GERALD ANDERSON

'Gerald Randolf Opsima Anderson Jr.' (born March 7, 1989 in Subic Bay, Zambales, Philippines).^[1] is a Filipino actor who used to be a contestant on the reality television first season of '' and made famous by Sana Maulit Muli, a filipino teleserye, playing Travis Johnson.

Contents

Family

Celebrity Life

Filmography

Movies

Television

Other projects

Albums

Endorsements

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Family

Gerald was born to Randy Anderson, a 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.^[2] When he was three years old, he and his family moved to San Antonio, Texas, and then to Missouri when he was six. Finally, when he was 14, they moved back to the Philippines in General Santos City, which he now calls home.

Celebrity Life

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.^[3]
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.^[4]
His popularity with viewers and an interest in show business led to acting assignments with fellow ''Pinoy Big Brother'' Teen 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.^[5]
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.^[6] His last appearance on ''Gokada Go!'' was July 7, 2007.^[7], his next projects are to be: a Sineserye Presents:''Bagets'' ^[8] and also a teleserye with Kim Chiu in the last quarter of the year. Gerald is also co-staring with his love team partner in a new movie set to premiere in late September. They will star in their first solo movie as a love team, called ''I've Fallen For You'' directed by Lino Cayetano.^[9]
Already a rising young actor he is also a good dancer with already two dance albums out.

Filmography

Movies

'Year'	'Title'	'Role'
2006	''First Day High''	MVP High's Michael Jordan "MJ2" Ramirez
2007	''I've Fallen for You''	Alex Reyes

Television

'Year'	'Title'	'Role'
2007	''Sineserye Presents:Bagets''	Tonton
2007	'' Your Song: "Ngiti"''	Aaron
2007	''Gokada Go!''	Gabriel "Gab" Fernandez
2007	''Let's Go''	Gabriel "Gab" Fernandez
2007	'' Your Song: "Someday"''	Arkin
2007	''Sana Maulit Muli''	Travis "BokBok" Johnson
2006	''Love Spell: "Pasko Na, Santa Ko"''	Ryan
2006	'' Star Magic Presents: "Ang Lovey Kong All Around"''	Sonny Boy
2006	''Maalaala Mo Kaya: "Bus"''	Eric Suarez
2006	''Love Spell: "Charm and Crystal"''	Nookie
2006	''Your Song: "Alive"''	Migs
2006	''Aalog-Alog''	Gerald Dean Padilla
2006	''Love Spell: "My Boy, My Girl"''	Simon
2006	''ASAP''	Host / Himself
2006	''	Himself

Other projects

Albums

Year	Title	Certification
2007	"Gerald's Noodle Dance"	???
2006	"Gerald's Dance Picks"	Gold

Endorsements

★ Advance Notebooks

★ Bench/

★ Calayan Surgicenter

★ Converse

★ Glamlab fragrances

★ Executive Optical

★ Jollibee

★ Nescafe

★ Sir George by Mary Pauleen Salon

★ Unisilver

Awards and nominations

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★ MMSF's 37th Box Office Entertainment Awards: Most Popular Love Team (with Kim Chiu) for First Day High

★ GMMSF's 37th Box Office Entertainment Awards: Nomination for Most Promising Male Star for First Day High

★ 23rd Star Awards for Movies: Nomination for Best New Movie Actor for First Day High

★ Golden Screen Awards 2007: Nomination for Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor for First Day High

★ ASAP Pop Viewer's Choice Awards 2006: Pop Love Team of the Year (with Kim Chiu)

References

1. Gerald's Birthday
2. Gerald's Siblings
3. Discovered By Joross
4. Pinoy Big Brother
5. First Day High
6. Reformat of Let's Go
7. Gerald out of GKG
8. Gerald in new SineSerye
9. Kim and Gerald New Movie

External links

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