Career
Padilla's movies with Sharon Cuneta in Maging Sino Ka Man, and Vina Morales in Ang Utol Kong Hoodlum series were blockbuster hits. He figured accidents while filming Tulak ng Bibíg, Kabig ng Dibdíb when he was trapped inside a speeding car that flew into the air, flipped and landed on its roof. Padilla's worst accident was when a blasting scene for Utol Kong Hoodlum burned him literally, which left scars around his tummy and arms.
Padilla crossed over movie film to television through the ABS-CBN comedy show Pwedeng-Pwede. He starred in the daily action-drama series, Basta't Kasama Kita. In 2005, he did two movies: the horror thriller Kulimlim and the comedy "La Visa Loca". He received Best Actor honors in the 2006 Urian Awards.
Padilla had transferred to GMA Network, after his contract with ABS-CBN, where he starred in the TV series Asian Treasures. He has also signed a two film contract under GMA Network's film outfit GMA Films; first was Till I Met You, the second one was the horror-suspense Sundo.
In 2009, Padilla did Sundo of Viva Films, before, he was opted out of his exclusive contract that allows him do movies for other film outfits including Star Cinema Productions, FLT Films, Millennium Cinema and GMA Films. On the same year he also did the title role of "Totoy Bato", which was an adaptation from a novel by Carlo J. Caparas.
In 2010, Padilla returns to ABS-CBN, his projects with the network includes the sitcom TodaMax which was launched in November 2011, this was Padilla's second over-all sitcom his last one with Puwedeng Puwede with his former co-star the late comedian Redford White.
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