Benjamin Alves

Benjamin Sapida whose previous screen name was Vince Saldaña and current screen name is Benjamin Alves is a Filipino actor and model under the management of GMA Network Alves is a nephew of Filipino actor Piolo Pascual In 2006 Alves went to the Philippines to pursue a modeling career He entered showbusiness with the screen name Vince Saldaña back in 2008 and appeared in ABSCBNs reality modelsearch competition CloseUp to Fame where he eventually became a finalist He then signed up in VIVA and got his first acting gig in QTVs teen series Posh in 2007 In that same year he appeared in other Viva Films movies like Ang Cute ng Ina Mo and Apat Dapat Dapat Apat He also starred on soap operas Dalawang Tisoy in RPN 9 Ysabella on ABSCBN and Impostora on GMA Network Apart from his work on television series and films Alves also appeared in various TV commercials and magazines He was supposed to be one of the cast of GMA Networks LUV Pow but was withdrawn after the cast reboot Alves left show business in 2009 to continue his studies In 2012 Alves graduated Summa cum laude at the University of Guam with a degree in English Literature From a press interview he revealed that he wanted to pursue a masters degree but decided to stay on with his showbiz career Saldaña was relaunched into show business as Benjamin Alves by Mercator Model and Artist Management He signed an exclusive contract to GMA Network signing a 3 movie outfit and soap operas He was officially launched in a Sunday variety show Party Pilipinas on June 25 2012 as the newest Kapuso star and was also dubbed as the newest Kapuso heartthrob His first movie was under Regal Films and GMA Films entitled GuniGuni playing as Paolo Lopez He acted as a love interest of actress Lovi Poe He also appeared on GMA Filmss entry to the 2012 Metro Manila Film Festival Coño Problems In August 2012 Alves was announced as one of the casts for the remake of the famous Korean television series Coffee Prince He acted as Errol a recordproducer and halfbrother of Abrenica In 2013 he starred in the film Sana Dati an Independent film starring TJ Trinidad Lovi Poe and Paulo Avelino under GMA Films