Award-winning actor Christopher Reyes, better known as Kristoffer King, has passed away at 36 years old last Saturday, February 23 after being rushed to the intensive care unit at Adventist Medical Center Manila in Pasay City on the same day.
The news was initially confirmed by the actor’s guardian Sunny King, posting on social media, “It is with deep sadness that I share with you, our actor and friend, Kristoffer King has passed away at 8:45 p.m. today. May he rest in peace.” Although there is no confirmation for Kristoffer’s cause of death, his family has shared that he was a diabetic and suffered from heartburn, infection, pneumonia, and sciatica, losing his heartbeat within five minutes after arriving in the hospital.
Kristoffer was born on May 22, 1982 and is known for his works in Director Brillante Mendoza’s films, like “Masahista” (The Masseur), which was released in 2005 and “Foster Child” and “Tirador” co-starring Coco Martin. Director Brillante, who was named 2009 Cannes Film Festival Best Director, paid tribute to Kristoffer hailing him as his “best actor.” In 2008, Kristoffer even got to compete in the prestigious film festival in France in a film with Coco entitled “Serbis.” In 2016, King was featured in the ABS-CBN series “Ang Probinsyano,” two years later appearing on GMA’s shows “Inday Will Always Love You” and “The Stepdaughters.”
Film critic Joel David also shared a word about Kristoffer’s death, saying, “Mourning the loss of the best male film performer in the country, who never got his due. One of my long-term plans was to survey his output chronologically & provide an evaluation with his assistance as primary source, so that will now have to be done without his help. Hail & farewell Mr K.”