Alejandro "Alex" Salvador Pagulayan (born June 25, 1978) is a Filipino Canadian professional pool (pocket billiards) and snooker player.
His nicknames are "the Lion" and "the Killer Pixie".
This latter nickname was given by the great Cliff Thorburn, former World and Canadian Snooker champion.
Alex has a third, more recent nickname of "Mungo" (a favorite Filipino dish) given to him by Rick McCallum, former Wayne State University Pocket Billiard instructor and friend from the Hall of Fame Billiard room in Warren, Michigan.
Alex was born in Cabagan, Isabela, Philippines and was raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
In 2004, Pagulayan returned to the Philippines, and is a dual citizen of Canada and the Philippines.He is known for his relaxed demeanor during competition, and is a crowd favorite, well liked because of his humorous interaction with the audience.
His impressions of other pool players are especially entertaining.