Even though in the very first outset of his career, Mel was interested towards, his high school teacher has turned his interest towards acting. He has started his acting career with ‘The Inner Circle’, play, played for creating awareness regarding AIDS. However, this acting life has not become very fruitful for him, as after dropping out of high school and getting a scholarship, he has enrolled in his graduate course in Suny Purchase. The life after graduation, though become very struggling, he managed to become the owner of a cigar shop while continuing his own acting career by staging in various plays at New York City.

His hardship did not go in vain, as he has grabbed a role in a television series named ‘Law & Order’ started in the year 1999. This initiated the acting career of Mel and eventually, he has been placed in full featured films in the same year by grabbing the opportunity of working in ‘Wirely Spindel’, a comedy film. The success of this film though was not deep enough that could rightly gain intense popularity to him, even though he has managed to encounter with new opportunities that came right after this film. A little bit fat and with a height of 5 feet 7 inches, Mel is surprisingly fit for every role he is given to perform. This aesthetic body structure has paved the path for his success in the film industry that rightly came after his performance in ‘Geroge Lopez’ (2002), an ABC television series.

He has been dominating the film and television industry of America for the last few years with his explicit acting skills. Most of the movies and TV shows he has done so far have actually gained critical appreciation. After the role in the ABC television series, he has appeared in movies like ‘Panic Room’, ‘Show Time’, ‘Little Miss Sunshine’, ‘Big Top’, ‘The Watch’, ‘The producer’, ‘Fat’ etc. Most of the films, though gained success, few goes inward that though minimizes the profit of the producer, but not of Mel Rodriguez as acting was deemed as superb.

However, if talking about his best-known roles, TV shows like ‘Community’ where he played the role of Sgt. Nunez and ‘Enlisted’ where he played the role as SPC Chubowski should be taken into consideration. Other television series include ‘Malcolm in the Middle’, ‘Gilmore Giris’, ‘Better Call Soul’ etc. were the other best ones. Right now, he is featuring in the latest TV show ‘The Last Man on the Earth’. Most notably, this serial is getting high attention from both viewers and film critics.

Like the other celebrities, he also pursues social media sites for interacting with fans. His presence and activity are visible on Facebook most of the time. Even though, there is an official Mel Rodriguez page on Facebook, there are a few numbers of unofficial pages, which is contributing in this overall popularity.