Julián Gil

Julián Elías Gil Beltrán (born 13 June 1970) is an Argentine actor, model, businessman and TV host based in Puerto Rico.^[1]

Julián Gil
Gil in 2015
Born	(1970-06-13) 13 June 1970 (age 54) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupations	Actor model businessman TV host
Years active	1993–present
Children	3

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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 RCTV, Telemundo, Univisión and Televisa. 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.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, he participated in the Venezuelan telenovela Por todo lo alto, where he interpreted the character "Halcón", which helped to internationalize.^[4] The following year, he joined the cast of the telenovela produced by Venevisión and Univisión entitled Acorralada, where he played Pancholón.^[5]

From 2007 until 2011, Gil was part of the jury Nuestra Belleza Latina, where he shared credits with Osmel Sousa.^[6] In 2008 he participated in Valeria, at the same time he obtained his first antagonist role on television in the telenovela Amor comprado where he played Esteban Rondero.^[7] Then he participated in the television series Gabriel, along with Chayanne.

In 2008 he obtained his first starring role in the telenovela Los Barriga. He starred beside the actress Claudia Bérninzon.^[8]

In 2009, he participated in the telenovela Sortilegio. In the same year, he became the protagonist of the Spain series Valientes. That year he won the Califa de Oro Award for Best Actor.^[9][10]

In May 2015, Gil officially replaced Fernando Fiore as host of Republica Deportiva.^[11]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Marina [12]	John
2002	Más allá del límite[13]	Boxer
2004	La caja de problemas[14]	Gardener
2005	Fuego en el alma[15]	Millo
2006	El milagro de Coromoto[16]	Jaime
2008	Historias Delirantes[17]
2010	Entre piernas[18]	Paco
2014	Lotoman 003[19]	El Boricua
2014	Misterio's: Llamas de sueños[20]	Leonardo Aguilar
2016	Loki 7[21]	Rodrigo
2017	Santiago Apóstol[22]	Santiago Apóstol
2022	Valentino, Be Your Own Hero Or Villain	Fernando

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Julián por la noche[23]	Himself	Presenter and director
2002	Mi conciencia y yo[24]	Alfonso
2004	Apartamento 52[25]	Himself	Presenter and director
2004	La caja de problemas[26]	Gardener	Television film
2006	Decisiones[citation needed]	Efrain	Episode: "La rubia, la triguena & la morena"
2006–2007	Por todo lo alto[27]	Halcón
2007–2008	Acorralada[28]	Pancho "Pancholón"
2007	Isla Paraiso[29]	Armando
2007	Mi adorada Malena[30]	Mateo
2008; 2010–2013	Nuestra Belleza Latina[31]	Himself	Guest Judge Celebrity Guest (Season 9 – Season 10)
2008	100 x 35[32]	Himself	Presenter and director
2008	Valeria[33]	Daniel Ferrari
2008	Amor Comprado[34]	Esteban Rondero
2008	Los Barriga[35]	Francesco Cézanne
2008	Gabriel[36]	Dr. Bernardo Padrón	"Perdóname padre porque he pecado" (Season 1, Episode 1) "Libranos de nuestros enemigos" (Season 1, Episode 2) "El último amanecer" (Season 1, Episode 10)
2009	Sortilegio[37]	Ulises
2009	Valientes[38]	Leo Soto
2010–2011	Eva Luna[39]	Leonardo "Leo" Arisméndi	Main cast
2011–2012	La que no podía amar[40]	Bruno Rey	Main cast
2012	¿Quién eres tú?[41]	Felipe Esquivel	Lead role
2013	Los secretos de Lucía[42]	Robert Neville	Main cast
2014–2015	Hasta el fin del mundo[43]	Patricio Iturbide	Main cast
2015—present	República Deportiva[44]	Himself	Presenter
2016	Sueño de amor[45]	Ernesto de la Colina	Main cast
2018–2019	Por amar sin ley[46]	Carlos Ibarra	Main cast
2020	Médicos, línea de vida	Carlos Ibarra	Cameo
2021	¿Qué le pasa a mi familia?[47]	Carlos Iturbide Urquidi	Main cast
2022	La herencia	Próspero Millán Rico	Recurring role
2022–2023	Siéntese quien pueda	Himself	Presenter
2023	El maleficio	Gerardo	Main cast
2024	La isla: desafío extremo[48]	Himself	Contestant

Theater

• 2000: Nueve semanas y media^[49]
• 2000: Sexo, pudor y lagrimas^[50]
• 2001: En pelotas:^[51] Papito
• 2002: Los gallos salvajes:^[52] Luciano Miranda Junior
• 2002: El cotorrito by the sea:^[53] Bugambilia
• 2004: La princesa en el lago de los cisnes^[54]
• 2005: Luminaria:^[55] Franz
• 2003: Tarzan – Salvemos la selva:^[56] Tarzan
• 2005: El crimen del Padre Amaro:^[57] Padre Amaro Viera
• 2007: Descarados^[58]
• 2008: ¿Por qué los hombre aman a las cabronas?:^[59] Jorge
• 2013: Aquel tiempo de campeones:^[60] Phil Romano
• 2015: Divorciemonos mi amor:^[61] Benigna "Benny"

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Telenovela	Result
2010	Premios People en Español	Best Male Revelation	Sortilegio	Won[62]
2011	Premios Juventud	What a Hottie!	Eva Luna	Nominated
	Premios People En Español	Best Male Antagonist		Won[63]
2012			La que no podía amar	Nominated[64]
2014			Hasta El Fin Del Mundo	Nominated
2017	35th TVyNovelas Awards		Sueno De Amor	Nominated
2019	37th TVyNovelas Awards		Por amar sin ley	Nominated

Latino Wall Street Award, 2024 “Liderazgo Excepcional”