Mari Kaimo

{{Distinguish|Jose Mari Chan}} {{short description|Filipino actor and journalist}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2011}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Use Philippine English|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Mari Kaimo | birth_name = Jose Mari Kaimo | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|1|21}} | birth_place = Metro Manila, Philippines | known_for = The 700 Club Asia | occupation = {{hlist|Journalist|news anchor|host|actor|voice-over artist}} | years_active = 1982–present }}

'''Jose Mari Kaimo''' (born January 21, 1960, in Manila, Philippines) is a veteran Filipino journalist, news anchor, host, television personality, actor, and voice-over artist.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lP0MAQAAMAAJ |title=Filipinas |publisher=Filipinas Pub. |year=1999 |page=44}}</ref><ref name="Valdivia-Marfori20032">{{cite book |author=Sylvia A. D. Valdivia-Marfori |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0LsIAQAAMAAJ |title=Dare to bare |publisher=Khanser Publishing House |year=2003 |isbn=978-971-0304-09-7 |pages=17–}}</ref>

== Career == Kaimo started as a news reporter at the height of the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship. After the EDSA People Power Revolution, he anchored various newscasts on different TV stations including People's Television Network, GMA Network, ABS-CBN and its sister channel, Studio 23.

He co-hosted for Vilma Santos' show ''Vilma!'' in 1989, and some years later, shows such as ''The Global Filipino'' on TFC and ''The Correspondents'' on ABS-CBN. Kaimo also anchored ''News Central'' on Studio 23 from its inception in September 1998 until June 2007.

Since 2007, he is currently one of the regular hosts of the television program ''The 700 Club Asia'', the Philippine franchise of the American program of the same name produced by CBN Asia.<ref>{{cite news |title=Post-Father's Day feature 1: 700 Club Asia hosts honor their dads |work=The Philippine Star |url=http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/698335/post-fathers-day-feature-1-700-club-asia-hosts-honor-their-dads}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CBN ASIA – 700 Club – Mari Kaimo |url=http://www.cbnasia.org/v2/the_700_club/view/95 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005211110/http://cbnasia.org/v2/the_700_club/view/95 |archivedate=October 5, 2010 |work=cbnasia.org }}</ref>

Kaimo is also a voice-over artist, who narrated for some advertisements and AVPs.

He's been writing Christian apologetics posts in his blog site, ''ApoLogika'' in 2013.

Kaimo pursued an acting career in late 2016, where he mostly appeared in ABS-CBN and sometimes GMA.

== Filmography ==

=== As a news anchor and host ===

* ''News on 4'' * (1992–1998) ''GMA Network News'' * (1989) ''Vilma!'' * (1991) ''5th PMPC Star Awards for Television'' * ''The Correspondents'' * ''The Global Filipino'' * (1998–2007) ''News Central'' * (2000) ''Himig Handog sa Bayaning Pilipino'' * (2007–present) ''The 700 Club Asia''

=== As a film actor === * The Loved One (2026) as Ted

=== As a television actor === {| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Title !! Role |- | 2016 || ''Be My Lady'' || Akiro Hiroshi |- | rowspan="3" | 2017 || ''The Better Half'' || Luisito Cabrera |- | ''Maalaala Mo Kaya: Korona'' || Johnny Manahan |- | ''Maalaala Mo Kaya: Salamin'' || Ben Hernandez |- | 2017–18 || ''Hanggang Saan'' || Judge Ignacio Tortuga |- | rowspan="3" | 2018 || ''Asintado'' || Sen. Arturo Galvez |- |''Maalaala Mo Kaya: Hapagkainan''||Lolo |- | ''Maalaala Mo Kaya: Manibela'' || Eddie |- | rowspan="2" | 2019 || ''Pepito Manaloto: Ang Tunay na Kuwento'' || Mr. Navales |- | ''Kara Mia'' || Leon Burgos |- | rowspan="2" | 2020 || ''Love Thy Woman'' || Manny Tanchangco |- | ''A Soldier's Heart'' || President of the Philippines |- | rowspan="2" | 2023 | ''The Iron Heart'' ||Enrique "Supremo" Guerrero |- |''Tanikala: Senior Moment''<ref>{{Citation |title=CBN Asia {{!}} Tanikala: Mari Kaimo Invites You to Watch "Senior Moment" | date=March 30, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCajhtxwg-w |access-date=2023-04-06 |language=en}}</ref> |Pepe Magtubol |- | 2024 || ''Pamilya Sagrado''|| |}

=== As a voice-over ===

* PruLife UK: “The Stubborn Man” advertisement (2014) * Bangko Sentral: “New Money” advertisement series * PhilDev USA (formerly the Ayala Foundation USA) advertisement/AVP * Centrum Silver Advance: “Basketboys” (2017) *Neurobion: "True Heroes" (2020)

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{IMDb name|id=1314754}} * {{YouTube|user=mkaimo}} {{Authority control}}

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