Addy was born in
Ajmer, Rajasthan in India to Suchek Gaur and Anita Gaur. His father worked with the Government of India in the forest services for 40 years, retiring in 2019. His mother is a homemaker. He also has an older sister, Soumya Gaur, who runs a travel company based in
Jaipur, Rajasthan known as Yaan Tours (yaantours.com) that specializes in organizing private tailor-made tours across India. He instantly fell in love with the country and upon finishing graduation back in India, decided to return to the Philippines to begin a career in showbiz. He soon started as a commercial model and was eventually discovered by
ABS-CBN and appeared in a reality singing competition,
I Love OPM. He later transferred to the rival network GMA and bagged one of the leading roles in the TV series,
Meant to Be, a romantic –comedy drama where he played the role of Jai Patel, an Indian suitor to Billie Bendiola (portrayed by
Barbie Forteza) in the show. Following the success of
Meant to Be, Addy was nominated for the
31st PMPC Star Awards for Television as the ‘Best New Male TV Personality’. He also made it to the list of ‘Top 10 Hottest Male Celebrities’ by
Cosmopolitan Magazine and landed the cover page for
Garage, MEGA Man and Yes magazine. He also went on to receive an endorsement for
Bench, a popular clothing brand in the Philippines and formed an ‘Addycted Fansclub’, wherein his fans call themselves Addycted. After his lead role in
Meant to Be, Addy was seen in many of
GMA Network's television series including
Sirkus,
Kapag Nahati ang Puso,
The One That Got Away, ''
Super Ma'am, One of the Baes and Descendants of the Sun. He also appeared in a variety of shows like Eat Bulaga!, Wowowin, Maynila, Daig Kayo ng Lola Ko, Unang Hirit, Sunday PinaSaya, Dear Uge, Celebrity Bluff and Taste Buddies''. After being an exclusive artist of GMA Network for 2 years, Addy was spotted in many other projects like the movie
The Panti Sisters (
Black Sheep Productions),
M.M.K. (
ABS CBN), Hush (
iWantTFC) as a freelance artist. He was also seen as the celebrity of the month for
Playboy Philippines. Addy proudly calls himself an
ally of the
LGBTQ+ community and is one of the only straight male actor who is very vocal about his views on straight people standing up for their
LGBTQ+ friends. He has worked in collaboration with the Village Pipol magazine, San Miguel Light and has also participated in the Metro Manila Pride march for the same cause. He says he loves Filipinos and would like to stay in the Philippines for the rest of his life. ==Filmography==