Bartolome Alberto Mott (born October 1, 1987), known professionally as Tom Rodriguez, is a

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model, actor, host and singer.

Biography

Rodriguez is from

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. He was born in Subic Naval Base in Zambales to an American serviceman father and a Filipina mother. One of six siblings, he moved with his two brothers and three sisters with their mother to Pinabacdao, Samar (where their mother hails from). But they grew up in nearby Catbalogan City, also in Samar, where Rodriguez studied at St. Mary's College of Catbalogan (formerly Sacred Heart College) from kindergarten to elementary. They later migrated to the United States when he was 12 years old with his parents. He lived in

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and attended Cibola High School in Yuma. Then the family moved to San Francisco where he took up Digital Animation, but found it hard to find a job there. Rodriguez speaks English,

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and Waray-Waray.

Career and acting

After his eviction from '' Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up'', he signed under

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and took the stage name Tom Rodriguez. He made his television debut in ''

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''. In 2010, Rodriguez had a small role in an episode of ''

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'' with

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. He and his fellow Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up housemates were cast in ''

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''s summer episode

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. He later played the love interest of

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in ''

: Love Me Again''. He also joined all male-singing group VoizBoys replacing Ronnie Liang, who was pulled out from the group because he has an existing contract to do an album as a solo artist. He made his film debut in '' Here Comes The Bride'' and later appeared in the film '' Petrang Kabayo''. Later in 2011, Rodriguez was cast in the

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film of '' Temptation Island'' in 1980 where he gained his fame, success and the key to him having a great career ahead of him. The movie was debuted in July 2011 and made it to the box office hitting 60 million. The movie were showered with numerous high ratings and excellent receptions from certain critics. Rodriguez's character pairing with GMA artist Marian Rivera played as one of the sexy and glamorous roles in the movie that had explicitly. He played the new version of Umberto that made him being one of the new twist in story from the old film as a server on an exclusive luxurious yacht shot in the beautiful scenic Manila Bay. Marian Rivera's character (Christina G.) played as the seductive girlfriend tempting Umberto later in the movie. He recently played Simon Escalante in TV5's teen series '' My Driver Sweet Lover''. Rodriguez appeared in the

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's hit drama series '' Angelito: Batang Ama'' as a regular. In the year 2012, he appeared in the movie '' The Reunion'' and in the hit daytime soap ''

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''. He plays Jeff Macavinta as the father of ''

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s character, Cristina Rose's son, Pocholo. In 2013, Rodriguez left ''

'', and appeared in ''

My Husband's Lover ''My Husband's Lover'' is a 2013 Philippine television drama romance series broadcast by GMA Network. The series is the first gay themed drama series in Philippine television. Directed by Dominic Zapata, it stars Dennis Trillo in the title role, ...

''. In 2014, he portrayed the role of Lucas Matthew Andrada in the television drama series '' My Destiny'', opposite

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, whom he first worked with in ''My Husband's Lover''. That year, Rodriguez hostee the local franchise of the German game show '' Don't Lose the Money''. In 2015, Tom Rodriguez portrayed Sergio in the second Philippine adaptation of the hit

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Mexicanovela '' MariMar'' opposite

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Theater

In 2012, Rodriguez played the titular character of Meralco Theater's ''Aladdin''.

Filmography

Television

Film

Discography

Studio albums

''VoizBoys'' ''TomDen''

Accolades

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Tom 1987 births Living people Filipino people of American descent Pinoy Big Brother contestants People from Catbalogan People from Zambales Filipino male models Male models from Arizona 21st-century Filipino male singers American male actors of Filipino descent Singers from Arizona ABS-CBN personalities Star Magic GMA Network personalities GMA Music artists Filipino male musical theatre actors Filipino television variety show hosts