Freddy Rodriguez
Rodriguez in 2021
Born (1975-01-17) January 17, 1975[1]
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
EducationLincoln Park High School
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present
Spouse
Maria Elsie Rivera
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(m. 1995)​
Children2

Freddy Rodriguez (born January 17, 1975) is an American actor, known for his roles as Federico Diaz on Six Feet Under (2001–2005), Gio on Ugly Betty (2007–2010), and Benny Colon in Bull (2016–2021). In addition to an Emmy nomination for Six Feet Under, he received two SAG Awards and four Imagen Awards for his work.

Early life and education

Rodriguez was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1975. He attended Lincoln Park High School and left for Hollywood, California shortly after graduation to take a role in his first film.[2][3]

Career

Rodriguez at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival

One of his first films was in A Walk in the Clouds in 1994 where he played Pedro Aragon, Jr.[2] He also played a Vietnam veteran in Dead Presidents. He went on to play roles such as Ninja in The Pest, an obnoxious jock in Can't Hardly Wait and Carla's brother Marco on Scrubs. As a voice actor, he contributed the voice of Más y Menos on Teen Titans.[4]

Rodriguez portrayed Federico Diaz on the hit HBO series Six Feet Under throughout its five seasons.[5] For this role he received two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series, an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series,[6] and a further three SAG nominations (also in the ensemble category).[7]

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 Lady in the Water, and starred alongside Eva Longoria and Christian Bale in Harsh Times, his first leading role in a major theatrical release.[8]

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 double-feature film, Grindhouse (2007),[8] and played the role of Gustavo Brambila in the true-life story Bottle Shock (2008).[9] He appeared in the music video for the Santana song "Into the Night" and also made a cameo appearance as a pilot/flight attendant in the music video for the song "Glamorous" 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 ABC comedy series Ugly Betty, in which he played Giovanni Rossi, a sandwich shop owner who became the love interest for Betty Suarez (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.[10]

From 2016 to 2021, Rodriguez starred as attorney and former New York City prosecutor Benny Colón in the CBS courtroom drama Bull.[11] In 2023 he starred in the films Days When the Rains Came[12] and V/H/S/85, as well as starred in the final season of Wu-Tang: An American Saga.[13]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Party of Five Albert 3 episodes
1999 Oh, Grow Up Deke
2001-2005 Six Feet Under Federico Diaz 63 episodes
2003-2004 Scrubs Marco Espinosa 3 episodes
2004 Static Shock Fade, Tech Voice, episode: "Army of Darkness"[14]
2004 Danny Phantom Mayor Montez Voice, episode: "Public Enemies"[14]
2005 American Dad! Hector Voice, episode: "Not Particularly Desperate Housewife"
2005–2006 Teen Titans Más y Menos Voice, 5 episodes[14]
2007 ER Simon Episode: "Dying is Easy"
2007–2010 Ugly Betty Gio 12 episodes
2010–2012 Handy Manny Reuben Garcia Voice
2011 CHAOS Rick Martinez 13 episodes
2011–13 Generator Rex Cesar Salazar, additional voices Voice, 17 episodes[14]
2013 Kaijudo Hector Chavez, Bloodmane Voice, 28 episodes[14]
2013 Perception Wesley Sumter 2 episodes
2013, 2019 Young Justice: Invasion Eduardo Dorado, Jr., Roman Bracuda Voice[14]
2014 Teen Titans Go! Más y Menos Voice, episode: "Mas y Menos"[14]
2014 Family Guy Handy Manny Episode: "Herpe the Love Sore"
2014–15 The Night Shift Dr. Michael Ragosa 22 episodes
2015 Ultimate Spider-Man Miguel O'Hara / Spider-Man 2099 Voice, 2 episodes[14]
2016–21 Bull Benny Colón Main cast
2018 Elena of Avalor El Mistico Voice, episode: "The Return of El Captain"[14]
2023 Wu-Tang: An American Saga Detective Greco[13] Main cast

