Al Rodrigo

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Al Rodrigo
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Education Syracuse University (BFA)
Occupation(s)Actor, Voice artist
Years active1980s–present

Al Rodrigo is an American character actor who has starred in theatre, films and on television since the 1980s.

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Early life and education

Rodrigo was born in New York City to Puerto Rican parents. He graduated from the High School of Performing Arts and received a BFA in theatre from Syracuse University. [1]

Career

Some of his film credits include Last Rites, The Glass Shield , Brown's Requiem , The Great White Hype , The Birdcage , and House of Sand and Fog , and others.

Rodrigo has made many guest appearances on TV shows, including Truth Be Told , Mayans MC , Martin , Something Wilder , SeaQuest DSV , Beverly Hills, 90210 , ARLI$$ , The West Wing , Wanted , High Incident , CSI: Miami , Days of Our Lives , and Supernatural . He also guest starred in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in the season three two-part episode "Past Tense" as Bernardo Calvera, and numerous others.

He is the voice of Quinlan Vos in season three of Star Wars: The Clone Wars . Among some of his many voice over credits are the animated features Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse , Bilal: A New Breed of Hero , Penguins of Madagascar , Mr. Peabody and Sherman , Coco , and others. In video games he is the voice of Padre Sebastian and Gallo in Cyberpunk 2077, Oscar Diaz in Gears 5 , Grand Theft Auto V , Uncharted 4: A Thief's End , Fallout 76 , Asura's Wrath , Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel , Tomb Raider , Call of Duty: Black Ops , and Dishonored , and others. He also does extensive work in the ADR community on numerous film and television projects.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988 Last Rites Luis De VegaCredited as Al Rodriguez
1995 The Glass Shield Rodrigo
1996 The Birdcage Latino Man in Club
The Great White Hype Press Member #1
1998 Brown's Requiem Sandoval
2000 Under Suspicion Singer (voice)
2001 Osmosis Jones The Frank Police Department walkie talkie (voice)
2003 House of Sand and Fog Torez
2008 Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation Voice Actor (voice)
2009 Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins Ezekial Gallows (voice) Television film [2]
2010 Despicable Me Chairs Usher (voice)
2011 A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures VW Driver (voice)
2013 The Heat Additional voices
2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman Ajax (voice)
The Book of Life Additional voices
Penguins of Madagascar Penguin Fan (voice)
2015 Bilal: A New Breed of Hero Abu Al-Hakam (voice)
2018 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Additional voices

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 Leg Work JoaquinEpisode: "The American Dream"
1991 Riders in the Sky Senor Senor (1991)2 episodes
1993 Nurses DiegoEpisode: "Bring Me, the Head of Hank Kaplan"
1993 Renegade AngeloEpisode: "Endless Summer"
1994 seaQuest DSV CommandoEpisode: "Nothing But the Truth"
1995 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Bernardo CalveraEpisode: "Past Tense"
1995 Martin Pico RiveraEpisode: "Swing Thing"
1996 Murder One NewscasterEpisode: "Chapter Two, Year Two"
1997 The Nanny Male HostageEpisode: "The Bank Robbery"
1996-1997 Arliss Client / Obless Obliche2 episodes
1997 413 Hope St. Job Counselor #3Episode: "Pilot"
1998 Prey ZendejasEpisode: "Origins"
1998 Beverly Hills, 90210 Detective Caliendo2 episodes
1999 Charmed JaimeEpisode: "Wicca Envy"
1998-1999 Air America Fernando Guerrero2 episodes
2000 JAG Jason KaplanEpisode: "Overdue & Presumed Lost"
2000 The West Wing Commander CaleEpisode: "Shibboleth"
2002 Hidden Hills SteveEpisode: "Pilot"
2002 NYPD Blue Esteban RojasEpisode: "One in the Nuts"
2003 CSI: Miami State's Attorney DanteEpisode: "Bunk"
2005 Wanted Hector DunhamEpisode: "The Promise of Darkness"
2010 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Quinlan Vos (voice)Episode: "Hunt for Ziro"
2013 Supernatural Colonel the Dog (voice)Episode: "Dog Dean Afternoon"
2016 Lastman Additional VoicesEpisode: "Action!"
2017 Trollhunters Episode: "Grand Theft Otto"
2020-2022 Star Trek: Lower Decks Capitain Durango (voice)2 episodes
2022-2023 DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms Ford (voice)6 episodes

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Asura's Wrath ChakravartinEnglish Dub [2]
Unit 13 Python
Dishonored Slackjaw [2]
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Strike Force Soldier
2013 Tomb Raider Solarii
Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel Cordova
Grand Theft Auto V The Local Population
2016 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Additional Voices [2]
2018 Fallout 76
2019 Gears 5 Oscar Diaz
2020 Cyberpunk 2077 El Gallo, Gang, Sebastian

Adr Loop Group

YearTitleNotes
2002 Getting There Direct-to-video
Vampires: Los Muertos
2003 The Challenge
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
2004 Employee of the Month
Dawn of the Dead

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References

  1. "Al Rodrigo Biography on BroadwayWorld". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Behind The Voice Actors – Al Rodrigo". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 27 June 2015. – green check mark indicates roles that have been verified by BTVA through closing credits