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| Born | Baron Frederick von Geisler June 5, 1982 Clark Air Base, Angeles City, Philippines |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1994-present |
Baron Frederick von Geisler[1] (born 5 June 1982 in Clark Air Base, Angeles City, Philippines) is a Filipino actor, the son of a Filipina mother and a German American father who was stationed at the former U.S. military base in Angeles City. He won the Best Actor award in the 4th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival on July 20, 2008 and the 2005 PMPC Best Single Performance of an Actor in "Maalaala Mo Kaya" (Will You Ever Remember?). He is the brother of Donald Geisler, a retired Olympic taekwondo-jin.
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Geisler entered show business as a child actor in 1994 through the phenomenal variety kiddie/teen gag show Ang TV. A year later, he became officially a part of ABS-CBN's roster of rising homegrown talents as a member of the elite Star Circle Batch 5. He was considered as one of the network's most promising young stars alongside John Lloyd Cruz and Marc Solis in the boy trio "Koolits", where he was once paired up with Kristine Hermosa.
Geisler is one of the most controversial young actors in his generation. While his performance as an actor is stellar and his career becoming stiff, he has confessed to being addicted to alcohol and has been involved in numerous brawls. One of the said brawls is a bar scuffle, in fact, left him with two visible scars on his left cheek. His own mother eventually signed him up in a detox facility (for 10 days) thus helping him earn the nickname as the "Wild Child" of Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition 2 and recently as the newest "Bad Boy" not image in Philippine Showbiz.
He is currently facing a lawsuit against fellow former Pinoy Big Brother housemate Yayo Aguila's daughter Patricia accusing him of an alleged sexual harassment in which Geisler has denied engaging. The case is on-going as Geisler still appeared in his several TV series projects such as Eva Fonda, Tayong Dalawa (The Two of Us), The Wedding and others to name a few. Geisler also faced an on-going lawsuit filed by actress Yasmien Kurdi for another alleged sexual harassment case.
Geisler has considered changing network from ABS-CBN to GMA Network after being offered to be a part of SRO Cinemaserye of GMA.[2] Yet, he remained a free lance actor appearing to both networks.
Geisler's also known to have had a past relationship with actress and former Tabing Ilog co-star Jodi Sta. Maria.
In early 2011, Geisler faced a harassment complaint from actress Cherry Pie Picache who accused him for groping her breast on the set of Noah in which Geisler has denied engaging and claimed it was an accidental touch.[3] It was reported that Geisler was under the influence of alcohol on that taping day. This is Geisler's fourth acts of lasciviousness / unjust vexation accusation, the other three are with Patricia Martinez, Yasmien Kurdi and Julia Clarete respectively.
It was confirmed by Geisler's manager, Arnold Vegafria, that Geisler made a public apology statement to Picache just right after the incident and voluntarily entered rehabilitation in a 90-day treatment session.[4] The Professional Artist Management, Inc. (PAMI) stated that Geisler will be on an indefinite artist ban which prohibits artists and talents whose managers are PAMI-members from working with Geisler unless he could complete his 90-day treatment session and be fully rehabilitated.[5] Geisler's alcohol rehabilitation started on January 30, 2011 and has just successfully ended recently.
After finishing rehab, Geisler and Yasmien Kurdi reconciled resulting in Kurdi withdrawing the case filed against him. Geisler recently played Erning "Toothpick" Reyes (a role originally played by the late actor Paquito Diaz) in the 2011 Metro Manila Film Festival entry of Viva Films, Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story top-billed by Laguna Governor Jeorge "E.R." Estregan.
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