Ronwaldo Reyes is a pseudonym under which popular Filipino actor Fernando Poe, Jr. directed nine films. It has been suggested that he adopted this name because he wished to emulate former U.S. actor and President Ronald Reagan. Perhaps he did, as he ran for President of the Philippines in 2004 (under his real name), but lost in a close race to the incumbent, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.