Celebrated Name: | Vic Sotto |
Real Name/Full Name: | Marvic Valentin Castelo Sotto |
Gender: | Male |
Age: | 70 years old |
Birth Date: | April 28, 1954 |
Birth Place: | Manila, Philippines |
Nationality: | Philippine |
Height: | 1.78 m |
Weight: | 70 kg |
Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
Marital Status: | Married |
Wife/Spouse (Name): | Dina Bonnevie (m.1982-1992) Pauleen Luna (m.2016) |
Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | Yes (Vico Sotto, Oyo Boy Sotto, Paulina Sotto-Llanes, Talitha Sotto &Danica Sotto) |
Dating/Girlfriend (Name): | N/A |
Is Vic Sotto Gay?: | No |
Profession: | Actor/Comedian/Television Presenter/Singer/Film Producer/TV Personality/Composer/Screenwriter/Television Producer |
Salary: | Approx $400,000/year |
Net Worth in 2024: | $16 million |
Last Updated: | December 2024 |
Marvic Sotto, better known by his stage name Vic Sotto, is a Filipino actor, musician, and comedian. He is well-known for his many television and film productions that have aired on the main Philippine television networks GMA, TV5, and ABS-CBN. M-Zet Productions is his film and television producing firm.
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Early Life & Biography
Vic Sotto, born on April 28, 1954, is the youngest son of Marcelino Antonio Ojeda Sotto Sr. and Dr. Herminia Castelo. His siblings are Tito Sotto, Val Sotto and Marcelino Antonio Sotto Jr. He went to Colegio de San Juan de Letran. He was quite fond of folk singing and playing the guitar in his early years.
Age, Height, Weight and Body Measurements
Being born on 28 April 1954, Vic Sotto is 70 years old as of today’s date 19th December 2024. His height is 1.78 m tall, and weight is 70 kg.
Personal Life: wife, girlfriend, dating, divorce, kids
Vic Sotto is the father of five children from separate relationships – Vico Sotto, Oyo Boy Sotto, and Danica Sotto with his first wife, Dina Bonnevie, Paulina Sotto-Llanes with his old-time girlfriend, Angela Luz, and Talitha Sotto with his current wife, Pauleen Luna.
He is also the grandfather of seven grandkids, two from Danica, four from Oyo, and one from Paulina. In September 2015, Sotto announced his engagement to ‘Eat Bulaga!’ co-host Pauleen Luna. On January 30, 2016, the pair married at Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa. On Eat Bulaga! on May 6, 2017, Sotto and Luna revealed that they were expecting their first child together, Talitha.
Career
He began his musical career as a folk singer and guitarist. Sotto began his career as the main vocalist of the disco-funk band VST & Company. In the early 1970s, he co-starred with his brothers Tito and Val in OK Lang’s IBC 13 comedy show.
This is where he met Joey de Leon, another comic who encouraged the brothers to join him. Tito, Vic, and Joey (TVJ) were thus established, and they cast in Iskul Bukol, TVJ (Television’s Jesters), Rock and Roll 2000, and hosted ‘Eat Bulaga!’ The series Iskul Bukol catapulted them to national prominence as comedians.
Other TV and film opportunities soon knocked on the trio’s gate. Tito, Vic, and Joey launched the noontime show ‘Eat Bulaga!’ in 1979, competing with the more renowned ‘Student Canteen’. ‘Eat Bulaga!’ quickly dethroned ‘Student Canteen’ in the ratings. The group is still featured in both Holy Week Dramas and Eat Bulaga!‘s comic variety show throughout the Lenten season.
Vic Sotto has done comedy and television series for three networks over the previous three decades: ABS-CBN, GMA Network, and TV5.
Awards & Achievements
Vic Sotto was awarded Vic Sotto was awarded the ‘PMPC Star Awards for Television for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for ‘Daddy Di Do Du’ in the years 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2001, 2003 and 2004
He received an award for the ‘PMPC Star Awards for Television for Best Male Variety Show Host for ‘Eat Bulaga!’ in the years 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2003 and 2008
Vic was honored with the ‘Empress’ for Best Male Variety Host for ‘Eat Bulaga!’ in the years 2006, 2007 and 2009
In 2007, Vic Sotto received ‘Guillermo Mendoza’s Entertainment Award’ for Comedy Box Office King.
In the year 2010-11, he was awarded with the ‘PMPC Star Awards for Television for Best Game Show Host for ‘Who Wants To Be a Millionaire.’
The ‘Reader’s Digest Award’ for Most Trusted TV Host for Entertainment and Variety was awarded to Vic Sotto for ‘Eat Bulaga!’ in 2013
Net Worth & Salary of Vic Sotto in 2024
Vic Sotto has a net worth of $16 million as of December 2024. He earns his bucks from hosting the TV show ‘Eat Bulaga!’ – Philippines’ longest-running midday television show – and other television series. His exact salary is not known to the public as yet but is around $400,000 to $500,000 per year.
Vic Sotto is a highly respectable man from the Philippines. He has had a very successful career in hosting and acting. He is still working hard at the age of 70, and his fan-following looks forward to seeing him more often on television and film screens.