Vincent Rodriguez III

Vincent Rodriguez III actor
Portrays: Josh Chan — Show debut: "Josh Just Happens to Live Here!"
Family: Gregory Wright (husband)

Bio

If you want something badly enough in life, you work hard to go get it. It’s not an easy path–it is arguably the hardest journey you will ever have. But in the end, it’s worth it.

— Vincent Rodriguez III, "Asian Journal

Vincent Rodriguez III

Vincet Rodriguez III is a Fillipino-American actor, singer and dancer. He was born in in San Francisco, California and grew up in Daly City. Rodriguez is the youngest of four children with three older sisters. He went to Fernando Rivera middle school and then to Westmore High school where he discovered a love of musical theater. During this time he also studied martial arts and currently has two black belts in Shotokan Karate and Tae Kwon do. He was also in band and played both the clarinet and the drums. After graduating in 2000 he spent a year at Skyline College before getting accepted to the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. He graduated in May of 2003 and went on a national tour of "42nd Street". This would lead to him moving to New Jersey in order to pursue a career on Broadway. He would later return to PCPA and became a teacher providing lessons on professional technique, song interpretation, dance workshops, and other aspects of the musical audition process. On August 22, 2016, Rodriguez officially introduced his husband Gregory Wright on his Instagram page. The coming out announcement was initially picked up by the online news site Vulture.com. He portrays the character of Josh Chan on "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend".

Résumé

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The Onion News Network	Asian Tucker Hope	1 episode: Fifth Anniversary
2014	Hostages	Aide	1 episode: Endgame
2015	Donny!	Tap Show Host	1 episode: Little League Dads Gone Wild!
2015	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	Josh Chan	Lead role

Stage credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Irving Berlin's White Christmas (San Francisco Regional)	Ensemble	World Premiere
2005	Irving Berlin's White Christmas (Boston)	Ensemble	Boston Revival
2006	Pippin (East Haddam, CT Regional)	Ensemble	Goodspeed Revival
2012	Anything Goes (US Tour)	Luke	Roundabout Theatre Company National Tour
2014	Here Lies Love (Off-Broadway)	Performer (Swing) Marcos (Understudy) Aquino (Understudy) DJ (understudy)	Return Production
2014	Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame (San Diego, CA Regional)	Congregation Dance Captain Magic Consultant	U.S. Premiere La Jolla Playhouse Production
2015	Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Millburn, NJ Regional)	Congregation Dance Captain Magic Consultant	Paper Mill Playhouse Production

Notes

Instagram

Josh Chan portrayer Vincent Rodriguez III is an avid Instagram user who has taken a lot of photos on set and posted them on his account. This trait was added to his character and featured prominently in the episode "I'm Back at Camp with Josh!". On August 22, 2016 Rodriguez would use his Instagram account to officially come out of the closet. He uploaded photos of himself and his husband Gregory Wright's one year anniversary vacation trip to Disneyland in California.