Jan Manual

Janhilly "Jan" Manual (born January 13, 1986) is a Filipino actor and comedian.

He made his first showbiz appearance on the fourth season of the Philippine reality show StarStruck where he finished as an avenger.

He was a contract artist of GMA Artist Center.

He is also the nephew of Survivor Philippines Season 1 Castaway Rob Sy.

On September 3, 2006, GMA Network formally announced the return of their reality-based talent show now titled StarStruck: The Next Level (aka StarStruck 4), a new and improved edition of the popular show.

Hosted by the same hosts and headed by The Council members' Lorna Tolentino, Louie Ignacio and Douglas Quijano, the show had its pilot episode on December 4, 2006.

While celebrating the KapusOlympics Watermania 2008 in Golden Sunset Resort, the torch accidentally fell onto Jan's face and to some part of his body.

He stayed in hospital for three weeks and couldn't do anything but to rest while fighting for his life thinking that it was his end.

After three weeks of medication, Jan back to work and there were no marks that made by the accident.

That experience for him is considered as a miracle.

Jan was included in I Laugh Sabado.

that served as his biggest break as he was one of the main hosts.

According to him in an interview, he said he could be free from the shadows of his character in Startalk who is "Pacboy".

He joined the casts of Wally Bayola, Paolo Paraiso, Janna Dominguez, Gee Canlas, Alfred Marquez and Archie Alemania.

I Laugh Sabado was directed by Bibeth Orteza.

In the said show, he also said that he was able to show his other abilities as a comedian.

Aside from his stint in I Laugh Sabado, he was seen more often in some shows of GMA as an extended cast such as The Last Prince and in Panday Kids.

Jan appeared in Take Me Out, a TV dating game show hosted by Jay-R.

Being a comedian, Jan also served as guest in Bubble Gang where he admitted he wanted to be part of the country's best gag show.

In 2011, Jan was cast in the country's first epic-serye and the most expensive project GMA has done yet before Indio — Amaya starred by Marian Rivera and Sid Lucero.

In 2012, Jan was part of the early prime time show, My Daddy Dearest as Jing.

In 2013, Jan was expected to be part of a new series to be led by his StarStruck batch-mates, Aljur Abrenica and Kris Bernal.

The title of the series was Prinsesa ng Buhay Ko.

Aside from his then upcoming prime time series, in July 2013, Bubble Gang revealed that Manual is part of the show's search for a new batch of comedians.

Their search is called "Bagong Gang The Search for New Recruits".

However, Manual shared that he might eliminate himself in Bubble Gang because of the possible schedule conflict with his Prinsesa ng Buhay Ko role, although he said that nothing was definite yet as of that moment.

In the end, Jan was able to finish his soap and at the same time, winning the competition in the gag show.

In mid-2013, Jan appeared in Wagas, a romance drama anthology aired in GMA News TV with Frank Magalona and Kylie Padilla, and in Pepito Manaloto as Lawrence.

Jan also portrayed the role of Charice Pempengco's manager in Charice's life story in Magpakailanman.

In the 4th year of the reality-talent search, the age bracket for star wannabes was adjusted from 15 to 18 in previous batches to 16–21, a milestone in StarStruck History.

Unlike the previous batches which launched 14, this batch were trimmed down to twenty, dubbed as the "Top 20".

Also, four winners were picked in this season — Ultimate Sweetheart, Ultimate Hunk, and Ultimate Loveteam.

Just like in previous seasons, voting is via the internet and mobile phones and this constitutes 50% of the total scores of the survivors.

Jan made it through to the Top 14 but was eliminated.

At the Final Judgment, he received an award for Dats Entertaining Award along with Dex Quindoza for Male with the Most Dramatic Exit, Stef Prescott for Female With the Most Dramatic Exit, and Jesi Corcuera for the Best Taktak Award.

He is presently making his own mark and signature in the Philippine show business through his role as Pacboy, the comic imitation of Manny Pacquiao in his segment in Startalk.

He is joined with his fellow StarStruck alumni Chariz Solomon with StarStruck V's graduates Nina Kodaka and Princess Snell.

Jan also voiced the character Chad from Bleach anime.

Jan had some offerings which were sexy roles but he refused because he thought that he was too sexy to be in it, "sexy of fats".

Manual is known for being a mainstay in gag show Bubble Gang until 2018.