Von Flores


Valentin Andres Tanga Flores IV, known by his professional name as Von Flores, is a Filipino-Canadian actor. He is often cast as commanding or aggressive characters.

Early life

Von was born in Malabon, Metro Manila, and lived in Pateros until age 13 when his family migrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He studied at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, and The Centre for Actors Study in Toronto.

Career

Flores' first audition landed him a guest starring role on Night Heat. Flores went on to perform roles in a number of television productions, including the series ' and the Atlantis Films TekWar, TekJustice and ' TV movies. He has guest starred on such series as The Adventures of Sinbad, Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years, Forever Knight, E.N.G., Street Legal and.
Flores played Ronald Sandoval in Gene Roddenberry's, one of the lead characters and the only character to regularly appear in all 5 seasons.
Flores has also appeared in feature films, most notably in the critically acclaimed I Love a Man in Uniform and Eclipse. He also appeared in the 1995 film Picture Perfect as well as in the 1998 film Dogboys with Dean Cain and Tia Carrere.
Flores played Captain Ed Reyes in the Mayday episode "Bomb on Board", Suba, a uranium smuggler in La Femme Nikita episode "Treasom" on CTV and USA Network, Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah in "Where is Malaysia 370?", co-pilot Zuwaldi in "Lethal Turn", and the lead investigators in "Caught on Tape", "Deadly Go Round" and "No Warning".