He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Christ University in Bangalore, and did his internship as a front officer and staff at Le Méridien, Kochi.

[6] While in search of a younger actor they ended up in Gokul who happened to be producer Sandra Thomas' Facebook friend and then approached him with the script.

[13] Writing for The Times of India, Deepa Soman commended: "Though brief, Gokul Suresh enacts his role decently enough and the makers have tried to ooze as much energy as possible into the song sequences".

[19] In early 2019, he played a cameo role as Saghavu Franci alongside Pranav Mohanlal in Arun Gopy's Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu.

[20][21] His performance earned him positive reviews from critics; Litty Simon of Malayala Manorama said, "Gokul Suresh as Saghavu Franci makes a cameo appearance but definitely leaves an impression".

Gokul next appeared alongside Niranj Maniyanpilla Raju and Varsha Bollamma in Anil Rraj's family-thriller Soothrakkaran (2019).

[27] In February 2019, he reportedly signed his next movie, an untitled Tamil-Malayalam bilingual film directed by M. Padmakumar which also has actors Vidharth and Samuthirakani playing important roles.

[28][29] On 9 March 2019, The Times of India reported that Gokul will be playing as Kochu Chackochi in the sequel to the 1997 film Lelam which starred his father Suresh Gopi in the lead.