Roderick Paulate is a Filipino actor, TV host, comedian and politician who is a councillor for Quezon City.

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

FAMAS

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 award was for "Anghel na Walang Langit" in 1970.

Gay roles

Paulate’s first foray in gay roles was in 1979 when he appeared in Maryo J. De Los Reyes' High School Circa ’65. Then a producer gave him the lead role in Charot, a movie inspired by Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Lee Hoffman is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable characters....

's gender-bending performance in Tootsie

Tootsie

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. 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.

Awards

All in all, Paulate 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 in Asian Television Awards. In 2000, Paulate won the Asian Television Awards

Asian Television Awards

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 for Best Actor in Drama for his role in the Maalaala Mo Kaya

Maalaala Mo Kaya

Maalaala Mo Kaya is a Philippine drama anthology series broadcast on ABS-CBN every Saturday evening and being hosted by Charo Santos-Concio. Currently, it became the longest-running drama anthology on Philippine television and on Asia...

 episode "Wristwatch."

Personal life

Paulate is single. He previously dated Jacquie Aquino.

He finished his secondary education in 1984 at Jose Rizal College.

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
2011	Munting Heredera (TV series) Munting Heredera (TV series) Munting Heredera is a family oriented Philippine drama created and developed by Maryo J. delos Reyes for GMA Network. Playing the lead role of Doña Anastacia, a rich widow in search of her “munting heredera”, is no less than multi-award winning actress and one of the original Queens of Philippine...	Manny	GMA Network GMA Network GMA Network is a major commercial television & radio network in the Philippines. GMA Network is owned by GMA Network, Inc. a publicly listed company...
2009	Rosalinda (Philippine TV Series)	Florencio	GMA Network GMA Network GMA Network is a major commercial television & radio network in the Philippines. GMA Network is owned by GMA Network, Inc. a publicly listed company...

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