Ricardo Hoyos
Born
Ricardo Antonio Hoyos, Jr.

(1995-11-27) November 27, 1995 (age 28)
Alliston, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
Parent(s)Ricardo Hoyos, Sr.
Eileen Hoyos

Ricardo Antonio Hoyos, Jr. (born November 27, 1995) is a Canadian actor. He joined the cast of Degrassi: The Next Generation for the eleventh season as Zig Novak and starred in the sequel series Degrassi: Next Class on Netflix.[1] He has also starred in the children's television series Dino Dan.[1]

Early life

Hoyos was born in Alliston, Ontario to an Ecuadorian father and a Canadian mother. He is the older brother of actor Lucius Hoyos.[2] His mother has Irish ancestry.[3]

Acting career

At the age of twelve, Hoyos began his professional acting career as a child actor in 2007, when he appeared in episodic roles in the television shows: 'Til Death Do Us Part, Good Morning World, The Rick Mercer Report, Super Why!, Haven, The Haunting Hour: The Series, Life with Boys, Flower Shop Mysteries, Raising Expectations, Killjoys, Love Daily and Riverdale. He also has appeared in the films: Outlander and The Belko Experiment.

Hoyos made his film debut in the 2007 television film The Secret of the Nutcracker directed by Eric Till, portraying Sasha.[4]

Hoyos played the role of Jacob in the anthology film Toronto Stories, which was premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2008 and was released on December 12, 2008.[5]

In 2010, Hoyos played the recurring role of Ricardo Sanchez in the children's television series Dino Dan.

In 2012, Hoyos played the voice role of Apex in the animated series Redakai: Conquer the Kairu.

From 2012 to 2015, Hoyos was cast in the role of Zig Novak in the teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation. He reprised his role in the television sequels Degrassi: Minis and Degrassi: Next Class. Repeated his role in 2015 in the special movie for television Degrassi: Don't Look Back.[6]

In 2016, Hoyos played the role of Jack Diaz in comedy film Sadie's Last Days on Earth opposite Morgan Taylor Campbell, Clark Backo, Munro Chambers and Paula Brancati.[7]

In 2017, Hoyos starred along with Vivica A. Fox, Lesli Kay and Victoria Konefal in the 2017 television film The Wrong Crush directed by David DeCoteau, portraying Jake Jericho.[8] On the same year, Hoyos played the role of Luke Wyler in the supernatural horror film Truth or Dare directed by Nick Simon, which was released on OCtober 8, 2017.[9]

In 2018, Hoyos appeared in the sci-fi action film Bumblebee directed by Travis Knight, based on the Hasbro's Transformers toy line character of the same name, in which he played the role of Tripp Summers.[10][11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Back in '93 Tino Short film
2008 Outlander Jon Uncredited
Toronto Stories Jacob
What You Eat Young Robert Short film
2009 The Armoire Tony Short film
2014 Billy the Kid William McCarty Short film
Gramps James Short film
2016 The Belko Experiment Guard 2
Sadie's Last Days on Earth Jack Diaz
2018 Bumblebee Trip

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 'Til Death Do Us Part Johnny Episode 5: "Time Capsule Murder"
Good Morning World Jimmy, Allister's nephew Episode #1.17
The Secret of the Nutcracker Sasha Television film
2007–09 The Jon Dore Television Show Young Jon Recurring role, 10 episodes
2008 The Rick Mercer Report Boy in Shell Ad Parody Season 6, episode 6
2009 Super Why! Additional Voice / Ugly Duckling Brother 1 2 episodes
2010 Haven Bobby Mueller Season 1, episode 2: "Butterfly"
Dino Dan Ricardo Sanchez Recurring role, 16 episodes
2011 The Haunting Hour: The Series Bill Season 1, episode 13: "Black Mask"
2012 Redakai: Conquer the Kairu Apex Voice
5 episodes
2012–2015 Degrassi: The Next Generation Zig Novak Main role (seasons 11–14), 92 episodes
2013 Life with Boys Wyatt Season 2, episode 9: "Chasing Rats With Boys"
2015 Degrassi: Minis Zig Novak 10 episodes
Degrassi: Don't Look Back Zig Novak TV film
2016 Flower Shop Mysteries Kenny Lipinski Miniseries
Episode: "Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped in the Bud"
Raising Expectations Lou Season 1, episode 3: "Conner's Date"
Killjoys Olan 2 episodes
2016–2017 Degrassi: Next Class Zig Novak Main role (seasons 1-4), 35 episodes
2017 The Wrong Crush Jake Jericho Television film
Truth or Dare Luke Wyler Television film
2019 Love Daily Jake Episode 13: "Last First Kiss"
2022 Riverdale Heraldo 3 episodes

Music Videos

Year Title Artist
2019 "Die From A Broken Heart" Maddie & Tae

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Work
2010 Young Artist Awards[12] Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actor Nominated The Armoire
2011 Young Artist Awards[13] Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor 14-17 Nominated Haven
Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actor Nominated Dino Dan
Outstanding Young Ensemble in a TV Series (shared with Jason Spevack, Sydney Kuhne, Isaac Durnford, Jaclyn Forbes) Won Dino Dan
2012 Young Artist Awards[14] Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor 14-17 Nominated R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour

References

  1. ^ a b Seidman, Robert (January 12, 2012). "TeenNick's 'Degrassi' Returns with New Episodes Monday, February 20". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 15, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  2. ^ @RicardoHoyos2 (March 5, 2012). "my dads parents are from Peru and Ecuador. They speak Spanish, but I do not" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ @RicardoHoyos2 (September 27, 2011). "@CMsingact ecuadorian and Irish canadian" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "The Secret of the Nutcracker". dove.org. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  5. ^ "Ricardo Hoyos as Jacob - Toronto Stories (2008)". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  6. ^ "Ricardo Hoyos - Degrassi". Amino Apps. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  7. ^ "Sadie's Last Days on Earth". Letterboxd. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  8. ^ "Lifetime Review: 'The Wrong Crush'". vocal.media. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  9. ^ Spiegel, Janel. "Interview: Cassie Scerbo (Truth or Dare)". Horrornews.net. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  10. ^ "BUMBLEBEE (2018)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  11. ^ "BUMBLEBEE [Re-edited version,2D]". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  12. ^ "Thirty-first Young Artist Awards". Nominations. Young Artist Awards. April 11, 2010. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  13. ^ "Thirty-second Young Artist Awards". Nominations. Young Artist Awards. March 13, 2011. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  14. ^ "33rd Young Artist Awards". Nominations. Young Artist Awards. May 6, 2012. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2012.

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