Medina studied Marketing and Corporate Communications at San Beda College until he dropped out to focus on his acting career.
[2] Medina started acting in student films for fine arts majors at the University of the Philippines, Diliman.
The following month, he worked on several different indie films including Mariposa: Sa Hawla Ng Gabi and Pascalina.
Medina's next big role was in Palitan, in which he played the main character Nestor, a desperate, underdog employee who is deeply in debt to his boss.
[6] After this win, ABS-CBN picked Medina for the role of Diego in the hit prime time drama series Ina, Kapatid, Anak, his first television appearance.
[2][7] Medina's breakthrough performance in ABS-CBN's Ina, Kapatid, Anak generally received positive reviews from critics.