Crispin "Pen" Parungao Medina Sr. (born August 27, 1950, in Arayat, Pampanga[1]) is an actor from the Philippines who started acting in theater plays in his youth.
[1] He portrayed various characters in the Cultural Center of the Philippines plays,[22] which include Andres Bonifacio (1980) as Emilio Jacinto, Kanser (Cancer) in 1981 as Kapitan Tiago, and appeared again in 1993 as Elias, Gregorio Aglipay (1982) as Fr.
Brillantes, Makinig Kayong Mabuti (Listen Carefully, 1986) as Gen. Henry Baltazar, and Ginuntuang Bayan (Shūsaku Endō's Golden Country, 1990) as Fr.
[1][12] He also acted in the Metropolitan Theater appearing in plays such as Gironiere (1985) as Alila, and El Filibusterismo (Subversion, 1991, an adaptation of Jose Rizal's second novel) as Simoun.
[27][17] He subsequently appeared in other Filipino films in the 1980s such as Karnal (Of the Flesh, 1983), Sister Stella L. (1984), Scorpio Nights (1985), Virgin Forest (1985), and Unfaithful Wife (1986).
[30] The film tells a story about a cruel captain named Fredo (Cesar Montano's character) who employs children for his illegal fishing business.
[27] After a year, he became one of the cast of the Joel Lamangan film Deathrow playing a booty bandit inmate named Gabino.
[12] He is also part of the cast of the television series Villa Quintana,[35] Tabing Ilog,[1] and Sa Puso Ko Iingatan Ka.
[36] His other television acting credits include Joaquin Bordado, E-Boy, Be Careful With My Heart, and Aso ni San Roque.
[40] Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, he also joined anti-vaccination and anti-mask protests[41][42] saying that the COVID-19 virus "can go through any mask"[43] and challenged critics, particularly television personality Kiko Rustia, to a debate.