Dingdong Dantes

Dingdong Dantes
Born	José Sixto Gonzales Dantes III
Other names	Dingdong, Dong, Ding

José Sixto Gonzales Dantes III, popularly known as Dingdong Dantes was born August 2, 1980 in Quezon City. He is a model, host, director, television and film actor from the Philippines.

He is one of the highest paid and most popular actors in the Philippines and has topbilled Television Drama and Movies. His Popularity rivals those of Dennis Trillo, Richard Gutierrez, Piolo Pascual, Sam Milby, Alfred Vargas, Mark Herras, Jericho Rosales, Diether Ocampo, Carlos Agassi, John Lloyd Cruz, Derek Ramsey, Marvin Agustin, Luis Manzano and many other Philippine showbiz bachelors.

Biography

Dingdong first attended college at San Beda College and took up Marketing Management. He transferred to the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) as an Interdisciplinary Studies and Communication Arts major.

Career

He first became popular as a child star appearing in several commercials. He was part of the male dance group Abztract together with his buddy and fellow actor, Dino Guevarra, and his cousin and actor, Arthur Solinap, their group became regulars in Eat Bulaga and That's Entertainment making him treat legendary starmaker, German Moreno like his own father. As an actor, he debuted on GMA Network's youth-oriented show T.G.I.S. (Thank God It's Sabado), afterwards embarking on a promising career in show business.

Dantes began as a print and commercial model and appeared in a famous dairy product commercial when he was nine years old. He was then part of an all-male dance group called Abztract Dancers. By the time he was seventeen, Dantes made his first television appearance when he was introduced as one of the lead cast in the second season of GMA Network’s highly popular youth-oriented flick T.G.I.S. (Thank God It’s Sabado). His role as the dashing boy-next-door Iñaki was massively well received and contributed much to his growing popularity. Almost immediately, Dantes was already a growing sensation. His pairing with Antoinette Taus, whom he was romantically involved with, spun films like Honey My Love So Sweet and I'm Sorry My Love and other television outings including Anna Karenina. It wasn’t long before Taus left to pursue a film and recording career abroad, by that time, their relationship had ended and Dantes ventured as a solo artist.

In 2002, Dantes was paired with actress Tanya Garcia as they top-bill in GMA-7’s primetime soap opera series entitled Sana Ay Ikaw Na Nga. Their pairing was received satisfactorily and the show raked ratings. Dantes and Garcia also headlined in another primetime romance-drama billing in 2003 entitle Twin Hearts. Dantes then took on several hosting stints and has emceed for Binibining Pilipinas Pageant in numerous occasions. His flair and spontaneity in the field eventually led him to be selected as host for GMA Network’s reality artist search, StarStruck in 2003 and has since hosted in the seasons that followed.

Aside from his television stints, Dantes also appeared in several chartbuster films including Magkapatid and Pangarap Ko Ang Ibigin Ka and has starred with big wigs like Sharon Cuneta, Christopher de Leon, Regine Velasquez and Judy Ann Santos.

Dantes hosts the suspense-thriller program Wag Kukurap, for which he also occasionally serves as director. He is well-known for his role as King Ybrahim in the Encantadia fantasy-themed television saga, where he co-stars with his on-screen and off-screen romantic interest, singer-actress Karylle. The couple also co-star in the 2006 film Moments of Love.

In 2007 He is filming now a new GMA Teleserye of Marimar set to end March 2008, Dingdong was also voted by Cosmopolitan readers' as the no. 1 bachelor for 2007 where he defeated many of Philippine showbiz's eligible bachelors, he took part in the Cosmo bachelor show for the same year. During the show he received the highest applauds from the crowd. in 2008 he was tagged by his home studio to portray the love interest of Dyesebel, also in March of that same year he will debut as Bench's newest image model alongside one of his screen idols, Richard Gomez.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role
2008	Dyesebel	Fredo
2007	Marimar	Sergio Santibañez
2007	Magic Kamison: Little Big Rufo	Rudy
2006	StarStruck: The Next Level	Himself (Host)
2006	Atlantika	Aquano
2006	Encantadia: Pag-ibig Hanggang Wakas	Haring Ybrahim
2005	Etheria: Ang Ikalimang Kaharian ng Encantadia	Haring Ybrahim/Alexus
2004	StarStruck 3: The Nationwide Invasion	Himself-Host
2005	Encantadia	Ybarro/Ybrahim
2004	Wag Kukurap	Himself-Host/Director
2004	StarStruck Wave 2	Himself-Host
2004	Love To Love Season 4: Sweet Exchange	David Saldaña
2004	Kakabakaba Adventures	Himself-Director
2003	StarStruck	Host
2003	Huling Yakap sa Tag-Araw	Rodel
2003	Twin Hearts	Adrian
2001	Sana ay Ikaw Na Nga	Carlos Miguel
2001	Cover Story	Host
2001	Keep on Dancing	Himself-Host/Performer
2000	SOP	Himself-Host/Performer
2000	H2K: Hati-hating kapatid	Homer
1996	Anna Karenina	Brix
1995	T.G.I.S.	Iñaki

Movies

Year	Title	Role
2008	Through the Years	TBD
2007	Resiklo	Angelo
2006	Eternity	Crisanto
2006	Moments of Love	Marco
2006	Mulawin The Movie	Ybrahim
2005	Bahay ni Lola 2	Rupert
2004	Spirit of the Glass	Noel
2004	Annie B.	Fernando
2003	Malikmata	Alvin
2003	Pangarap ko ang Ibigin ka	Kevin
2002	Magkapatid	Mike
2002	Akala mo	Eric
1999	Kiss Mo 'Ko	Aaron Vincent Nakpil
1999	Honey, My Love, So Sweet	Gerry
1998	I'm Sorry, My Love	Butch
1994	Shake Rattle & Roll V	Elmer
1993	Edgardo Gang: Santa Rosa Daang	Ben Santa Rosa
1993	Makati Avenue Office Girls	Marco
1992	Takbo Talon Tili	German

Awards

Year	Film Award/Critics	Award/Nomination
2008	4th USTV Students' Choice Awards	Most Popular Actor in a Drama/Miniseries
2007	21st PMPC Star Awards for Television	Best Talent Show Program Host for "StarStruck: The Next Level, shared the award with co-hosts Jolina Magdangal and Raymond Gutierrez"
2007	21st PMPC Star Awards for Television	Male Star of the Night
2007	23rd PMPC Star Awards for Movies	Male Face of the Night
2005	ENPRESS Golden Screen Awards	Male Star of the Night
2004	18th PMPC Star Awards for Television	Best Talent Search Program Host Nomination for StarStruck
2000	2nd Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Awards (now Box Office Awards)	Prince of RP Movies

External links

• Dingdong Dantes at IMDb
• Dingdong's Profile on GMA 7 Official Website
• gmanews.tv/video, Showbiz Central Exclusive: Dingdong Dantes has gay benefactor? - 01/29/2008 (in Filipino)