At five-year-old in 2003, he joined in the "Eat... Bulaga!" contest,
"That's My Boy." He lost but got the Best in Costume award. However,
Eat Bulaga producer later hired him as the child talent, the first
since the time of Ice Seguerra in late 80s.
While auditioning for GMA's "StarStruck Kids", he was spotted by a
talent caster. He convinced his mother to take him to VTR sessions in
various advertising agencies. He waited for about five months before he
was given his first commercial.
Become popular via the detergent bar commercial in which he played the
boy named Tolits who uttered "Ako na lang palagi" (It is always be me)
in school. It was in that commercial that he become more recognized as
his character Tolits than his real name.
Mother is Anna-Liza.
Youngest of five siblings.
Wants to be a scientist.
Studied at Muzon Elementary School. He says Math is his favorite
subject.
He enjoys playing basketball and volleyball and also likes target
shooting especially when his elder brother takes him mountain
climbing.
Urged his mother to audition him for GMA-7's "StarStruck Kids", the
kiddie version of the phenomenal reality-based TV talent search
StarStruck (2003), but he was eliminated early in the contest.