Tom Rodriguez

Bartolome Alberto Mott was born on October 1, 1987, at Subic Naval Base in Zambales to an American serviceman father and a Filipina mother from Pinabacdao, Samar. He grew up in nearby Catbalogan with five siblings and relocated to the United States at age 12, attending Cibola High School in Yuma, Arizona, before the family settled in San Francisco, where he studied digital animation. He returned to the Philippines and entered the reality show Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up in 2009, taking the stage name Tom Rodriguez after his eviction and signing with Star Magic.

Rodriguez made his film debut in Here Comes the Bride (2010) and drew wider attention starring opposite Marian Rivera in Joey Gosiengfiao's Temptation Island (2011). He went on to co-star in the drama My Husband's Lover (2013) and My Destiny (2014) alongside Carla Abellana, and in 2015 played Sergio Santibañez in a television adaptation of the telenovela Marimar. He and his My Husband's Lover co-star Dennis Trillo also recorded together as the duo TomDen, whose 2013 album was certified platinum by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry.

Rodriguez married Carla Abellana in October 2021; the marriage was dissolved by a U.S. decree in 2022, later recognized by Philippine courts in 2024. He returned to acting after a hiatus, joining GMA Network's Lilet Matias: Attorney-at-Law (2024-2025) and Encantadia Chronicles: Sang'gre (2025-2026). In September 2024, he confirmed he had become a father to a son with a non-showbiz partner.