Dennis Trillo

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Abelardo Dennis Florencio Ho (born May 12, 1981), known professionally as Dennis Trillo (Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈtɾiljo]), is a Filipino actor, model and singer. He is also known as the Asia's Drama King for his acclaimed performances and wide range of roles in GMA Network drama series. Trillo has won 30 awards and 30 acting nominations, including Best Actor awards from FAMAS Awards, LUNA Awards, Gawad Urian Award, PMPC Star Award for Films, Golden Screen Awards, and Metro Manila Film Festival. Trillo became the First Filipino to win the Asian Star Prize at Seoul Drama International Awards chosen by the juries and Best Actor Winner at Asian Academy Creative Awards, winning Best Actor at National Category and Asia Category, beating 11 nominees across Southeast Asian countries and becoming the 13th Filipino actor to win all major acting Awards in the Philippines, joining veteran actors alongside Vilma Santos, Nora Aunor, Philip Salvador, Christopher De Leon, Lorna Tolentino, Sharon Cuneta, John Lloyd Cruz, Nida Blanca, Aga Muhlach, Richard Gomez, Elizabeth Oropesa, and Judy Ann Santos.
Trillo is known for his role as Eric del Mundo in the first ever gay-themed series on Philippine TV, My Husband's Lover, Juan Crisóstomo Ibarra y Magsalin "Simoun" in Netflix's Maria Clara at Ibarra, and Colonel Yuta Saitoh in Pulang Araw aired on GMA Network and on Netflix . He played a cross-dressing spy in the 2004 war film Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita. In May 2016, he appeared in another primetime television series, Juan Happy Love Story, opposite his Dwarfina co-star Heart Evangelista.