After portraying characters of various Asian ethnicities except his own, he portrayed a Filipino-American alongside his three brothers and sister in the independent film “The Debut”. He and his brothers starred in the sitcom “Naked Brown Men”. He played a gay teenager in the 1999 film “But I’m A Cheerleader”. He starred as breakdancer Ramos in the 2006 film “Take the Lead” alongside Antonio Banderas. In many films he hip-hop dances. He also danced in a Verizon Wireless commercial, as well as rapping and breaking in a Sprite commercial.