William Martinez

William Pineda Martinez born May 31 1966 is a Filipino actor who belongs to the first batch of Regal babies whose movie career was launched in the early 1980s He initially starred in drama films Manila by Night 1980 Bilibid Boys 1981 Tambay sa Disco 1980 until his studio paired him with Maricel Soriano in Oh My Mama 1981 and the result was a boxoffice success Their tandem spawned many hits for Regal Films mostly comedy movies that defined and cemented their Taray and Kulit loveteam In 1984 William was given a title role in the 10th Metro Manila Film Festival with the thriller Alapaap as a drugcrazed writer He got best actor nominations from awardgiving bodies the following year