Robinhood Ferdinand Cariño Padilla (born November 23, 1969) better known by his stage name Robin Padilla is a Filipino film and television action star. He is the younger brother of actors BB Gandanghari, Rommel Padilla and Royette Padilla. He played gangster roles in movies including "Anak ni Baby Ama" as Anghel, "Grease Gun Gang" as Carding Sungkit and in "Bad Boy 2" as Bombo, and in television shows Asian Treasures with Angel Locsin, Joaquin Bordado, Totoy Bato, Guns and Roses with Bea Alonzo and recently "Toda Max".
He appeared in "Tulak ng Bibig, Kabig ng Dibdib". In 2009, Padilla did his last movie Sundo of Viva Films before he was opted out of his exclusive contract, and was allowed to do movies for other film outfits including Star Cinema Productions, FLT Films , Millennium Cinema and GMA Films. On the same year he also did the title role of "Totoy Bato", which was an adaptation from a novel by Carlo J. Caparas. His other films include Jeannie... Bakit Ngayon Ka Lang, Hari ng Selda: Anak ni Baby Ama 2, Tunay na Tunay: Gets Mo? Gets Ko.., Ooops... Teka Lang Diskarte Ko To, Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw, You And Me Against The World, Videoke King, Buhay Kamao and Pagdating Ng Panahon with Ben Suelto.
Padilla crossed over to television via the ABS-CBN comedy show "Pwedeng-Pwede". He starred in the daily action-drama series, "Basta't Kasama Kita". In 2005 he did two movies: the horror thriller "Kulimlim" and the comedy "La Visa Loca". He received Best Actor honors in the 2006 Urian Awards.
Padilla was a contract artist of GMA Network and starred in the TV series Asian Treasures. He has also signed a two film contract under GMA Network's film outfit GMA Films; first was Till I Met You, the second one was the horror-suspense Sundo.
Padilla, an anti-malaria advocate since 2004 appealed for media support for his cause against the disease in the press briefing of Department of Health's Movement Against Malaria. As MAM spokesperson, he engaged television networks in the campaign for the use of mosquito nets.
Padilla flew to Turkey to attend a conference concerning the Liwanag ng Kapayapaan Foundation, a free preschool he built for Muslim children in Quezon City, which opened in 2007. On September 15, 2007 he donated 2.5 million Philippine pesos to the Muay Association of the Philippines.
In 2010, due to Willie Revillame's abrupt transfer to TV-5 Padilla temporarily hosted the noontime show "Pilipinas Win na Win".
Padilla returns to sitcom via TodaMax was launched last November 2011 aired over ABS-CBN 2, this was Binoe's 2nd over-all sitcom his last one with Puwedeng Puwede with his former co-star the late comedian Redford White.
Padilla was born to Carlos Roy Padilla and Eva Carino. He has 7 siblings - 3 brothers and 4 sisters.
While serving a 21 year prison term on illegal weapons possession, he converted to Islam and married Liezl Sicangco in a Muslim ceremony at the New Bilibid Prison social hall. He was pardoned and released in 1998 by Fidel Ramos.
He has four children with Liezl, a son named Ali and three daughters Queenie, Kylie who are actresses and Zhen-Zhen. He also has a son named Mico to actress Jobelle Salvador and a daughter named Camille Orosa, a model and aspiring actress, with former model Leah Orosa. He owns a house at Pines Ville Street, Greenview Executive Village, Barangay Sauyo, Novaliches, Quezon City, where thieves stole his cellular phone and handgun loaded with 6 bullets, on May 3, 2008.
In 2009, Padilla announced that he has been divorced from Sicangco and that she has a new husband in Australia.
On August 19, 2010, Padilla and Mariel Rodriguez were married in Taj Mahal in India. Padilla and Rodriguez had met during his stint as a host of Wowowee.
