Julián Elías Gil Beltrán (born 13 June 1970) is an Argentine-Puerto Rican actor, model, businessman and TV host.

Personal life

Although Julián Gil was born in Argentina, he lived some time in Venezuela as well. He grew up in Puerto Rico and he considers himself Puerto Rican. He has two sisters, Lorena and Patricia. He was married to Brenda Torres. He has a daughter, Nicolle, and a son Jules. In 2016, he had a romantic relationship with Marjorie De Sousa with whom he had a son named Matías Gregorio Gil de Sousa, the relationship between De Sousa and Gil ended in 2017 in unfavorable terms.

Career

At the age of 20, he began his career in television with his own shows ''Apartamento 52'', where he was the principal conductor of both television shows. Over the years he has worked for television networks such as

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and

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. From 2001 to 2006 he participated in several films such as ''Marina'', ''Más allá del límite'', '' Fuego en el alma'', ''El milagro de Coromoto'' and ''La caja de problemas'', films produced for television. In 2006, he participated in the Venezuelan telenovela ''Por todo lo alto'', where he interpreted the character "Halcón", which helped to internationalize. The following year he joined the cast of the telenovela produced by

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and

entitled ''

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'', where he played Pancholón. From 2007 until 2011, Gil was part of the jury ''Nuestra Belleza Latina'', where he shared credits with

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. In 2008 he participated in '' Valeria'', at the same time he obtained his first antagonist role on television in the telenovela ''

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'' where he played Esteban Rondero. Then he participated in the television series ''Gabriel'', along with

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. In 2008 he obtained his first starring role in the telenovela ''Los Barriga''. He starred beside the

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Claudia Bérninzon. In 2009 he participated in the telenovela '' Sortilegio''. In the same year he became the protagonist of the Spain series ''

Valientes ''Valientes'' (in Spanish, "''The braves''") is a telenovela from Argentina, aired by Canal 13 at the prime time and produced by Pol-Ka. Main actors are Luciano Castro, Julieta Díaz and Arnaldo André, and it is one of the most successful TV prog ...

''. That year he won the Califa de Oro Award for Best Actor. In May 2015, Gil officially replaced

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as host of ''

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''.

Filmography

Films

Television

Theater

* 2000: ''Nueve semanas y media'' * 2000: ''Sexo, pudor y lagrimas'' * 2001: ''En pelotas'': Papito * 2002: ''Los gallos salvajes'': Luciano Miranda Junior * 2002: ''El cotorrito by the sea'': Bugambilia * 2004: ''La princesa en el lago de los cisnes'' * 2005: ''Luminaria'': Franz * 2003: ''Tarzan – Salvemos la selva'': Tarzan * 2005: ''El crimen del Padre Amaro'': Padre Amaro Viera * 2007: ''Descarados'' * 2008: ''¿Por qué los hombre aman a las cabronas?'': Jorge * 2013: ''Aquel tiempo de campeones'': Phil Romano * 2015: ''Divorciemonos mi amor'': Benigna "Benny"

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Official site

Biography of Julián Gil
(en esmas.com)
Miller Lite: Rivales at YouTube
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gil, Julian 1970 births Living people Argentine emigrants to Puerto Rico Male actors from Buenos Aires Puerto Rican male film actors Puerto Rican male models Puerto Rican male telenovela actors Puerto Rican male stage actors Puerto Rican male television actors 21st-century Puerto Rican male actors