Tom Rodriguez

Rodriguez is from Catbalogan, Samar. 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, also in Samar, where Rodriguez studied at St. Mary's College of Catbalogan (formerly Sacred Heart College) from kindergarten to elementary.^{[citation needed]} They later migrated to the United States when he was 12 years old with his parents.^{[citation needed]} He lived in Arizona 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, Tagalog and Waray-Waray.^[6]

Relationships and marriage

Rodriguez and Carla Abellana, who were engaged in October 2020, married in October 2021. In June 2022, the marriage was dissolved by a United States decree, which was confirmed by the Philippine courts in June 2024.^[7]

In September 2024, Rodriguez revealed being a father of a four-month-old baby boy with his non-showbiz girlfriend.^[8][9]

After his eviction from Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up, he signed under Star Magic and took the stage name Tom Rodriguez. He made his television debut in Precious Hearts Romances Presents: My Cheating Heart.^[10]

In 2010, Rodriguez had a small role in an episode of Maalaala Mo Kaya with Angel Locsin.^[11] He and his fellow Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up housemates were cast in Your Song's summer episode Isla. He later played the love interest of Valerie Concepcion in Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Love Me Again.^[12] 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.^[10] 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 film Joey Gosiengfiao's Temptation Island in 1980 where he gained his fame, success and the key to him having a great career ahead of him. The film was released in July 2011 and made it to the box office hitting 60 million. 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.^[13] Rodriguez appeared in the ABS-CBN'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 Be Careful with My Heart. He plays Jeff Macavinta as the father of Aiza Seguerra's character, Cristina Rose's son, Pocholo.

In 2013, Rodriguez left Be Careful with My Heart then later played one of the leading roles in My Husband's Lover.

In 2014, he portrayed the role of Lucas Matthew Andrada in the television drama series My Destiny, opposite Carla Abellana, whom he first worked with in My Husband's Lover.^[14][15] That year, Rodriguez hostee the local franchise of the German game show Don't Lose the Money.^[16]

In 2015, Rodriguez portrayed Sergio in the second Philippine adaptation of the hit Televisa Mexicanovela Marimar opposite Megan Young.^[17][18]

In 2012, Rodriguez played the titular character of Meralco Theater's Aladdin.^[19]

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	Here Comes the Bride	Harold	Special participation
	Petrang Kabayo	Chito	Recurring role	[20]
	Ang Tanging Ina Mo: Last Na 'To!	Actor shooting of the Angel	Special participation
2011	Joey Gosiengfiao's Temptation Island	Umberto
2012	The Reunion	Aljoven
2013	It Takes a Man and a Woman	Anton Ortega
	The Bride and the Lover
	My Lady Boss	Timothy
	Ekstra	Himself/Rafael	International title: The Bit Player
	Gaydar	Richard
	Bekikang: Ang Nanay Kong Beki	Fortunato		[21][22]
2014	So It's You	Goryo Acuyong
	Beauty in a Bottle	Pocholo
	T'yanak	Mark
	The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin	Janjaranjan	Official for the 40th Metro Manila Film Festival Entry
	English Only, Please	Ernest	Special Participation Official for the 40th Metro Manila Film Festival Entry
2015	The Love Affair	Ryan
	No Boyfriend Since Birth	Carlo Mercado
2016	Magtanggol
2018	The Significant Other	Edward
	Abay Babes	Zack Xavier
2019	Maledicto	Father Xavi
2022	The Last Five Years
2024	Huwag Mo 'Kong Iwan	Edwin
2025	Unmarry	Stephen	Official for the 51st Metro Manila Film Festival Entry	[23][24]

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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up	Himself / Housemate	Forced eviction (Day 41)	[13][25]
2009–2010	Precious Hearts Romances Presents: My Cheating Heart	Harry
2010	Maalaala Mo Kaya	Mike	Episode: "Litrato"	[11]
	Your Song Presents: Isla	Tom
	Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Love Me Again	Chadilton "Chad" Barrera
	M3: Malay Mo Ma-develop	Ted Salazar
2010–2011	My Driver Sweet Lover	Simon Escalante		[13]
2011	Maalaala Mo Kaya	Bong	Episode: "School ID"	[26]
	Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Mana Po	Johnny Santos
	Guns and Roses	Young Lucio
	Maalaala Mo Kaya	Noli	Episode: "Niagara Falls"	[27]
2011–2012	Angelito: Batang Ama	Andrew Posadas
2012	Maalaala Mo Kaya	Chiz Escudero	Episode: "Singsing"
2012–2013	Be Careful With My Heart	Jeffrey "Jeff" D. Macavinta
2013	Maalaala Mo Kaya	Ian	Episode: "Palda"
	My Husband's Lover	Vicente "Vincent" Soriano
2013–2015	Sunday All Stars	Himself (host / performer)
2014	Niño	Gabriel Manalastas
	My Destiny	Lucas Matthew Andrada
	Don't Lose the Money	Himself (host)		[16]
2015–2016	Marimar	Sergio Santibañez		[18]
	Ismol Family	Mac-Mac
	Celebrity Bluff	Himself (guest)
2016	Asia's Next Top Model Cycle 4
	Karelasyon
	Dear Uge	Mark
2016–2017	Someone to Watch Over Me	Teodoro Jose "TJ" Chavez
2017	Wagas	Satur Ocampo	Episode: "Love in the Time of Martial Law"
	Mulawin vs. Ravena	Rodrigo
	I Heart Davao	Ponce Torres
2018	The Cure	Gregory "Greg" Salvador
2019	Dragon Lady	Michael Chan
2020	Love of My Life	Stefano Gonzales
	I Can See You	Luisito "Luis" Alvarez	Episode: "High-Rise Lovers"
2021–2022	All-Out Sundays	Himself (host / performer)
	The World Between Us	Brian Delgado Libradilla
2024	Magpakailanman	Bryan Benedict	Episode: "A Mother to Remember"
2024–2025	Lilet Matias: Attorney-at-Law	Atty. Reynante “Renan” Alon
2025–present	Encantadia Chronicles: Sang'gre	Bathalang Gargan

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Studio albums

VoizBoys

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Year	Album	Certifications (sales thresholds)
2010	Fusion Released: May 2010 Label: Quantum Music, Star Records Format: CD, digital download	PARI:

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TomDen

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Year	Album	Certifications (sales thresholds)
2008	TomDen Released: October 2013 Label: GMA Records Format: CD, digital download	PARI: Gold[28]

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