[citation needed] At age seven, Torre was a member of the Bacolod-based Masskara theater group ran by director Peque Gallaga, where his passion for acting started.
He then played a small role in Lino Brocka's Gumising ka, Maruja which was shot in Bacolod in 1978.
A few years later, Gallaga tasked Torre to play a role for his 1982 film Oro, Plata, Mata.
[7][8] Torre's middle name, Rizalino, comes from the fact that he was born exactly 100 years after the Filipino national hero José Rizal.
[11] In 2024, Philippines AirAsia partnered with Torre's JT’s Manukan Grille to offer Bacolod chicken inasal in-flight.