Dennis Trillo named ‘highly commended’ at 19th Asian TV Awards

MANILA, Philippines - He did not win the top prize, but Dennis Trillo still made the country proud with his acting.

The GMA-7 actor was “highly commended” for his performance in the 2013 soap opera “My Husband’s Lover” at the 19th Asian TV Awards held at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on Thursday.

Dennis was nominated in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category of the award-giving body.

 

Dennis being interviewed on the red carpet at the 19th Asian Television Awards in Singapore. It is such a big honor for him to be a presenter and nominee in such a prestigious event.

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Dec 12, 2014 at 4:14am PST

The top prize went to Pierre Png of Singapore for the program “Zero Calling.”

The "highly comennded" citation is equivalent to a runner-up or second place win at the Asian TV Awards.

READ: GMA-7's 'My Husband's Lover' gets International Emmy nod

This isn‘t the first recognition “My Husband’s Lover” received internationally.

In October, the show, a soap opera about wife who discovers her husband has a gay lover, was nominated in the telenovela category of the 2014 International Emmy award (it lost to Brazil’s “Precious Pearl”).

Dennis, who won a best actor award locally for the said role, is part of the 2014 Metro Manila Film Festival entry “Shake, Rattle and Roll XV."