Richard Gutierrez - Biography

Biography

Gutiérrez is the son of actor Eduardo P. Gutiérrez and Annabelle Rama, a talent manager. Anabelle Rama is a Filipina born in the Visayan islands of Cebu. He has a twin brother, Raymond, and four other full siblings: sister Ruffa Gutiérrez, brother Rocky Gutiérrez, brother Elvis Gutiérrez, and brother Ritchie Paul Gutiérrez. In addition he has two half-brothers from his father's previous relationships, Tontón Gutiérrez, and Ramón Christopher, both of whom are also actors.

Gutiérrez began acting as a child with his twin brother. He has worked in many movies with his father and his brothers. He appeared on the GMA-7 show Click and primetime series Habang Kapiling Ka with Angelika dela Cruz. He starred in the TV fantasy series Mulawin which aired from August 2, 2004 until March 18, 2005, where he played the lead character Aguiluz. The series led to a feature-length film of the same name (Mulawin: The Movie). Since then he has played lead roles in other GMA-7 shows including Sugo, Kamandag, Codename: Asero, Zorro, Lupin, Full House, and Captain Barbell.

In 2012 Gutiérrez headlined GMA Network's upcoming Heavy Drama & Action Series entitled Makapiling Kang Muli. He is the host of the 2012 documentary show, Pinoy Adventure.

In 2009 Gutiérrez was charged with reckless imprudence, arising from the death of his production assistant, Norman Pardo, who died in a car accident in May 2009. Gutiérrez and Pardo were driving to Manila from Silang, Cavite. Gutiérrez was injured, and Pardo, seated in the passenger seat, died on the spot.

In August 2012 the Court of Appeals reinstated the charge of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide. The appellate court granted the petition filed by Pardo's widow seeking the nullification of the two resolutions that had been issued by former justice secretaries Agnes Devanadera and Alberto Agra, respectively. The appellate court stated, “To the mind of this court, if indeed private respondent was not driving fast, it would have been easy for him to stop his car and thwart any untoward incident.”