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Gerald Anderson Profile |
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Birth Date: March 7, 1989
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Birth Place: Subic Bay, Zambales, Philippines
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Birth Name: Gerald Randolf Opsima Anderson Jr.
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Biography |
Gerald Randolf Opsima Anderson Jr. (born March 7, 1989 in
Subic Bay, Zambales, Philippines) is a Filipino actor who
used to be a contestant on the reality television first
season of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition ,made famous by
Sana Maulit Muli, a filipino teleserye, playing Travis
Johnson, and also by I've Fallen For You, his first notable
movie playing the role of Alex Reyes.
Gerald was born to Randy Anderson, an American and mother,
Evangeline Opsima, a Filipina. Gerald also has a younger
brother, Kenneth, and two older sisters from his mother's
first marriage, Jen and Darling. When he was three years
old, he and his family moved to San Antonio, Texas, and then
to Missouri when he was six. Finally, at 14 years of age,
his family moved back to General Santos City, in the
Philippines, which he now calls home.
He was discovered by Joross Gamboa while the latter was
performing in General Santos City, where Gerald is based.
Joross introduced him to his manager, Jun Reyes, who then
brought him to ABS-CBN to join PBB Teen Edition.
He rose to fame when he placed third overall in the first
Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition with 293,234 votes. He was
billed as the Amboy Hottie from General Santos City.
His popularity with viewers and an interest in show business
led to acting assignments with fellow Pinoy Big Brother
Female housemate Kim Chiu, who became his acting love team
partner after Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition, their love
team was named Kimerald by their fans well before they even
left the Big Brother house. Their biggest fan clubs at the
moment are Kimerald BAOs (or Buangs, Adiks and Oopsies) and
Kimerald World.
Since the end of the Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition,
Anderson along with his love team partner have appeared
together in several shows on the ABS-CBN network (Aalog-Alog
,Your Song (TV series), and Love Spell), and have been
tapped to do several TV ads and product endorsements. They
have also appeared in their first movie, First Day High,
with Jason Abalos, Maja Salvador and Geoff Eigenmann.
Gerald also has worked on a primetime television series
entitled Sana Maulit Muli, where he was once again partnered
with Kim, which started on January 8, 2007. The series ended
April 20, 2007 taking the country by storm, receiving a very
high Nationwide Rating and besting all other primetime
programs. After Aalog-Alog's last show on May 5th, Gerald
along with Kim co-starred in the spin-off of Let's Go
(another ABS-CBN show) renamed as Gokada Go! which started
on June 2, 2007. His last appearance on Gokada Go! was July
7, 2007. Gerald's next projects are to be: a Love Spell
titled Cindy-Rella which started showing on October 14,2007
,and is set to last for 14 weeks, a Sineserye
Presents:Bagets and also a teleserye set to begin sometime
in the first half of next year all starring with Kim Chiu.
Gerald is also co-staring with his love team partner in
their first solo movie that premiered nationwide on
September 26, 2007, called I've Fallen For You directed by
Lino Cayetano.
Already a rising young he is also a dancer with already two
successful dance albums out. |
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Is half-Filipino and half-American. |
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