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Moisés Arias
Moisés Arias
	Arias in 2010
Born	April 18, 1994 (age 30); New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2005–present
Relatives	Mateo Arias (brother)

Moisés Arias (born April 18, 1994) is an American actor. He portrayed Rico in the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana, Biaggio in the 2013 Sundance film The Kings of Summer, Cokestraw in the 2019 SXSW comedy-drama The Wall of Mexico, Bigfoot in the Colombian war drama Monos, and Norm MacLean in the Amazon Prime Video drama series Fallout. He has also appeared in Pitch Perfect 3, Five Feet Apart, Ender's Game, The Stanford Prison Experiment, Jockey, The Perfect Game, The Middle, and The King of Staten Island.

Early life

Moisés Arias was born on 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, Moisés graduated from Barbizon Modeling and Acting School in Tampa, Florida.^[6] He attended Agoura High School in Agoura Hills, California.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Arias 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 on Hannah Montana. He appeared in music videos for Pearl Jam,^{[citation needed]} the Jonas Brothers (for their song "SOS"), and Parmalee. Arias also appeared in the 2006 film Nacho Libre in a minor role. He participated in the 2009 Guadalajara Film Festival during the presentation of the film The Perfect Game with Eva Longoria.^[4]

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 Conscience, Max (Jake T. Austin)'s conscience.^[7] 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] That year, he appeared in the film Ender's Game,^[10] starring with Asa Butterfield, Abigail Breslin and Harrison Ford.^[11] In 2012, Arias co-founded MSFTSrep, a youth collective and fashion brand alongside Jaden Smith, Willow Smith, and Mateo Arias.^[5]^[12] In May 2014, Arias, who was 20 at the time, was photographed shirtless sitting on a bed with then-13-year-old Willow Smith.^[13] The photo triggered an investigation into the Smith family by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services where all parties were cleared.^[14]^[15]

In late 2018, Arias released an album under a different alias.^{[citation needed]} In March 2019, Arias played Poe in the CBS film Five Feet Apart,^[16] starring with Cole Sprouse.^[17] In January 2020, he appeared as a patient on an episode of The Good Doctor on the ABC network.

In 2024, Arias appeared in the Amazon Prime Video series Fallout, based on the video game series of the same name.^[18]

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 Suave
	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
2016	Ben-Hur	Dismas
2017	Kong: Skull Island	Bar Guest	Cameo
	Pitch Perfect 3	Pimp-Lo
	Life Boat	Patagrande
2018	Little Bitches	Phil
2019	Five Feet Apart	Poe Ramirez
	The Wall of Mexico	Cokestraw
	Monos	Bigfoot
2020	Blast Beat	Mateo Andres
2020	The King of Staten Island	Igor
2021	Jockey	Gabriel Boullait
2022	American Murderer	Kyle Wallace
2022	Samaritan	Reza Smith
2023	Divinity	Star

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"
	Dive Olly Dive!	Olly (voice)
	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Randall	Episode: "Day Care"
2006–2011	Hannah Montana	Rico Suave	70 episodes Recurring role (Season 1) Main role (Seasons 2–4)
2006-2008	Disney Channel Games	Himself	Contestant
2009	Dadnapped	André	Television film
	Wizards of Waverly Place	Max's conscience	Episodes: "Monster Hunter", "Three Monsters" and "Lazerama"
	Phineas and Ferb	Fred (voice)	Episode: "Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo"
2011	Love Bites	Jeff	Episode: "Sky High"
2012	The Middle	Matt	Recurring role (Season 3); 5 episodes
2017	Jean-Claude Van Johnson	Luis	Recurring role; 6 episodes
2019	The Good Doctor	Luca Jones	Episode: "Fractured"
2021	City of Ghosts	Prizrak	Podcast, 4 episodes
2024–present	Fallout	Norm MacLean	Main role; 6 episodes

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist
2007	"S.O.S"	Jonas Brothers
2012	"Gonzoes"	Jaden Smith
2012	"The Coolest"	Jaden Smith

References

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^ Reynoso, Naibe (February 17, 2012). "The Not So Secret World Of Colombian Actor Moises Arias". foxnews.com. FOX. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
^ "Moisés Arias of Colombia". Colombia Passport: Economics, Culture and Society. March 23, 2009. Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved March 25, 2009. 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.
^ ^a ^b "Moisés Arias, el colombiano de Hannah Montana". Caracol Radio (in Spanish). March 22, 2009. Archived from the original on May 12, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2009. Moisés Arias es un nuevo talento de la actuación en Hollywood, hijo de antioqueños y que con orgullo dice ser colombiano
^ ^a ^b "Moises Arias". CinemaRx.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
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^ "14 'Wizards of Waverly Place' Guest Stars You Forgot About". Hollywood.com. April 25, 2016. Archived from the original on April 6, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
^ Sindy (December 29, 2008). "Moises Arias Interview". Kidzworld.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
^ "The Kings Of Summer". Sundance.org. Sundance Film Festival. May 31, 2013. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
^ Suarez Sang, Lucia I. (November 1, 2013). "'Ender's Game' Actor Moisés Arias Breaks Out From Child Actor". Fox News. FOX. Archived from the original on May 10, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
^ Smith, Grady (May 8, 2012). "'Ender's Game': Meet the Cast!". Entertainment Weekly. Meredith Corporation. Archived from the original on May 14, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
^ Nesbitt, Frank (March 7, 2022). "Jaden Smith is learning to expand his consciousness". i-D. Archived from the original on June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
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^ Onley, Dawn (December 12, 2019). "Jada Pinkett Smith and Willow talk 2014 investigation on their family". The Grio. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
^ "Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith Cleared By Child Protective Services Following Investigation Report". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on July 8, 2024.
^ Fuster, Jeremy (April 12, 2018). "'The Kings of Summer' Star Moises Arias Joins CBS Films' 'Five Feet Apart'". The Wrap. Archived from the original on April 6, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
^ Vlessing, Etan (April 12, 2018). "Moises Arias Joins Cole Sprouse in Romantic Drama 'Five Feet Apart'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
^ Craig, David; Louise, Griffin. "Meet the cast of the Fallout TV show led by Ella Purnell". Radio Times. Archived from the original on April 16, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.