He was raised in San Jose, California after his father, an electrical engineer in the US Navy, was restationed there when he was a toddler.

[1][2] Rovilson attended film school, fell in love with Asian Cinema and moved to Manila in 1999.

Not finding any openings for directors, he suddenly found himself a travel show host for Lakbay TV.

[3] Fernandez and his "best buddy" Marc Nelson are most noted for competing in the AXN reality show, The Amazing Race Asia 2.

Since October 2010, Rovilson became one of the Philippine National Ambassador for WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature).