Derek Arthur Ramsay Jr.[fn 1] (born December 7, 1976)[1] is a British-Filipino model, actor, and TV host. He is currently an exclusive talent of GMA Network along with GMA Pictures since 2019.[4][5] With pandemic hit in 2021, Ramsay filed an indefinite leave which network approves it.[6] Ramsay is currently inactive in showbiz to attend to his personal and married life.[7][8]
Early in the 2000s, Ramsay found work as an MTV VJ, a model, as well as TV commercial actor.[10]
Television and film
Ramsay first came into wider public attention in Eat Bulaga! as a co-host of the segment Pool Watch from 2001 to 2004 on GMA Network.[12]
In April 2012, he signed a three-year contract and transferred to TV5.[13]
His first show on TV5 was The Amazing Race Philippines. After his contract expired in February 2015, he signed another three-year contract with TV5 on 28 April 2015.[14]
After months of speculations about network transfer, Ramsay returned to GMA Network and signed an five-year exclusive contract with the network on 3 April 2019. He started in the network as a co-host of Eat Bulaga! from 2001 to 2004.[15] His first comeback Kapuso project was The Better Woman that garnered high ratings aired in 2019.
In 2020, he was supposed to topbill a project Kapuso project entitled Sanggang Dikit however because of the pandemic the production was halted. In 2022, he received an offer to do with To Love and To Hold but he declined the role due to lock-in taping.
Showbiz hiatus
In December 2021, Ramsey and GMA Network have agreed that the actor will take an "indefinite leave" and "freeze the contract" from showbiz to attend to "personal matters and family".
He also plays golf, a sport which he took up after his involvement in the 2014 film Trophy Wife. Along with John Estrada, Ramsay won the 2017 Jack Nicklaus International Invitational, a recreational golf tournament in Dublin, Ohio.[19]
He represented the Philippines again as part of the Boracay Dragons in the 2017 World Championships of Beach Ultimate.[21][22]
Personal life
Ramsay married fellow actor Ellen Adarna on November 11, 2021.[23] Ramsay revealed on December 11, 2023, that Adarna had a miscarriage.[24] He and Adarna are coparenting Cruz' son.[25] Adarna gave birth to a child with Ramsay in October 2024.[3]
^Lo, Ricky. "Derek to the Point". The Philippine Star. Retrieved April 14, 2022. A Dragon (Dec. 7, 1976), Derek will "breathe fire" in this Year of the Sheep and will prove that, as the cliché goes, you can't put a good man down.
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