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Kapamilya Spotlight: Legendary action stars’ Lito Lapid’s remarkable teleserye stints

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Mary Ann Bardinas

<p>With how superb his talent is in acting, especially in doing fight scenes in the slew of action scenes that he starred in in the past 55 years that he’s been in the local entertainment scene, there’s definitely no doubt that Lito Lapid is on the list of action stars our lolos, titos, and tatays idolize and fervently watched since their younger years up to now that a few of his movies are being broadcast on free TV or livestreamed online. </p><p>He’s been in the industry since the late 1960s and is known by one of the iconic characters that he portrayed, which was Leon Guerrero. In a media interview in 2009, he fondly reminisced about his beginnings as a reliable stuntman and fight instructor who scrupulously learned martial arts and boxing. </p><p>And after top-billing a string of blockbusters from the 70s up to the early 2000s, as well as focusing on his political career, the veteran action icon had her first-ever teleserye appearance via the 2013 primetime kiddie drama Little Champ. He was tapped to play the role of Leon del Torro, the mighty barangay captain to whom the lead character Caloy (JB Agustin) found refuge while being hunted down by the wicked kontrabida Miguel (Jake Roxas).</p><div> </div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="639" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/22KubTjc1sg" title="Little Champ - Episode 13" width="1263"></iframe></div><div> </div><p>That was succeeded by Lito’s notable stint in the long-running action-drama series <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/angprobinsyano" target="_blank"><u><strong>FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano</strong></u></a> from 2017 to 2019, wherein he played the role of Romulo “Leon” Dumaguit, a former leader of the Pulang Araw rebel group that latter joined Cardo Dalisay (Coco Martin) in his quest of seeking justice and vengeance for the death of his beloved son Ricky Boy. </p><div> </div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="655" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9nlDhkfXDYk" title="FPJ" s="" Ang="" Probinsyano:="" group="" gets="" in="" a="" fight="" with="" width="1263"></iframe></div><div> </div><p>And four years after the last time that we saw him on TV, the Pinoy action legend is now poised to astound us with his dramatic and action chops as he’s about to make his teleserye comeback and reunite with this Kapamilya Primetime King Coco Martin through the much-awaited series <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/batangquiapo" target="_blank"><u><strong>FPJ’s Batang Quiapo</strong></u></a>. </p><div> </div><div><img alt="Kapamilya Spotlight Lito Lapid" src="https://aa1a-dctp-s3-entertainment.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/updates/batangquiapo/2023/02/08/lito-1.jpg"/></div><div> </div><p>Catch <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/batangquiapo" target="_blank"><u><strong>FPJ’s Batang Quiapo</strong></u></a> starting February 13, Monday, on <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/articles-news/abs-cbn-goes-full-blast-on-digital-launches-kapamilya-online-live-on-youtube-and-facebook-12718" target="_blank"><u><strong>Kapamilya Channel</strong></u></a>, <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/articles-news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-kapamilya-channel-12340" target="_blank"><u><strong>Kapamilya Online Live</strong></u></a>, A2Z, and TV5!</p>

Let’s look back on legendary action star Lito Lapid’s teleserye appearances in this feature!