Moisés Arias

Moisés Arias
Arias in August 2010
Born (1994-04-18) April 18, 1994
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 2005–present

Moisés Arias (born April 18, 1994) is an American actor who is best known for his roles as Rico in the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana and Biaggio in the 2013 Sundance film The Kings of Summer.

Early life

Moisés Arias was born April 18, 1994 in New York City, the son of Mónica and César Arias.[1][2] His parents are Colombian, and he was raised bilingual.[3][4] His brother is Kickin' It actor Mateo Arias.[5] Before starting his acting career, Moises graduated from Barbizon Modeling and Acting School in Atlanta, Georgia.[6]

Career

Moisés has made guest appearances on shows such as The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Everybody Hates Chris and Wizards of Waverly Place. He had a recurring role as Rico on Hannah Montana, and became a series regular in the show's second season. In 2009, he played Andre in the Disney Channel Original Movie Dadnapped. As a regular on the Disney Channel, he participated on the first and second Disney Channel Games on the red team. He also participated in the third Disney Channel games on the Yellow Team (Comets). His main role while at Disney was as Rico Suave in 'Hannah Montana'.

He appeared in music videos for Pearl Jam, and the Jonas Brothers video for their song "SOS", and Parmalee, and the 2006 film Nacho Libre in a minor role. He participated in the Guadalajara Film Festival (2009) during the presentation of the movie The Perfect Game with Eva Longoria.[7]

Arias appeared in Beethoven's Big Break in 2008. He appeared on the ESPN family of networks as a roving 'sideline' reporter conducting interviews with fans and players at the 2009 Little League World Series. He appeared in Wizards of Waverly Place and played Max (Jake T. Austin)'s conscience.

Arias and his brother directed a series of YouTube films under the user name Moiswashere. In 2009 they worked on a film called Motocross Madness.[8]

In mid-2012, Arias filmed The Kings of Summer, which had its premiere on January 19, 2013, at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival to positive reviews.[9]

In late 2018, Arias released an album under a different alias.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Nacho Libre Juan Pablo
2008 Beethoven's Big Break Billy
2009 The Perfect Game Mario Ontiveros
Hannah Montana: The Movie Rico
Astro Boy Zane (voice)
2012 We the Party Quicktime
The Secret World of Arrietty Spiller (voice) American dub
Noobz Hollywood
2013 The Kings of Summer Biaggio
Despicable Me 2 Antonio Perez (voice)
Ender's Game Bonzo Madrid
2015 The Stanford Prison Experiment Anthony Carroll
2016 The Land Junior
Ben-Hur Dismas
2017 Pitch Perfect 3 Pimp-Lo
2017 Monos Patagrande Post-production
2018 Little Bitches Phil
2019 Five Feet Apart Poe Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Everybody Hates Chris Kid #5 Episode: "Everybody Hates Sausage"
2006 The Emperor's New School Marcus (voice) Episode: "Rabbit Face"
2006 Dive Olly Dive! Olly (Voice) 6 episodes
2006 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Randall Episode: "Day Care"
2006–11 Hannah Montana Rico Suave Recurring Role (Season 1)
Main role; (Seasons 2-4);
(70 episodes)
2009 Dadnapped André Disney Channel Original Movie
2009 Wizards of Waverly Place Max's conscience 3 episodes
2009 The Suite Life on Deck Jay Episode: "Shipnotized"
2009 Phineas and Ferb Fred (voice) Episode: "Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo"
2011 Love Bites Jeff Episode: "Sky High"
2012 The Middle Matt 5 episodes
2017 Jean-Claude Van Johnson Luis 6 episodes

Music videos

Year Artist Single
2007
 Jonas Brothers "SOS"
2012
 Jaden Smith "Gonzoes"
2012
 Jaden Smith "The Coolest"
2013
 GS Boyz "Stanky Legg"
2013
 Jaden Smith

References

  1. ↑ SOFÍA GÓMEZ, G. (1 May 2009). "La sangre colombiana en el reparto de Hannah Montana". El Tiempo. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Reynoso, Naibe (17 February 2012). "The Not So Secret World Of Colombian Actor Moises Arias". foxnews.com. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Colombia Passport: Economics, Culture and Society: ", May 27, 2009 archived version of Moisés Arias of Colombia", March 23, 2009. Link retrieved March 25, 2009. Quote: "If some Colombians dream with an American passport, there are cases of Americans who are proud to say they are Colombians. It is the case of New York-born actor Moises Arias, a bin heart throb and not an American US television actor who is proud of the origin of his parents: Colombia."
  4. ↑ Caracol Radio: "Moisés Arias, el colombiano de wizards of wizarderly place", March 22, 2009 (in Spanish). Link retrieved 25 March 2009. "Moisés Arias es un nuevo talento de la actuación en Hollywood, hijo de antioqueños y que con orgullo dice ser colombiano (...)" (tr.en "Moisés Arias is a new talof the acting in Hollywood, the son of Antioqueans and says with pride that he is a Colombian.")
  5. ↑ "Moises Arias". CinemaRx.ro. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Barbizon Modeling and Acting School - Alumni". Barbizon Modeling and Acting School.
  7. ↑ Caracol Radio: "Moisés Arias, el venezolano de Hannah Montana", March 22, 2009 (in Spanish.) Link retrieved March 25, 2009. Cite: "...el estreno en Guadalajara de la película 'The Perect Game', cinta que fue presentada mundialmente por la actriz de origen mexicano Eva Longoria. (...)" (tr.en "...the debut in Guadalajara of the film The Perfect Game, a film that was introduced by the famous actress of Mexican origin Eva Longoria".)
  8. ↑ "Moises Arias Interview" Kidzworld.com. Retrieved on 2009-04-07.
  9. ↑ "The Kings Of Summer". Sundance. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
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