Jai Rodriguez

Jai Rodriguez: Biography in Details

Who is Jai Rodriguez?

Jai Rodriguez is of a popular American actor and musician. He is best known as the culture guide on the Bravo network television program Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.

Moreover, the series also won an Emmy Award. He has also co-authored a book with the other Queer Eye hosts.

Jai Rodriguez: Age, Parent, Ethnicity, Education

The actor was born on June 22, 1979, in Brentwood, New York, United States. There is no information regarding his childhood, father, and mother.

He belongs to American nationality and is of Puerto Rican and Italian ethnicity.

Talking about his education, he studied musical theater at the Boces Cultural Art Center in Syosset, New York (now called Long Island High School for the Arts).

Furthermore, he also attended Smithtown Christian School and Smithtown High School. He has also enrolled the Brentwood High School.

Jai Rodriguez: Career, Professional life

TV and Movies

Jai Rodriguez continued his Broadway career from the age of 18, appearing in shows like The Producers and Spinning Into Butter, and he created and performed the title role of  “Magical Matchmaker” Zanna in the Off-Broadway sensation Zanna, Don’t!.

Moreover, Jai became a star in the firmament of New York City nightlife when he created his long-running Twisted Cabaret, a concert series that ran for three consecutive years at one of New York City’s most notable hot spots – Club XL.

In 2005, he created and performed a one-night stage show, “Jai Rodriguez: Xposed.” In Xposed, he has shared the story of Rodriguez’s life and struggles to come out to his religious family, and of his career on stage and in Queer Eye.

During Queer Eye interval, he joined the cast of The Producers on Broadway for three months, playing the role of Carmen Ghia. Furthermore, he played a different role, that of Sabu, in the 2005 Producers’ movie.

Jai returned to TV in dramatic roles on NBC’s Harry’s Law, ABCs Detroit 187, and Days Of Our Lives. He also plays Wayne Brady’s husband Tom on CBS hit How I Met Your Mother.

Other roles include guest star appearances on NBC’s Are You There Chelsea?, Foxs Bones, and as a transgender woman Amanda Knott on NBC’s Harry’s Law.

Moreover, Jai started as “Geoffrey” on ABCs comedy Malibu Country opposite Reba McEntire and Lily Tomlin making him the first male to garner fame from a reality series to become a series regular on Network TV. This past Christmas Jai starred opposite Kelly Clarkson in her NBC Christmas Special; Kelly Clarksons Cautionary Christmas Tale.

Jai has done regular acting work, guest-starring on LOGO’S series Rick and Steve, FX’s Nip/Tuck, and Teen Nick’s Gigantic.

In addition, he played the role of Angelo Ferraro, a leading cast member in the 2009 feature film Oy Vey My Son Is Gay!! alongside Carmen Electra and Lanie Kazan.

Hosting

Working regularly as an authority in culture and style, Jai has hosted for a veritable grab-bag of lifestyle entertainment programming including Styleyes Miami (SiTv), America’s Prom Queen (ABC Family), Bravo on With the Show, Ultimate Style (Style Network), two consecutive season’s of Groomer Has It (Animal Planet), and Model Latina (SiTv).

Further, he hosted the Animal Planet reality TV show Groomer Has and also sub-host on GSN Live.

Rodriguez also appears as a regular judge on two new reality shows: MTV’s Shower Power and Court TV’s The Jury.

Music

Rodriguez established his music career and develop his professional musical endeavors on stage and as a recording artist.

He has performed his one-man shows Xposed, My Truth, and Dirty Little Secrets in Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, and New York. In the year 2002, he created his own musical cabaret show, titled Monday Night Twisted Cabaret. Further, he performed in Twisted Cabaret between 2004–2006.

His first single, “Love Is Good”, releases in March 2003 at Eleven Productions in March 2003.  After that, he recorded his debut album for Airgo Records with its first single, Broken released on Oct 4, 2007.

Books

Starting his career as an author, he has written New York Times bestselling book, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy: The Fab Five’s Guide to Looking Better, Cooking Better, Dressing Better, Behaving Better, and lastly Living Better.

Others

Rodriguez currently serves as the Co-Creator and Co-Executive Producer for LOGO’s much anticipated new series Bad Sex.

He is also an advocate for issues he is passionate about and works with organizations like the NOH8 Campaign, Aids Walk, Project Angel Food, the Trevor Project and Love is a Louder campaign that fights against bullying.

How much is the net worth of Jai Rodriguez?

The actor has an estimated net worth of $3 million as of 2022. Other information regarding his salary and earnings is not available.

Jai Rodriguez: Rumor, Controversy

He hasn’t been in an incident that could create any rumors about her. Furthermore, the actor is also far from being in any controversy until now.

Body Measurement: Height, Weight

Jai Rodriguez stands with a height of 5 ft 8 inches and a decent weight. Likely, he has black-colored hair with dar brown colored eyes.

Is Jai Rodriguez active on social media?

He is active on Instagram with over 54K followers and around 39K followers on Twitter. Likely, his Facebook page also holds around 58K followers.

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