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Kapuso Primetime King Dingdong Dantes bagged his first acting recognition this year at the 6th Guild of Educators, Mentors and Students (GEMS) Hiyas ng Sining Awards, an award-giving-body that recognizes outstanding achievements in the fields of print, stage, radio, television, and film.

The I Can See You: AlterNate lead star won the Best Performance in a Male Lead Role award for his brilliant performance in the 47th Metro Manila Film Festival movie A Hard Day.

Dingdong headlines A Hard Day with 78th Venice Film Festival's Volpi Cup best actor John Arcilla who also received an award at the recently concluded GEMS Awards.

John is the recipient of the highest honor for film, aptly called the "Natatanging Hiyas ng Sining sa Pelikula."

The Dingdong and John-starrer A Hard Day is the Philippine adaptation of the 2014 South Korean crime-action film with the same title, starring Lee Sun-Kyun of hit movie Parasite.

The movie follows Detective Edmund Villon (Dingdong) who is having a hard day, and the following events that happen to him in less than 24 hours.

His mother passed away. He and his coworkers are investigated by police inspectors over alleged embezzlement.

On his way to his mother's funeral, he drives recklessly and commits a fatal hit and run. He tries to cover-up the accident by hiding the man's corpse in his deceased mother's coffin.

After the burial, Lt. Ace “Alas” Franco (John) out of nowhere, starts giving Villon threats and warnings. He is about to expose Villon's crime if he does not get what he wants from him--the corpse of the man that Villon hit.

Meanwhile, here are other award-winning portrayal of Dingdong Dantes: