[4] The same year, Perez, along with the rest of Star Magic Batch 13, made a cameo appearance in the Komiks special episode Bampy.

In December 2007, Perez appeared in Bahay Kubo: A Pinoy Mano Po!, an entry to the 33rd Metro Manila Film Festival.

[12] Earlier, Perez appeared in another TV adaptation -- Your Song Presents: Underage—where he played Gary, opposite of Lauren Young.

[13] He then went to appear in two Star Cinema films; BFF: Best Friends Forever and Ang Tanging Pamilya: A Marry Go Round.

In December 2010, Perez was cast in Sabel, where he played his first leading role in a teleserye with Jessy Mendiola and Joseph Marco.

His last TV appearance was in the "Tsinelas" episode of the drama anthology Maalaala Mo Kaya, which he finished filming before his death.

Before the accident, Perez was in talks to appear in the Philippine remake of María la del Barrio[21] and was also set to play a lead role in Way Back Home, the film debut of Kathryn Bernardo and Julia Montes.

[22][23] On April 17, 2011, Perez had just finished a show in Dagupan and was riding an ABS-CBN service van on his way home with his father Gerardo, and four others.

The driver of the van tried to overtake a trailer truck but collided with a Partas provincial passenger bus along MacArthur Highway in Barangay San Julian, Moncada, Tarlac.

[1] He was declared dead on arrival at the Rayos-Valentin Hospital in Paniqui, Tarlac[3] at 12:10 a.m.[1] Initial reports said that the cause of his death was "multiple head injuries".

His favorite blanket, a pair of rubber shoes, and a watch he gave his younger brother were reportedly placed inside the casket.