Carlos Agassi

Amir Carlos Damaso Vahidi Agassi (born December 12, 1979 in Makati City, Philippines) popularly known as Carlos Agassi and simply Amir, is a sexy muscular Filipino actor, TV host, rap artist, and model of Iranian descent. He was launched as a member of ABS-CBN's Star Circle (now Star Magic) Batch 3 in 1993.

Career

Agassi is a member of ABS CBN's circle of homegrown talents named Star Magic. He was part of a male group dubbed as The Hunks together with Piolo Pascual, Jericho Rosales, Diether Ocampo, and Bernard Palanca. During his tenure as part of The Hunks, he has been a primetime actor when he co-starred with Claudine Barretto in the hit teleserye Sa Dulo Ng Walang Hanggan which ran from 2001-2003.

Aside from acting, he had hosting stints in variety show ASAP and also hosted a hidden camera practical joke television series titled "Victim" which was patterned from America's Punk'd.

After an almost two year hiatus from acting, Agassi returned on television via ABS-CBN's Agua Bendita in 2010 where he played as one of the primary antagonists.

Controversies

Agassi has been a victim of death hoax stating that he died due to alleged anabolic steroid abuse and prior to his rumored death, had undergone dialysis for a kidney failure. The rumors had been proven false by Agassi himself. Agassi stated in an interview that his current physique is a product of physical workout since at the...
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