Guillermo Ernesto Eleazar Cuerva, or simply known as Gil Cuerva, (born on August 21, 1995), is a

Spanish Filipino Spanish Filipino or Hispanic Filipino ( Spanish: Español Filipino, Hispano Filipino, Tagalog: Kastílang Pilipino, Cebuano: Katsílà) are people of Spanish and Filipino heritage. The term may also include Filipino mestizos of Spanish ances ...

actor and international model. Cuerva debuted as an actor on the tele-drama remake of the hit South Korean romantic-comedy-scifi series, ''

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'', as one of the leading characters with

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's Ultimate Star

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that briefly aired on

Career

Cuerva is a Filipino model of Spanish descent from his father's side. He was started from Vaseline Dandruff Care Commercial which the late

German Moreno German Molina Moreno (; October 4, 1933 – January 8, 2016), also known as Kuya Germs ( or ) and dubbed as "The Master Showman", was a Filipino television host, presenter, actor, comedian, talent manager, producer, writer, and director. Early ...

was in cameo. After modelling in Hong Kong for a couple of months, he went back to the

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and auditioned for the Philippine adaptation of the Korean science-fiction ''

'' which also stars

Christian Bautista Christian Joseph Morata Bautista (born October 19, 1981) is a Filipino singer, host, and model. He was a finalist of '' Star in a Million'', a Philippine reality show aired on ABS-CBN channel, winning 4th place in the competition in 2003. Af ...

and

Jackie Rice Jacqueline Sobreo Rice (born April 27, 1990) is a Filipino former actress, model, and singer. Until 2022, she was a contract artist of GMA Artist Center. Rice appeared as the cover girl for ''Maxim'' magazine in July 2009 and '' FHM'' twice in ...

Filmography

Television

Drama and comedy

Reality, variety and talk shows

Accolades

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cuerva, Gil 1995 births Living people Filipino expatriates in Hong Kong Filipino male models Filipino people of Spanish descent GMA Network (company) people Tagalog people Male actors from Manila Models from Manila