Filipino Australian actor Felino Dolloso is no stranger to tackling controversial roles.
He dives into the roles with enthusiasm, passion, and an unorthodox style of fleshing out the character he plays with bold unbridled choices.
Award-winning Director Amin Palangi (2015 Best Director from the Australian Directors Guild) described Dolloso’s work with the comment, “I have been blown away by his transformative ability. His understanding of the story and the solidarity of his performance has made the process extremely exciting. He embodies and connects to the characters’ origin to the point that he is no longer performing; rather, he becomes the character.”
Dolloso’s upcoming projects will see him playing father figure roles.
In the theatre production ‘Ate Lovia’, Dolloso was involved in developing the play as an actor, with production to be announced soon.
Written by Jordan Shea and Directed by Kenneth Moraleda, the play is a new Australian work that interrogates an evolving Australian migrant dream and the decisions we need to make to sustain ourselves in a rapidly changing landscape. Ate Lovia is a new Filipino-Australian drama that interrogates what it means to stay loyal to your family, no matter how brutal it gets.
Dolloso gets the chance to sink his teeth into the role of ‘Jovy,’ the father described in the play as a disenfranchised father, who has long descended into alcoholism, who frequently passes out under the Hills Hoist.
In another project, Dolloso tackles a comedy genre in Belladonna Wisk’s Recipe for Disaster’. A coming-of-age comedy film.
It is Written and Directed by Shaina Cabusi.
The film is about the daughter of a hitman who has grown tired of assassinating and decides she wants to run her family bakery instead.
It is a film that celebrates Australia’s diversity by featuring a predominately Filipino cast (being about a Filipino family of hitmen, of course) hailing from Sydney’s South West in Australia.
Dolloso will be playing the role of ‘John Wisk,’ the infamous hitman and father of Belladonna Wisk.
The film places a Filipina female Lead role at the helm, a funny, relatable character, and a step towards normalising representing more diverse communities within Australia.
The Production team is keen to bring Belladonna to life and show underrepresented communities that there will always be a spot for them on screen in the most extraordinary way.
