Ryan Agoncillo | |
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Born |
Kristoffer Lou Gonzalez Agoncillo April 10, 1979 Santa Mesa, Manila, Philippines |
Occupation | Host, singer, model, actor, photographer |
Years active | 1998–present |
Spouse(s) | Judy Ann Santos (m. 2009) |
Children | 3 |
Kristoffer Lou "Ryan" Gonzalez Agoncillo (born April 10, 1979), popularly known as Ryan Agoncillo, is a Filipino film and television actor, model, singer, photographer, and TV host.
Agoncillo was born on April 10, 1979. Growing up in an upper-middle-class family, he attended private schools from elementary to college. He finished elementary and high school at San Beda College Alabang.
He graduated from De La Salle University-Manila with a Bachelor of Arts degree in organizational communication.
Agoncillo started modeling at the age of fifteen, beginning as one of the early Penshoppe's Club Pen models. He has appeared in various television commercials for a variety of products such as Greenwich Pizza (together with Donita Rose), Sprite, Smart Telecommunication, Emperador Brandy and Swish mouthwash.
Agoncillo became one of the original hosts of Mornings @ GMA, an early morning variety program of GMA Network. He also hosted Campus Video, a short-lived program shown every Saturday mornings at GMA Network.
He moved to ABS-CBN, and became a co-host in Talk TV, a late morning talk show co-hosted by broadcasters Julius Babao and Christine Bersola-Babao, and actress Janette McBride. Agoncillo was briefly paired with co-host Janet McBride. Rumors spread that the two were exclusively dating for a period of time.
He also hosted Breakfast, an early morning variety program; Star in a Million, with Edu Manzano and Zsa Zsa Padilla, and Y Speak, a youth-oriented talk show and debate forum. Both shows are still aired in Studio 23, an ABS-CBN subsidiary. He won his first KBP Golden Dove Awards for his Best Talk Show host in 2005 for Studio 23's Y Speak.