangaawit (OPM); and a mentor of spiritual studies at the Institute of Inner Studies (Pranic Healing and Meditation) under the tutelage of Grand Master Choa Kok Sui.
Of late, he has been very actively involved with the relief projects of the Artesia Sunrise Lodge No.377 in California where he was recently raised as a Master Mason.
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(PHOTOS by BB's Official Photographer MARK BAERTSCHI/
Additional photos by TED TRENT, ERIC TORGERSON,GLORIA MERRY and MATT ZUGALE.)
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DRAMATIC PAUSE: Bernardo as Prudencio, asks a broken-down Magno to face the realities of life in the "United Snakes of America" in Lonnie Carter's THE ROMANCE OF MAGNO RUBIO at the Victory Gardens Theatre. JEFF Finalist for Best Acting Ensemble and Best Production (Chicago's Tony's). He reprised the role of Prudencio in Ma-Yi Theatre Company's restaging of the Obie award-winning play at The Culture Project Theatre in New York for the 1st National Asian American Theatre Festival.
ONSTAGE, Bernardo has essayed lead roles under the direction of renowned directors such as Tony Petito (Singapore Starz, The King and I), Chris Smith (The Magic Theatre, The Last of the Suns), Loy Arcenas (Aurora Berkeley Theatre,China Calls; Victory Gardens Theatre, The Romance of Magno Rubio), Peter DuBois (New York's Public Theatre and Juneau's Perseverance Theatre,The Long Season), PJ Papparelli (PT, Voyage), and Brooks Jones (Tanghalang Pilipino, The Balcony; EarthSavers,The Little Prince).
In Manila, Bernardo appeared in acclaimed productions directed by Tanghalang Pilipino (National Theater) Artistic Director Nonon Padilla, Bulwagang Gantimpala's Joel Lamangan, Musical Theater Philippines' Nestor Torre, UP Theatre's Tony Mabesa, Babaylan's Anton Juan, Anak Tibawan's Jonas Sebastian, Philippine Educational Theater Association founder Cecile Guidote-Alvarez and PETA stalwart Nick Lizaso.
Apart from filmwork with National Artist Ishmael Bernal, Bernardo also did outstanding work with other Philippine National Artists such as Lamberto Avellana of Barangay Theater Guild, Rolando Tinio of Teatro Pilipino, playwright Nick Joaquin and Haraya awardee Zeneida Amador of Repertory Philippines.
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