Started as a mere alalay (helper) of actor John Estrada in 1998. He and John
were once neighbors in Parañaque when the later was still married to
Janice De Belen. They were in the same village basketball team.
He credits John Estrada and ABS-CBN's star builder Johnny Manahan for giving him
the break. So even when he left the network and transferred to the
rival GMA 7, Bearwin never say negative comments against his former
home network.
Trained under renowned parapsychologist and newspaper columnist Jaime T. Licauco.
Also a practicing magician. However, he dislikes to be called magician. He prefers to be called as "an entertainer in the art of magic." He said most Filipinos think magician as those who perform in children parties.