john apacible's showbiz career took off in 1996 when he was launched as a leading man in joey gosiengfiao's film "nights of serafina". among his showbiz contemporaries also launched in the movie were georgia ortega (in her first title role) and angelika dela cruz. his hunk image enabled him to land successive leading man roles in various sexy films. eventually he moved on to playing character roles in both tv and film.