FREDDY RODRIGUEZ NAMED SHOWEST “SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR”

RODRIGUEZ TO NEXT STAR IN GRINDHOUSE FOR DIMENSION FILMS

Photo by Stephen Thorburn

LOS ANGELES — ShoWest has named Freddy Rodriguez ShoWest “Supporting Actor of the Year,” it was announced today by Mitch Neuhauser, co-managing director of the event that will be held March 12-15, 2007, in Las Vegas. Rodriguez will be presented with the ShoWest Supporting Actor of the Year award at ShoWest’s closing night ceremony on Thursday, March 15 at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas.

"Since bursting onto the scene with his critically acclaimed and Emmy nominated role on HBO’s ‘Six Feet Under,’ Rodriguez has gone on to bring impressive performances to such notable films as Dreamer, Lady in the Water and Bobby,” said Neuhauser. “We are thrilled to recognize Rodriguez for all of his work by presenting him with the ShoWest Supporting Actor of the Year award.”

Rodriguez can next be seen in Dimension Film’s Grindhouse. From groundbreaking directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez comes the ultimate film experience: a double-bill of thrillers that will recall both filmmaker’s favorite exploitation films. Grindhouse will be presented as one full-length feature comprised of two individual films helmed separately by each director. Rodriguez stars, as Wray, opposite Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton and Rose McGowan in Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror, a retro-futuristic vision of horror that’s been weathered, stripped and aged to perfection. Married doctors William and Dakota Block (Josh Brolin and Marley Shelton) find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by gangrenous sores and a suspiciously vacant look in their eyes. Among the wounded is Cherry (Rose McGowan), a go-go dancer whose leg was ripped from her body during a roadside attack. Wray (Freddy Rodriguez), her former significant other, is at her side and watching her back. Cherry may be down, but she hasn’t danced her last number. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors, Cherry and Wray lead a team of accidental warriors into the night, hurtling towards a destiny that will leave millions infected, countless dead, and a lucky few struggling to find the last safe corner of Planet Terror.

Rodriguez first came to prominence for his work on HBO’s critically acclaimed “Six Feet Under” for which he received an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor, two SAG Awards, two Alma Awards and three Imagen Awards. Rodriguez can most recently be seen alongside Laurence Fishburne, William H. Macy, Anthony Hopkins, Sharon Stone and Demi Moore in Emilio Estevez’s Bobby. His film credits also include: David Ayer’s Harsh Times, where he stars opposite Christian Bale; Havoc written by Steven Gaghan; Alfonos Arau’s A Walk in the Clouds; Dead Presidents, directed by the Hughes Brothers; Wolfgang Petersen’s Poseidon; Dreamworks’ Dreamer and M. Night Shyamalan’s Lady in the Water. In addition to his role on “Six Feet Under,” Rodriguez has also guest starred on the NBC hits “Scrubs” and “ER.”

ShoWest is the largest annual convention for the motion picture industry. It is the only international gathering devoted exclusively to the movie business and the single largest international gathering of motion picture professionals and theatre owners in the world. The 2007 edition of ShoWest will be held March 12 –15, 2007 at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas and is expected to draw more than 5,000 members of the motion picture industry. Each year, ShoWest attracts delegates from more than 50 countries in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. ShoWest is managed by Nielsen Business Media, a division of The Nielsen Company.