Actor and director · Philippines
Dingdong Dantes
Dingdong Dantes is a Filipino actor and producer known for Marimar (2007) and for hosting StarStruck, who also serves as a Lieutenant Commander in the Philippine Navy Reserve.
Biography
Dingdong Dantes was born Jose Sixto Gonzalez Dantes III on August 2, 1980, in Quezon City, Philippines, the eldest of five children of a Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary commander. He began as a child model and commercial actor and made his television debut on GMA Network's youth show T.G.I.S. at age 17, credited under the screen name Raphael Dantes. He later completed a business administration degree at West Negros University.
His profile rose through the 2000s with roles in Sana ay Ikaw na Nga (2001) and Marimar (2007) opposite Marian Rivera, and he became a longtime host of the talent competition StarStruck from 2003 and the Philippine edition of Family Feud from 2009. In 2011 he founded the production company AgostoDos Pictures, which made Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles (2012) and its sequel Kubot (2014).
Dantes married Marian Rivera on December 30, 2014; the couple have two children, Maria Letizia, born in 2015, and Jose Sixto IV, born in 2019. He has served in the Philippine Navy's Naval Reserve Command since 2006, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Commander in 2020, and founded the YesPinoy Foundation in 2009 to support the children of fallen soldiers. He was appointed Commissioner-at-Large of the National Youth Commission by President Benigno Aquino III in 2014, resigning from the post in 2016.
Profile data
- Stage name
- Dingdong Dantes
- Nationality
- Filipino
- Gender
- Male
- Date of birth
- 2 August 1980
- Age
- 46
- Birthplace
- Quezon City, Philippines
- Last updated
- 18 September 2026
Dingdong Dantes shows and movies
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