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1994 The Fence Young Terry Griff
1995 A Walk in the Clouds Pedro Aragon, Jr.
1995 Dead Presidents Jose
1996 Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story Michael Maldonado
1997 The Pest Ninja
1998 Can't Hardly Wait Jock
1998 Shock Television Eddie
1998 Joseph's Gift Joseph Keller
1998 My Brother Jack Joey Casale
1999 Payback Valet
2000 For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story Leonel
2001 Beyond the City Limits Topo
2003 Dallas 362 Rubin
2003 Victor and Eddie Eddie
2003 Chasing Papi Victor
2003 Pledge of Allegiance Sean Macintyre
2004 ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico El Silver Mask Jr., El Portero Direct-to-video
2005 Harsh Times Mike Alonzo
2005 Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story Manolin
2005 Havoc Hector
2006 Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! Rupert Garcia Voice, direct-to-video[14]
2006 Bobby Jose
2006 Lady in the Water Reggie
2006 Poseidon Marco Valentin
2007 Grindhouse - Planet Terror El Wray
2008 Little Spirit: Christmas in New York Leo's Father Voice[14]
2008 Nothing like the Holidays Jesse Rodriguez
2008 Bottle Shock Gustavo Brambila
2009 Immigrants Flaco Voice, English dub[14]
2012 Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden Trench
2012 Soldiers of Fortune Reed
2013 CBGB Idaho
2013 Fort Bliss Garver
2023 Days When the Rains Came
2023 V/H/S/85 Detective Wayne Johnson Segment: "Dreamkill"[13]

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Saints Row Angelo Lopez [14]
2011 Generator Rex: Agent of Providence Cesar Salazar [14]
2013 LocoCycle Pablo

Music videos

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Glamorous - Fergie - Music Video Flight Attendant
2007 Into the Night - Santana - Music Video Suicidal man

Awards and nominations

ALMA Award

Year Category Work Result
2002 Outstanding Actor in a Television Series Six Feet Under Nominated
2006 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Series Six Feet Under Nominated
2009 Best of the Year in Film - Actor Nothing like the Holidays Nominated

Emmy Award

Year Category Work Result
2002 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Six Feet Under Nominated

Imagen Awards

Year Category Work Result
2003 Best Supporting Actor - Television Six Feet Under Won
2004 Best Supporting Actor in a Television Drama Six Feet Under Won
2005 Best Supporting Actor - Television Six Feet Under Won
2006 Best Supporting Actor - Television Six Feet Under Nominated
2011 Best Actor/Television CHAOS Won

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year Category Work Result
2002 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Six Feet Under Nominated
2003 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Six Feet Under Won
2004 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Six Feet Under Won
2005 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Six Feet Under Nominated
2006 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Six Feet Under Nominated
2007 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Bobby Nominated

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rose, Mike (January 17, 2023). "Today's famous birthdays list for January 17, 2023 includes celebrities James Earl Jones, Jim Carrey". Cleveland.com. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Decision has worked out fine for actor Freddy Rodriguez". Columbus Dispatch. July 8, 2014.
  3. ↑ Metz, Nina (December 14, 2008). "Actor Freddy Rodriguez lives from sea to shining sea: Pacific Coast to Lake Michigan shores". Chicago Tribune.
  4. ↑ Nilles, Billy (April 2, 2020). "Where Is the Cast of Can't Hardly Wait Now?". E news.
  5. ↑ Maas, Jennifer (December 10, 2021). "'Six Feet Under' Follow-Up Series in the Works at HBO". The Wrap.
  6. ↑ "Awards and Nominations". Emmy.
  7. ↑ Kilday, Gregg (March 5, 2007). "Rodriguez in the ShoWest spotlight". Hollywood Reporter.
  8. 1 2 Crowder, Courtney (June 30, 2014). "Freddy Rodriguez works 'The Night Shift'". Chicago Tribune.
  9. ↑ Scott, A.O. (August 5, 2008). "Plaid Suits, Prize Grapes and the Rise of Napa". The New York Times.
  10. ↑ "From Zap2it (July 13, 2007)". Zap2it.com. 2007-07-13. Archived from the original on 2012-05-19. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
  11. ↑ Petski, Denise; Patten, Dominic (May 21, 2021). "Glenn Gordon Caron Out As 'Bull' Showrunner, Deal With CBS Studios Ends". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  12. ↑ Ryan, Jeanne (3 November 2022). "Minnesota Actress is Making Movie in the Twin Cities About Her Life". Mix 108.
  13. 1 2 3 Cordero, Rosy (August 22, 2023). "Freddy Rodriguez Leading Shudder's 'V/H/S/85'". Deadline. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Freddy Rodriguez (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 22, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
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