Adam Rodriguez is an American actor. He is most well known for his long running role as Eric Delko on CSI: Miami. Rodriguez was born in Yonkers, New York, the son of Janet, an airline ticket agent, and Ramon Rodríguez, an executive with the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Adam is of one quarter Cuban and three quarters Puerto Rican descent.

He attended Clarkstown High School North in New City, New York along with NFL player Keith Bulluck of the Tennessee Titans, where he graduated with the class of 1993. Rodriguez had initially hoped to be a professional baseball player, but after a high school injury, he turned his attention to acting and performed in a children`s theater in New York. Prior to full-time acting, Adam was a stockbroker.