2. Echo has won five best actor awards throughout the years, for his performance in television shows and movies.
The awards are as follows: Best Single Performance by an Actor for “Maalala Mo Kaya: Pasa” at 14th PMPC Star Awards for TV in 2000; Best Performance for “Tanging Yaman” in 11th Young Critics Circle Awards in 2000; Best Drama Actor in “Dahil Sa Pag-Ibig” at 26th PMPC Star Awards for TV; Best Actor for “Alagwa” at 37th Gawad Urian Awards in 2013; and Best Actor award he got was for the film “Walang Forever”, an entry in the 41st Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF).
3. Aside from being an actor, Echo is also a singer-composer with 3 solo albums to his credit.
He has 2 other albums with two different bands.
Though he recorded his album titled Korona in 2012, Echo is still very much into music, performing or collaborating with other artists.
He recently had a series of concerts with Maja Salvador and also performed at her first major solo concert at The Mall of Asia Arena in November 2015.