Philip
Anthony-Rodriguez is
an American actor known for his roles on Jake 2.0 as Kyle Duarte, the voice of disc
jockey Maurice Chavez in the
2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice
City, and as Jetstream
Sam in the 2013 video game Metal Gear Rising:
Revengeance. Anthony-Rodriguez was born to parents Maximo and
Veronica (née Burgos) in Brooklyn, New York City. The youngest of five children, he
began acting, singing, and doing voices when he was very little. At age 11, he
started working with Acting by Children, a young people's performing group in
New York City founded by Jeanne Niederlitz. As a result of his talent and look,
the management group Niederlitz and Steele signed him and began representing
him in talent auditions. Philip began working almost immediately and has
been a busy working actor for over four decades. Raised in a bilingual
household has enabled Philip to work in the business in both English and Spanish.
In November 1990, Philip originated the role of Ritchie Valens in the musical Buddy: The Buddy Holly
Story. He provided the voice of the male version of
protagonist SPARTAN-B312 in the 2010 video game Halo: Reach. He is the voice of Jetstream
Sam in Metal Gear Rising:
Revengeance. He also played Dr. Evans in Madea's Big Happy Family.
He recurred for six seasons as Ruben Enriquez in the ABC Family television series The Secret
Life of the American Teenager. He played Nelson in film The Ode and had a guest role on the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana in 2009 and played Michael Grant
in Castle in 2010. In
2011, he guest-starred on the Disney Channel show Shake It Up (season
1, episode 18: "Model It Up") as designer Napoleon Fontaine and in
2013 on Modern Family in
the episode "The Big Game",
and in 2014 as Mr. Eloquence on Real Husbands of Hollywood.
Anthony-Rodriguez voices the role of Nick Mendoza in the video game Battlefield Hardline.
In 2015, he was announced as the voice of the Imperial Inquisitor, the Fifth
Brother on the Disney XD animated series Star Wars Rebels.