Who’s the voice behind ‘Elio’? It’s a ‘veteran’ Fil-Am teen actor

Who’s the voice behind ‘Elio’? It’s a ‘veteran’ Fil-Am teen actor

CALIFORNIA, USA — Yonas Kibreab, the Filipino-American who voices the title role in Disney/Pixar’s new animated film, Elio, looks forward to visiting the Philippines for the first time this year. In his biggest break, Yonas, the son of Irene Gonzales Asuncion, a native of  Quezon City, and Bemnet Kibreab, who hails from Eritrea, leads the voice cast of Elio, a space sci-fi comedy adventure. The Los Angeles-born actor plays a space fanatic, lonel…