Music As a musician, Ong played in college bands before starting his career as the bassist and songwriter for the band
Narda from 2002 to 2005. He was nominated for NU 107 Rock Awards' Bassist of The Year category in 2003. After quitting Narda in 2005, he then composed musical scores for radio, TV and film—most notable of which are station ID music for ABS-CBN's cable channels,
Lifestyle Network,
Cinema One, and
MYX, and for rival cable company,
Solar Entertainment Corporation. In 2007, he wrote songs for the Gawad Kalinga musical
Tao Po which was staged in the Philippines and Indonesia. As a film composer, he has written music for the films
Still Life, Cul de sac, Huling Pasada and
Overtime. In 2008, he formed the band Us-2 Evil-0 with director Quark Henares and fashion designer
Mich Dulce. In 2010, he released his solo musical project Patience Dear Juggernaut.
Film Ong directed music videos from 2003 until 2014. He made the video for
True Faith's "Araw't Gabi". The video caught the attention of record companies and led Ong to direct and do cinematography for acts such as
Pupil,
Sandwich,
Itchyworms,
The Bloomfields,
Sponge Cola,
Hale,
Silent Sanctuary,
Cueshe,
Chicosci,
Sugarfree,
The Camerawalls,
Nikki Gil and
Kyla. His music video for Pupil's "Dulo Ng Dila" (co-directed with King Palisoc)--with its '60s-inspired production design—earned a nomination for the Music Video of the Year at the Awit Awards in 2006, which was also listed as one of the 50 Best OPM Music Videos of all time by FHM Magazine. "Chicosci Vampire Social Club"] won Favorite Rock Video at the 2006 MYX Music Awards. Ong wrote and produced an
Eraserheads documentary for the show MYXposed in 2008. In 2011, Ong produced and directed his first feature film
San Lazaro for the Cinemalaya festival. It was nominated for the NETPAC Award. In 2014, Ong wrote and co-directed (with Earl Ignacio) his first mainstream film,
Overtime, under
GMA Films. In 2015, Ong focused on more commercial projects, writing and producing web films for Magic Crackers and
Jollibee, projects that won several awards from The Philippine Quill Awards and The Anvil Awards.
Acting Ong started his stint in acting after being cast for a pilot for Petiks, an office-set comedy show under
ABS-CBN, with
Ping Medina and
Toni Gonzaga. The show was not picked up, but his performance in the pilot led to other bit parts in music videos and short films. In August 2008, he starred as the eccentric drummer Sven de Leon in the TV5 series
Rakista with
Carlo Aquino and
Denise Laurel. He co-starred with Ramon Bautista in the horror film
San Lazaro. Ong also acted in TV commercials for ANC, Belo and Minute Maid and as a mad scientist in
Sponge Cola's "Tambay" music video. In a 2013 Spot.ph article entitled "From Music Men to Leading Men: Top 10 Rockstars-Turned-Actors", Ong was described as "a low-profile charmer...and a reliable actor".
Writing Ong has written for publications such as The Philippine Star, Esquire, and 8list.ph. His horror story "Marty" was published as part of
Neil Gaiman's Expeditions Prose Vol. 1 / The Philippine Graphic / Fiction Awards anthology. In 2020, he released his first collection of fiction,
Tales For A Rainy Season. The horror anthology is known for its short story "The Ophthalmologist's Case", a pastiche of
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in which
Sherlock Holmes meets
Jose Rizal during the height of the
Jack the Ripper murders. In 2023, Ong was commissioned by the
Eraserheads to write the lyrics inserts and liner notes to their Circus Limited Edition Vinyl release.
Podcasting Ong hosts the comedy podcast Telebabad Tapes with his wife
CJ de Silva, under Podcast Network Asia. He has also hosted Worms Upon A Time: An Itchyworms Podcast, a six-part limited series that looked back on the history of the band
The Itchyworms.
Comic books and graphic novels Ong's short-form comics have appeared in three anthologies published by Komiket: “Shifts” in
Darkness, “Dahil May Komiks” in
Kometverse, and “Butiking Pasay: Joke Time” in
Tuwa (co-published by the Vibal Foundation). He also collaborated with illustrator Ardie Aquino on ''Ardie & Wincy's Journey to the Centerfold'', a comic book designed to be read inward from both ends, with the narrative converging at the centerfold. In 2025, he released the opening chapter to his graphic novel at the Philippine International Comics Festival 2025, entitled
Butiking Pasay: Rooftop: Boogie, a superhero story set in 1980s Manila. ==Personal life==