Moisés Arias

Moisés Arias

Arias in August 2010
Born April 18, 1994 (1994-04-18) (age 17)
New York[1]
Occupation Actor
Years active 2005–present

Moisés Arias is an American television and film actor. He is best known for his role as Rico on Hannah Montana and as host of his own show Moises Rules!.

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Life and career

Born in New York, Arias' parents are from Colombia. He is fluent in Spanish.[1][2] His brother is Kickin' It star Mateo Arias.

Arias has made guest appearances on shows such as The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and Everybody Hates Chris and Wizards of Waverly Place. He had a recurring role as Rico on Hannah Montana,[3] 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, Arias participated on the first and second Disney Channel Games on the red team.[4] He also participated in the third Disney Channel games on the Yellow Team (Comets).

He has also appeared in music videos for Pearl Jam, Jonas Brothers (SOS),[5] and Parmalee, and the movie Nacho Libre (minor role). He participated in the Guadalajara Film Festival (2009) during the presentation of the movie "The Perfect Game" together with Eva Longoria.[6][7] He and his brother directed a series of YouTube films under the user name Moiswashere. They are currently working on a film called Motocross Madness.[8]

Arias 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. Arias also starred in the film Beethoven's Big Break in 2008. Arias appeared in Wizards of Waverly Place and played Max (Jake T. Austin)'s conscience.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Everybody Hates Chris Kid #5 Episode: "Everybody Hates Chris"
2006 Dive Olly Dive! Olly (Voice) 6 episodes
2006 The Suite Life of Zack and Cody Randall Episode: "Day Care"
2006 Nacho Libre Jorge Sugantes
2006–11 Hannah Montana Rico 70 episodes
2008 Beethoven's Big Break Billy Direct to DVD film
2009 Dadnapped André Disney Channel Original Movie
2009 The Perfect Game Mario Ontiveros
2009 Hannah Montana: The Movie Rico
2009 Astro Boy Zane Voice
2009 Wizards of Waverly Place Conscience 3 episodes
2009 Phineas and Ferb Fred Voice; Episode: "Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo"
2011 Love Bites Jeff Episode: "Sky High"
2011 We the Party Quicktime
2012 The Secret World of Arrietty Spiller Voice; United States Dub
2013 Ender's Game Bonzo Madrid

References

  1. ^ a b Colombia Passport: Economics, Culture and Society: "[1] 27 May 2009 archived version of Moisés Arias of Colombia", 23 March 2009. Link retrieved 25 March 2009. Cite: "If some Colombians dream with an American passport, there are cases of Americans who are proud of say they are Colombians. It is the case of New York-born actor Moises Arias, a teen heart throb and an American US television actor who is proud of the origin of his parents: Colombia."
  2. ^ Caracol Radio: "Moisés Arias, el colombiano de wizards of waverly place", 22 March 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 talent of the acting in Hollywood, the son of Antioqueans and says with pride that he is a Colombian.")
  3. ^ IMDb: Hannah Montana (2006), link retrieved 25 March 2009.
  4. ^ IMDb: Disney Channel's Totally New Year (2008) (TV), link retrieved 25 March 2009.
  5. ^ IMDb: Moisés Arias. Additional Details, Other Works: "Appeared in Jonas Brothers' SOS music video". Link retrieved 25 March 2009.
  6. ^ IMDb: The Perfect Game (2009), link retrieved 25 March 2009.
  7. ^ Caracol Radio: "Moisés Arias, el venezolano de Hannah Montana", 22 March 2009. In Spanish. Link retrieved 25 March 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.

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