Jai Rodriguez (born June 22, 1979) is an American actor and musician
best known as the culture guide on the Bravo network's Emmy-winning
American reality television program Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. He
has also co-authored a book with the other Queer Eye hosts. Rodriguez
starred as Geoffrey in the ABC sitcom Malibu Country from 2012 to
2013.Rodriguez is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent, He performed
with gospel choirs from the age of eleven, and studied musical theater
at the Boces Cultural Art Center in Syosset, New York (now called Long
Island High School for the Arts). He also attended Smithtown Christian
School and Smithtown High School (now Smithtown West) where he
performed in various plays.Rodriguez is a stage actor and singer best
known for his roles in the Toronto cast of Broadway stage musical
Rent, as Angel, and the Off-Broadway musical Zanna, Don't!, as Zanna.
He has also acted in several plays, including Spinning into Butter at
the Lincoln Center. In 2005, he created and performed his own one
night stage show, "Jai Rodriguez: xPosed." xPosed told the story of
Rodriguez's life and struggle to come out to his religious family, and
of his career on stage and in Queer Eye. His Queer Eye co-stars Ted
Allen and Carson Kressley appeared as themselves.
best known as the culture guide on the Bravo network's Emmy-winning
American reality television program Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. He
has also co-authored a book with the other Queer Eye hosts. Rodriguez
starred as Geoffrey in the ABC sitcom Malibu Country from 2012 to
2013.Rodriguez is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent, He performed
with gospel choirs from the age of eleven, and studied musical theater
at the Boces Cultural Art Center in Syosset, New York (now called Long
Island High School for the Arts). He also attended Smithtown Christian
School and Smithtown High School (now Smithtown West) where he
performed in various plays.Rodriguez is a stage actor and singer best
known for his roles in the Toronto cast of Broadway stage musical
Rent, as Angel, and the Off-Broadway musical Zanna, Don't!, as Zanna.
He has also acted in several plays, including Spinning into Butter at
the Lincoln Center. In 2005, he created and performed his own one
night stage show, "Jai Rodriguez: xPosed." xPosed told the story of
Rodriguez's life and struggle to come out to his religious family, and
of his career on stage and in Queer Eye. His Queer Eye co-stars Ted
Allen and Carson Kressley appeared as themselves.
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