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Gulf was born on 4 December 1997 in Bangkok, Thailand.^[2][3] He is the youngest child of the family and has one older sister. He completed his primary education at Buranasuksa School and secondary education at Suankularb Wittayalai School.^[4] In November 2020, he graduated from King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi with a bachelor's degree in industrial education and technology.^[5][6]

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In 2015, at the age of 17, Gulf's debut as a television actor, he starred as Young Tee, a guest role in one of Channel 3's lakorn, Mafia Luerd Mungkorn: Singha. He took hiatus from acting to concentrate on his education.

Gulf took on small modelling opportunities and featured for few Thailand based local clothing brands.^[7] He had his first runway walk on tenth anniversary celebration of a Thai brand, Wonder Anatomie.^[8]

In January 2019, Gulf was announced to cast as "Type", one of the main protagonist of One 31 and Line TV's TharnType.^[9][10][11] The series gained popularity in national and international market.^[12] As per Dek-D official, the series has overall 3.8M views.^[13]

In February 2020, the sequel TharnType 2: 7 Years of Love was announced.^[14] Gulf reprised his role in the series. In November 2020, it got premiered via One 31 and Line TV.^[15] He received multiple awards for his role including "Rising Star" and "Best Young Actor" awards.^[16][17][18]

In August 2020, Gulf joined a project named Boyfriends led by record label GMM Grammy. On 20 October 2020, he release his first single named "Missing Baby" along with his colleague, Wanarat Ratsameerat.^[19]

In 2021 Gulf made various appearances in music videos of Thai singers including VYRA and Polycat. He also appeared in Kingkhom, a short film which promoted Garena Free Fire Thailand along with Kom Chuanchuen, a famous Thai comedian who died due to COVID-19 prior to the release.^[20]

In March 2021 he was officially announced and got signed as an actor/artist by Channel 3.^[21]

In 2022 Gulf starred as "Gut" in You are my Markup Artist, dramatization of a novel written by ‘Natepaktra’ of same name, alongside Janie Tienphosuwan.^[22][23] It was well received by the audience.

In the same year he made his movie debut when he starred as "Kham" in Bua Pun Fun Yub, a light hearted romantic comedy, alongside Anne Thongprasom, which garnered appreciation and entered the ฿ 100M club in Thailand.^[24][25]

In 2024, he starred in the long-awaited lakorn Duangjai Dhevaprom as the lead actor for its first series, Laorchan, and made guest appearances in its 4 subsequent series. The lakorn was well received by the Thai audience and his character 'Khun Phu' gained him wide popularity.

In 2025 Gulf made history as the first Thai actor to play the lead role in a Japanese drama as he starred alongside Japanese actress Miori Takimoto in the TV Tokyo series Tokyo Holiday.

In 2025 he also filmed his second movie Onethong alongside Mark Prin and Ink Waruntorn. It will premiere on June 3rd, 2026.

In December 2025 Gulf’s new lakorn called Tawan Luang (Beneath The Lies) was announced. He will play the role of Pakhorn, one of the leads, alongside Ch3 actors Yaya Urassaya and Kao Noppakao. The lakorn will start filming in early 2026 and is expected to air on the same year.

Gulf is a renowned celebrity in the fields of fashion and entertainment.^[26][27][28] In 2020, he received his first solo cover photo shoot for L'Officiel Thailand^[29] and since then has appeared on numerous magazine covers.

Throughout his career, Gulf has been part of campaigns for various luxury brands. Since February 2023, he has frequently attended Milan Fashion week in Italy.^[30] Currently he is Brand Ambassador for Gucci and Onitsuka Tiger and Face of Sulwhasoo Thailand, amongst others. ^[31][32]

In November 2023, he was invited to the MTV Video Music Awards Japan to present an award and perform.^[33]

As of September 2025, he has over 5M followers on Instagram.^{[citation needed]}

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2022	Buaphan Fan Yap	Kham	Main	[34]
2026	OneThong	Khun Chang	Main

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Network	Ref.
2015	Mafia Luerd Mungkorn: Singha	Tee	Guest	Channel 3	[35]
2019	TharnType:	Type	Main	One 31
	TharnType Special: Lhong's Story
2020	Why R U?		Guest	One 31	[36]
	TharnType Special: Our Final Love		Main	One 31
	TharnType 2: 7 Years of Love
2022	You Are My Makeup Artist	Gat Rattakorn		Channel 3	[37]
2024	Duangjai Dhevaprom: Laorchan	M.L. Phuthanet Juthathep / Khun Phu			[38]
2025	Tokyo Holiday	Arthit		TV Tokyo
2026	Beneath The Lies	Pakhorn		Channel 3

Year	Title	Category	Network	Ref.
2019	คุยแซ่บShow	Talk Show	One 31	[39]
	Khun Pra Chuay	Variety Show	Workpoint	[40]
2020	เปรี้ยวปาก	Variety Show	Channel 3	[41]
	ห้องballroom	Sports News	TNA MCOT	[42]
	ตัวแม่มาแล้ว	Talk Show	Thairat TV	[43]
	เอกกี้ซอย31	Talk Show	One 31	[44]
	เที่ยวหาเรื่อง	Variety Show	MCOT HD	[45]
	My Boyfriend Calls Me Baby	Talk Show	Viu
	คู่มันส์ Funday	Variety Show	True Visions
	Entertainment Now	TV Program	Mono29	[46]
	WOODY SHOW	Talk Show	Channel 7
	NineEntertain	TV Program	MCOT
	4 ต่อ 4 Family Game	Game Show	One 31	[47]
2021	โหนกระแส	Talk Show	Channel 3	[48]
	3 แซบ	Talk Show	Channel 3	[49]
	KINGKHOM โคตรพยัคฆ์หยุดแผนล้างโลก	Variety Show	by Garena Free Fire Thailand
	Gulf: The Backstage	Documentary	Channel 3

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2023	Gulf Phenomenon	F. Hero, Bright Vachirawit Chivaaree & Gulf	[50]

Year	Song	Artist	Ref.
2017	"เรื่องจริงทำไม่ได้"	POOM KickKick
2020	"ต้องไป"	IRONBOY
2021	"Self Love"	POLYCAT
	"ต๊ะต่อนยอน...Hurry Up!"	VYRA (feat. Sunnee)
	"ทุกวันได้ไหม"	NUM KALA Feat. Thongchai McIntyre
2022	"Temperamental (เจ้าอารมณ์)"	Stamp Apiwat Ft. Paowalee	[51]
2023	"จีบแบบไม่จีบ"	LADIIPRANG
2024	"All To Myself"	Nene

Year	Title	Notes	Ref
2020	"แฟนผมหาย (Missing Baby)"	with Wanarat Ratsameerat
2021	"Self Love"	The Body Shop Thailand
	"ชีวิตดี..เพราะมีเธอ"	Candy Thailand
	"Can You Be My World"	Biodiversity Chm Thailand
	"ตกลงเธอ...เลือกใคร​"	Free Fire 4 FEST
	"Why You So Serious"	feat. F.HERO Producers: Nino & Botcash
2022	"Happy Love Day"	3Plus The Moment
2023	"All I Ever Wanted"	Ballistik Boyz from Exile Tribe
	"The Great Celebration"	with VIIS
2024	“Congratulations (ยินดีกับเธอ)”	First official single
2024	“ แค่เรา (Thủy Triều)”	with Quang Hùng MasterD
2024	“WITH YOU”	feat. Lazyloxy
2025	“It’s Go Time!”	with Miori Takimoto