Adam Rodriguez

Birthday: 2 April 1975, New York City, New York, USA

Height: 6' (1.83 m)

 

Biography

Adam was born and raised in New York. His mother was an airline ticket agent and his father was an executive with the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Both his parents are of Puerto Rican descent, and his father is also of Cuban descent.

His breakthrough role came as Eric Delko on the long running series "CSI: Miami" (2002). He is also a film actor and, in 2012, he is appearing in Steven Soderbergh's male stripping film Magic Mike (2012) 

Rodríguez was born in Yonkers, New York,^[1] the son of Janet, an airline ticket agent, and Ramon Rodríguez, an executive with the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.^[2] His father is of half Puerto Rican and half Cuban descent, and his mother is of Puerto Rican ancestry.^[3][4] He attended Clarkstown High School North in New City, New York along with NFL player Keith Bulluck of the New York Giants, where he graduated with the class of 1993. Rodriguez had initially hoped to be a professional baseball player, but after a high school injury, he turned his attention to acting and performed in a children's theater in New York. Prior to full-time acting, he was a stockbroker.

He has appeared in commercials, including one for Coca-Cola. His first film appearance was as an extra in The X-Files. He later appeared on Brooklyn South, Law & Order, Felicity, Roswell (alongside Brendan Fehr, with whom he would reunite in CSI: Miami) and NYPD Blue. He has appeared in a number of music videos, including Jennifer Lopez's 1999 video, "If You Had My Love", Busta Rhymes' "Respect My Conglomerate", Lionel Richie's "I Call It Love", opposite Nicole Richie, Melanie Fiona's "It Kills Me", 50 Cent's "Many Men", alongside Rory Cochrane, and Wisin & Yandel's No Dejemos Que Se Apague. He was also a participant in the pro-Obama video, "Yes We Can." He joined the main cast of CSI: Miami which premiered in 2002 and directed and wrote the episode "Hunting Ground" (Season 9 Episode 16). He left the main cast 5 episodes into Season 8 and was credited as a recurring cast member for 8 episodes. Since Season 9, he has returned to the main cast.

Rodriguez starred in the 2009 Tyler Perry movie I Can Do Bad All By Myself as Sandino, alongside Taraji P. Henson. Rodriguez also co-starred in a smaller film called Love and Debate^{[citation needed]}. He played Bobby, Hilda's love interest in season 4 of Ugly Betty. He splits his time between New York and Los Angeles, and has a third residence in Puerto Rico.

He appeared in Let The Game Begin (2010)^[5] and Magic Mike (2012).

Filmography

• The Goodwin Games (2012, four episodes)^[6]
• Magic Mike (2012)
• Necessary Roughness (2012, one episode, "Slumpbuster") as Edmund "Gonzo" Gonzalez
• Sesame Street (2011, one episode, as Detective (Alphie) Betts
• Psych (2010, one episode) as Tommy Nix
• Let the Game Begin (2010) as Rowan
• I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2010) as Sandino
• It Kills Me (music video) (2009) as Boyfriend
• Ugly Betty (2009–2010) as Bobby Talercio
• Caught in the Crossfire (2009)
• Respect My Conglomerate (2009) as Police Officer/Cameo
• Many Men (music video) (2009) as Detective
• A Kiss of Chaos (2008) as Freddie
• Bohica (2008) as Diz
• Christmas Break (2008) as Alejandro
• I Call It Love as Boyfriend
• 15 Minutes of Fame (2008) as Casting Director
• Cielito Lindo (2007) as Leonard, Directed/Produced by Alejandro Alcondez
• Take (2007) as Steven
• Unknown (2006) as County Doctor
• Splinter (2006) as Private Martinez
• Thanks to Gravity (2006) as Elias
• Category 7: The End of the World (2005) as USAF Pilot Ritter
• Kim Possible (2005) as Burn Burnam
• Six Feet Under (2004, one episode) as Kenny Simms
• CSI: Miami (2002–2012) as CSI Level 3: Eric "Delko" Delektorsky(Recurring season 8)
• King Rikki (2002) as Alejandro Rojas
• Impostor (2001) as Trooper #1
• Roswell (2001–2002) as Jesse Esteban Ramirez
• All Souls (2001) as Patrick Fortado
• Details (2000) as Chris
• Resurrection Blvd. (2001-02 four episodes) as Jorge
• Details (2000) as Chris
• Felicity (1999-2000 three episodes) as Erik Kidd
• Law & Order (1999 one episode) as Chino
• If You Had My Love (music video) (1999) Jennifer Lopez
• Brooklyn South (1997–98) as Officer Hector Villanueva
• NYPD Blue (1997 one episode) as Uniform Cop

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Project	Result
2013	MTV Movie Awards	Best Musical Moment	Magic Mike	Nominated[7]