He won his first award in 1977 Metro Manila Film Festival as Best Child Performer from the movie Ang Lalake, Ang Alamat at ang Baril with actor Fernando Poe Jr. He has received three more trophies for the movies Tatak ng Tondo (1978), Ang Lihim ng Guadalupe (1979), Hoy Tukso Layuan Mo Ako (1980), with awards in 1978 as MMFF-Best Child Performer and two awards from FAMAS as Best Child Actor, respectively.
