In 2011, after a special participation in Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin portraying the young Joaquin del Tierro,[REF] he landed his first major lead role in My Binondo Girl top-billed by Kim Chiu.
In 2013, his film Bakit Hindi Ka Crush Ng Crush Mo? with his onscreen and offscreen partner Kim Chiu earned Php 10.5 million in the first day of film showing alone, consequentially surpassing the P100 million mark at the box office for the year 2013 in three weeks time.