Roderick Paulate
Roderick Mendenilla Paulate (, born April 4, 1960) is a Filipino actor, TV host, comedian and politician. Paulate was previously hosted TV shows like "Vilma On 7", "Tonight With Dick & Carmi", "Magandang Tanghali Bayan", and "The Singing Bee". Paulate is also a comedian in shows "Abangan Ang Susunod Na Kabanata", "Oki Doki Doc", "Mana Mana", "Ang Tanging Ina: The Comedy Series", and "Tweets For My Sweets". Paulate is also a dramatic actor in previous shows, "Malayo Pa Ang Umaga", "Makita Ka Lang Muli", "Rosalinda", "Munting Heredera" and his current action drama series, the long running "FPJ's Ang Probinsyano , which he plays a straight mayor-politician. Biography. Child actor. Paulate started his career as a child actor. He received his first Best Child Actor award from the Manila Film Festival for the movie Kasalanan Kaya" in 1968. His first FAMAS award was for "Anghel na Walang Langit" in 1970. Gay roles. Roderick's first foray in gay roles was in 1979 when he appeared in Maryo J. De Los Reyes' "High School Circa ’65". He became Roda Coburns in the early evening sitcom, "Tepok Bunot" over BBC-Channel 2 with Bibeth Orteza, Isabel Rivas and Tony Mabesa. A producer  then gave him the lead role in "Charot", a movie inspired by Dustin Hoffman's gender-bending performance in "Tootsie". His movie "Inday Inday sa Balitaw" was a huge success, that in 1987 he made four gay movies in a span of eight months: "Jack en Poy", "Bb. Tsuperman", "Kumander Gringa", and "1+1=12+1". Paulate continued to play gay roles in movies and television. Paulate' influenced Vice Ganda, Allan K., and Paolo Ballesteros. Non-gay roles. Paulate soon after tackled non-gay roles on both movies and television, displaying his versatility. His first known non-gay role  during his peak years as a comedian was "Last Two Minutes" which he played a vertically challenged basketball coach with PBA Legends Alvin Patrimonio, Jerry Codiñera & Paul "Bong" Alvarez, and Regal teen stars Zoren Legaspi, Jeffrey Santos, Aljon Jimenez, Carmina Villarroel, Ruffa Gutierrez & Aiko Melendez. He also played the role of "Ding", a mentally-challenged homeless mute in 1980 in the first Philippine TV series "Malayo Pa Ang Umaga", about village life in the Philippines in the second world war under Japanese Imperial Army occupation. Paulate's 1st fantasy drama role was "Engkanto", released in 1993 with the late hip  hop king Francis Magalona. He played a straight tree man who saves the environment from nasty illegal loggers. Singer and performer. Dubbed as the "Rick Astley Of The Philippines", Paulate also ventured into singing where he was influenced by his singing idol Rick Astley. He was in-demand as a performer/host in various defunct variety shows, notably "Tonight With Dick & Carmi", "Vilma" & "Magandang Tanghali Bayan". Awards. All in all, Paulate has received six Best Child Actor awards and 17 awards during his adult years starting with "Inday, Inday sa Balitaw" in 1986 (co-starring Maricel Soriano) when he received  the Best Supporting Actor trophy. In 1996, Paulate was named Best Actor in Drama at the Asian Television Awards, and then in 2000, for his role in the "Maalaala Mo Kaya" episode "Wristwatch" and again in 1981, for his very difficult role in "Malayo Pa Ang Umaga", the very first successful TV series in the Philippines. Paulate is also inducted to the "Philippines Eastwood City Walk Of Fame" in 2012 for contributing his acting, singing, hosting and also being a comedian. Political career. Paulate was elected as councilor for Quezon City's 2nd District in 2010. Paulate was removed from  office by the Office of the Ombudsman as councilor of Quezon City because of hiring ghost employees. He was barred from running for any public office. Despite barring him from running for public office, Paulate ran for his third term as a councilor and was eventually elected. On December 12, 2016, however, the Court of Appeals overturned the ruling of the Office of the Ombudsman's dismissing Paulate together with 3 other officials of the Quezon City local government from the public service. Personal life. Paulate is single. He has previously dated Jackie Aquino. (a cousin of former President Noynoy  Aquino & former Senator Bam Aquino and daughter of former Senator Butz Aquino) He finished his secondary education in 1984 at Jose Rizal College (now José Rizal University).