Rodrigo Rocha, was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. By the age of 15, with the aide of a nurturing mother, he moved to NYC and entered into a lucrative and successful modeling career.

The next few years would cultivate the young Rodrigo into a well versed, multi-lingual taking him to many diverse places on the globe including Paris, Belgium, Monaco and Bali. But a latent desire for the performing arts brought him back to the states. It was a passion that was first sparked when he saw the film The Godfather.