enrique gil

Enrique Mari Bacay Gil was born on March 30, 1992^[1] in Cebu City. He is the second son of Ricky and Bambi Gil. He has an older brother Enrique Javier and a younger sister Diandra Frances. He is a Cebuano with Spanish roots.^[2][3]
Gil started acting in the summer of 2008. He was 16 years old then, and boredom led him to enroll in commercial modeling workshops as well as musical theater workshops conducted by Trumpets.^[4] He later appeared in a series of TV commercials.
The same year, Star Magic held auditions for a new batch of talents. Johnny Manahan texted Audie Gemora, "If you have talents, bring them here!"^[4] Gil was one of the STAGES talents sent to audition. He got picked and was one of the 20 hopefuls launched as a member of Star Magic Batch 16.^[3]
He landed his first television role in the action-drama series Pieta where he played Harold.^[2] Before Pieta, he has made a cameo appearance in I Love Betty La Fea as one of the Ecomodels.
A year after, he was cast in the sitcom George and Cecil as Carlo Barredo.^[2] He also was cast in the indie film Pitas.^[5]
In 2010, he co-starred in the indie war film Diego and His Brothers.^[5][6] In April, He joined ASAP XV as one of Star Magic's "Gigger Boys".^[7] In May, he co-starred in the teleserye Rosalka where he played the role of Andrew. He was originally set to appear in Kokey @ Ako,^[8] but his character was written off in favor of Jason Francisco. He played the character of Joco in the film Till My Heartaches End.^[9] He got his first hosting stint in the ABS-CBN teen variety show, Shoutout!.^[10]
In 2011, Gil had a cameo appearance in Mara Clara. He also got demoted from host to a regular performer in Shoutout!,^[11] which was revamped and renamed to Shoutout!: Level Up. The show was eventually cancelled due to poor ratings. He played Jim in the 10th episode of Your Song Presents: Kim. His biggest break so far is being cast to play Michael Miranda—originally played by Diether Ocampo—in the 2011 remake of Mula Sa Puso.^[12] He currently plays Troy Cabrera in Good Vibes.^[11] Gil admitted, during the Good Vibes press conference, that he was set to appear in the ABS-CBN's remake of María la del Barrio but had to let go of his role due to conflicting schedules.^[11] He replaced Albie Casiño in the upcoming Star Cinema film Way Back Home—the film debut of Kathryn Bernardo and Julia Montes.^[13][14]