Enrique Gil

In 2010-2011, Gil dated actor Coleen Garcia, his co-star of ‘Good Vibes.’ Presently, he is in a romantic relationship with Liza Soberano.

Gil is a member of PETA and actively participated in the 2013’s ‘Free Mali’ campaign, which was organized to help transfer the captive elephant ‘Mali’ from Manila Zoo to ‘Boon Lott’s Elephant Sanctuary’ in Thailand.

Gil was born on March 30, 1992, in Cebu City, Philippines, to Enrique Amadeo Gil III and Barbara Anne Bacay. He is of mix descent as his father was Spanish and mother is of Filipino, German, and Spanish lineage. His father died of cancer in 2008. He is second of the three children. He has an older brother, Enrique Javier (Javy), and a younger sister, Diandra Frances (Andie). His parents worked for the ‘Philippine Airlines’ as flight attendants.

He completed his primary schooling at the ‘Montessori De Manila’ in the BF Executive Village in Las Piñas and attended secondary school at ‘Manresa School’ in Parañaque. Gil completed his schooling in 2008 and joined ‘San Beda College,’ Alabang, to study Information Technology. However, he dropped-out to pursue his dream of a career in acting. He is related to Filipino entertainment personalities Paul Salas and Dingdong Dantes.

Along with his busy career, Gil is presently pursuing Business Management studies under the ‘Pearson HND Programme,’ leading to Top-up degree with ‘De Montfort University,’ UK.

In the summer of 2008, Gil joined ‘Trumpets,’ an institute for commercial modeling and musical theater workshops. He initially received assignments for modeling in TV commercials. He was noticed in his ‘Lewis & Pearl’s’ ad with actor Coleen Garcia. He also appeared as one of the eco-models in the drama series, ‘I Love Betty La Fea.’ The ‘ABS-CBN’ channel offered him to attend workshops under their management. Later, he got to play the role of ‘Harold’ in the ‘ABS-CBN’s’ action-drama series, ‘Pieta’ (2008 - 2009.)

During this period, his mother persuaded Gil to audition for the sitcom, ‘George and Cecil,’ and he was immediately signed on for the series. Later, he portrayed the role of the brother of lead actor, Kristel Moreno, in an indie film, ‘Pitas’ (2010).

Next, he worked in a war film, ‘Diego and His Brothers,’ in 2010. Gil appeared as one of the ‘Star Magic’s’ dancing talents, ‘Gigger Boys,’ in the ‘ABS-CBN’s’ long running TV musical show, ASAP (All-star Sunday Afternoon Party). In May 2010, he essayed the role of ‘Andrew’ in the teleserye, ‘Rosalka.’ He starred in the film, ‘Till My Heartaches End,’ as Joco, the younger brother of actor Gerald Anderson. He got a chance to host the ‘ABS-CBN’s’ 2010 musical reality-variety show, ‘Shoutout!’

Gil received an important break in the 2011 remake of ‘Mula Sa Puso,’ where he portrayed the role of ‘Michael Miranda’ (originally played by Diether Ocampo). In the 2011 teen dance-musical drama ‘Good Vibes,’ he essayed the part of ‘Troy Cabrera.’ He worked with debutants Kathryn Bernardo and Julia Montes in the Star Cinema’s 2011 release, ‘Way Back Home.’ He appeared as ‘BJ Maniego’ in the 2011’s TV drama series ‘Budoy.’

In the 2012 teen TV drama, ‘Princess and I,’ Gil co-starred with Kathryn Bernardo in the role of ‘Dasho Jao Rinpoche.’ In the same year, he also starred in the teen romantic-comedy film, ‘The Reunion’ and a horror-drama film, ‘Amorosa,’ his first horror-film. He worked in another horror-adventure movie, ‘The Strangers,’ which was one of the official entries for the ‘38th Metro Manila Film Festival.’

On May 18, 2014, he received the ‘Most Promising Male Star of the Year’ award at the ‘45th Box Office Entertainment Awards of GMMSF.’ He also earned various awards of ‘GMMS Foundation’ during 2016-2018. In 2016, he won 3 RAWR awards for ‘Favorite Actor of the Year,’ and shared ‘Popular Love-Team’ and ‘Fan Club of the Year’ awards with Soberano. Gil has won many other awards, including ‘Yahoo! OMG! award,’ ‘Push Awards,’ and ‘Alta Media Icon Awards,’ among others.