I bet you’ve seen the latest commercial for Lewis & Pearl cologne and some of you are probably wondering about the identity of the guy whose character has a secret crush on the female lead. The guy’s name is Enrique Gil, an 18-year old Filipino-Spanish commercial model/actor and a member of ABS-CBN’s roster of talents. He is no longer a newbie to the showbiz scene as he was launched two years ago as a part of Star Magic Batch 16.

Prior to getting into showbiz, Enrique was an Information Technology freshman at San Beda College – Alabang. He had to put his studies on hold to concentrate on his acting career. He has since been given acting breaks by his home network, specifically as Krista Ranillo’s brother in the early afternoon teleserye “Pieta” and a guest role in the romantic comedy “George and Cecil”. According to reports, Enrique is set to join the cast of “Kokey @ Ako” as a street kid named “Jet”. “Kokey @ Ako”, which has Vhong Navarro and Toni Gonzaga as its lead actors, is set to be aired this year at a still undetermined airing date.

While waiting for his stint at the environmental-awareness-inspired teleserye “Kokey @ Ako”, you may catch Enrique as he guest stars in tonight’s episode of TV5′s newly-revamped comedy-suspense show “Midnight DJ” entitled “Bata, Langit, Impyerno”. The third picture above features (from left to right) Jon Avila, AJ Dee and Enrique in a scene from the said episode. “Midnight DJ” airs every Friday at 8:00pm on TV5.

Although he has the makings of a matinee idol, based on his acting experience, I think Enrique has to wait a little while longer to reach the stature of the likes of Jake Cuenca, Gerald Anderson and other ABS-CBN primetime male stars. However, he will definitely get there, I’m sure of it. But for now, he has to settle for supporting roles.

Photo credit: Dave Fabros (studio pics)