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Gerald Randolph 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. His father is Gerald Anderson, a American while his mother is 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, when he was 14, they moved back to the Philippines in General Santos City, which he now calls home.





He was discovered by Joross Gamboa while the latter was performing in Gen. 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 GenSan.





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 love team partner have appeared together in several shows on the ABS-CBN network (Aalog-alog ,Your Song, 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, that started 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. Gerald is also co-staring with his love team partner in a new movie set to premiere sometime this summer. They will star in their first solo movie as a love team, called I've Fallen For You directed by Lino Cayetano. Since Aalog-Alog's last show on May 5th, Gerald along with Kim are set to co-star in the spin-off of Let's Go (another ABS-CBN show) renamed as Gokada Go! starting on June 2, 2007.





Already a rising young actor he is also a good dancer with already two dance albums out.

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Source: wikipedia