Fernando Poe Jr.

Ronald Allan Kelley Poe August 20 1939 December 14 2004 better known as Fernando Poe Jr and colloquially known as FPJ and Da King was a Filipino actor During the latter part of his career Poe was defeated by incumbent President Gloria MacapagalArroyo in the 2004 Philippine Presidential elections a result roundly believed to have been fraudulent His long career as an action film star earned him the moniker King of Philippine Movies often shortened to Da King Poe was posthumously declared a National Artist of the Philippines for Film on 23 May 2006 by then President Gloria MacapagalArroyo The award was confirmed by President Benigno Aquino III on 20 July 2012 and was presented to his family on 16 August Ronald Allan K Poe was the son of Filipino actor Allan Fernando R Poe Fernando Poe Sr and Elizabeth Kelley an American He was born in San Carlos City Pangasinan His parents were not yet legally married when he was born on August 20 1939 although his parents were later married in 1940 His opponents tried to derail his bid for the presidency when they sought to disqualify him as an illegitimate son of a nonFilipino mother He was the second among six siblings and it was his brother Andy who was really named Fernando Poe Jr which FPJ later adopted to bank on the popularity of his father who was a top actor in his time Conrad Poe a Filipino actor is FPJs halfbrother the illegitimate son of the late Fernando Poe Sr and actress Patricia Mijares Pou is the original spelling of the familys surname from his grandfather playwright Lorenzo Pou a Catalan migrant from Majorca Spain who ventured into mining and business in the Philippines