Freddy Rodriguez is an American actor. Best known as Federico Diaz on '' Six Feet Under'' (2001-2005), Gio on '' Ugly Betty'' (2007-2010), and Benny Colon in '' Bull'' (2016-2021).

Career

In 1995, he played Pedro Aragon, Jr., in '' A Walk in the Clouds'' with

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and Giancarlo Giannini and as a Vietnam veteran in '' Dead Presidents'' with Larenz Tate and Chris Tucker. Rodriguez went on to roles such as Ninja in '' The Pest'', an obnoxious jock in '' Can't Hardly Wait'' and Carla's brother Marco on ''

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''. As a voice actor, he contributed the voice of

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on '' Teen Titans''. Rodriguez portrayed

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on the hit HBO series '' Six Feet Under'' throughout its five seasons. For this role he received two

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for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series, an

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nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and a further three SAG nominations (also in the ensemble category). In 2005, Rodriguez played a vicious inner city drug dealer named Hector in the movie '' Havoc'', and a jockey in the film '' Dreamer'', co-starring Dakota Fanning. In 2006, appeared in the film '' Poseidon'', as a waiter, as well as played Reggie, a character who only exercised one half of his body, in M. Night Shyamalan's film ''

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'', and starred alongside Eva Longoria and

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in '' Harsh Times'', his first leading role in a major theatrical release. He was seen in an episode of the hit hospital television show '' ER'', where he played a dying comic inspired by Bill Hicks. Freddy Rodriguez TIFF 2005

Rodriguez starred alongside Roselyn Sanchez in the 2003 movie '' Chasing Papi'', playing "Victor" (directed by Linda Mendoza). He played busboy José Rojas in the 2006 film '' Bobby''. He starred as El Wray in '' Planet Terror'', Robert Rodriguez's portion of the

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film, '' Grindhouse'' (2007), and played the role of

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in the true-life story ''

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'' (2008). He appeared in the music video for the

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song " Into the Night" and also made a cameo appearance as a pilot/flight attendant in the music video for the song "

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" by Fergie. He starred in the popular video game '' Saints Row'' as the voice of Angelo Lopez and in the latest Merry Mixit Gap Christmas Commercial videos. On July 13, 2007, Rodriguez was added to the cast of the

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comedy series '' Ugly Betty'', in which he played Giovanni Rossi, a sandwich shop owner who became the love interest for

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(played by America Ferrera). He made his debut on the series at the start of the second season, appeared in an episode of the third season and reprised the role again late in the fourth season. He played the character of CIA special operative Rick Martinez on the CBS series '' CHAOS''. He also starred in the NBC summer series '' The Night Shift'' as Michael Ragosa. From 2016 to 2021, Rodriguez starred as attorney and former New York City prosecutor Benny Colón in the CBS courtroom drama '' Bull''. In May 2021, multiple news outlets reported that, following the conclusion of two separate internal workplace investigations by CBS, Rodriguez and ''Bull'' showrunner Glenn Gordon Caron would not be returning for the series's sixth season.

Filmography

Television

Film

Video games

Music videos

References

External links

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