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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1967-05-18

Place of Birth

Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

Richard Yap

Biography

Richard Edison Uy Yap (born May 18, 1967) is a Filipino actor and recording artist. He is best known for portraying Richard "Sir Chief" Lim in Be Careful with My Heart and "Papa Chen" in My Binondo Girl.

Known for

Be Careful With My Heart

Be Careful With My Heart

Be Careful With My Heart is a 2012 Philippine daytime television drama which premiered on ABS-CBN on July 9, 2012 airing before It's Showtime. It is also broadcast worldwide on The Filipino Channel. It is topbilled by Jodi Sta. Maria and Richard Yap. It is one of the most successful teleserye of ABS-CBN. It is the first television drama in the Philippines made by ABS-CBN to be filmed and broadcast in high definition.

Abot-Kamay Na Pangarap

Abot-Kamay Na Pangarap

Analyn is a genius who was born poor and raised by her illiterate and sickly mother. She graduates from high school at the age of 12 and dreams of becoming a doctor in order to help the less privileged. She graduates from med school at 19 years old and becomes the youngest surgical resident in a large hospital. Despite her achievements, she has to deal with bullying and competition from her fellow doctors, who are threatened by her age and intelligence. She soon finds herself in an emotional crisis which forces her to leave her profession indefinitely. She returns to the hospital when she learns that she is the only doctor skilled enough to save her father from a rare brain disease.

The Heiress

The Heiress

The story of Romina, a secretary turned wife of business tycoon, Robert, who married her despite the fact that she was raped and is carrying the child of the assailant. Unknown to Romina, it was Daniela, Robert’s daughter, who had orchestrated her abduction, right before seducing Romina’s fiance, Carlos. With Romina's and Daniela's lives intertwined, their daughters, Cassandra and Margaret, are made to fight as to who among them is the rightful heiress to the Mondragon empire.

Almost Paradise

Almost Paradise

A former DEA agent forced into early retirement runs a gift shop in in the Philippines. Despite his best efforts to begin a tranquil new life, he’s pulled back into a world of dangerous people and deadly situations, either through his friends in the local police department or running into people from his old life. And the problem is: he likes it.

Unbreak My Heart

Unbreak My Heart

Romance blossoms between a young man and a woman who is searching for her estranged daughter in Europe. After their relationship failed, a twist of fate brings him and her daughter together.

My Binondo Girl

My Binondo Girl

A girl pretends to be a boy in order to be accepted by her father.

Two Hearts

Two Hearts

A story about two lookalikes, Ramona, Mona for short and Lisa. Lisa is a rich, strict and hardworking woman while Mona survives as a bet collector in cockfights. While Lisa is stylish and couth, Mona is tomboyish and rustic with a kind and loving heart for both her parents and friends. The two cross paths when Lisa's father, Juancho arranges a marriage for her with a rich business man, Martin Co, but Lisa is against it and goes into hiding under one of her workers, Leo Tabayoyong

Stolen Life

Stolen Life

When a criminal performs astral projection to switch physical body with her cousin, a life will be stolen and forced to be prisoned. The cousin will plan to regain her family and life.

I Can See You

I Can See You

'I Can See You' is a one-of-a-kind anthology that features compelling and thrilling stories every week on GMA Telebabad

I Left My Heart in Sorsogon

I Left My Heart in Sorsogon

Ang Happy Homes ni Diane Hilario

Ang Happy Homes ni Diane Hilario

A story of ordinary, happy people living in a tenement is suddenly shaken by a string of conspicuous deaths. Unfortunate and unrelated deaths continue, and they think a killer is living among them.

The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin

The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin

A soldier who once saved the entire country is assigned to guard a genius child whose intellect is needed to foil the plans of an evil villain.

The Achy Breaky Hearts

The Achy Breaky Hearts

Chinggay, a jewelry shop manager, is one of the single women in their 30’s who feels the pressure to find love. She goes out on dates with men but none of them seem to make the cut. You may blame her high standards but the pain from her previous relationship could also be affecting her judgment on men. Now, her love life is suffering a drought for seven years. Everything changes when suddenly, two men are interested to be with her. Ryan bought an engagement ring from Chinggay only to be rejected by his girlfriend. Chinggay helps Ryan to get back with his girlfriend but they end up losing the ring and becoming good friends. On the other hand, Chinggay’s ex-boyfriend Frank is persistent to redeem himself and to prove that he deserves a second chance with Chinggay. Chinggay finds herself torn between two kinds of love.

The Bit Player

The Bit Player

A single mother working as a film extra dreams of landing bigger roles while struggling with the harsh realities of the entertainment industry.

Fatherland

Fatherland

A young man from the U.S. returns to the Philippines to search for his long-lost father, only to uncover a past filled with secrets, identity struggles, and danger—leading to a heartbreaking reunion in the midst of violence.