Piolo Pascual (born January 12, 1977 as Piolo Jose Nonato Pascual) is a Filipino actor, singer, producer, television host, and entrepreneur. Pascual began his career in 1993, receiving a bit part in the film The Vizconde Massacre Story (God Help Us!), and first appeared on television in the youth talent and variety show That's Entertainment. He rose to fame after being chosen as Judy Ann Santos's partner in the classic 1997 soap opera Esperanza. They then starred in several other television series and films, including Sa Puso Ko, Iingatan Ka (2001–2003), Sa Piling Mo (2006), Bakit 'Di Totoohanin (2001), Till There Was You (2003), and Don't Give Up on Us (2006). In 2002, Pascual starred in the historical film Dekada '70 alongside Vilma Santos and Christopher de Leon, for which he received the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2003 PMPC Star Awards for Movies, the FAMAS Awards, and the Gawad Urian Awards. He received another FAMAS Award for Best Actor for the 2023 horror film Mallari.

In 2018, Pascual, together with film and television director Joyce Bernal and Erickson Raymundo, founded the independent film company Spring Films. Spring Films produced Eugene Domingo's Kimmy Dora film series and the 2017 sleeper hit Kita Kita, the highest-grossing Filipino independent film.