Ricardo Hoyos

Ricardo Hoyos
Born	Ricardo Antonio Hoyos, Jr. (1995-11-27) November 27, 1995 (age 29) Alliston, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007–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	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2010	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actor	The Armoire	Nominated	[12]
2011		Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor 14-17	Haven	Nominated	[13]
		Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actor	Dino Dan	Nominated	[13]
		Outstanding Young Ensemble in a TV Series (shared with Jason Spevack, Sydney Kuhne, Isaac Durnford, Jaclyn Forbes)		Won	[13]
2012		Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor 14-17	R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (Episode: "The Black Mask")	Nominated	[14]

References

1. 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). Archived from the original on October 4, 2023 – via Twitter.
3. @RicardoHoyos2 (September 27, 2011). "@CMsingact ecuadorian and Irish canadian" (Tweet). Archived from the original on October 4, 2023 – via Twitter.
4. "The Secret of the Nutcracker". dove.org. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
5. "Ricardo Hoyos as Jacob - Toronto Stories (2008)". IMDb. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
6. "Ricardo Hoyos - Degrassi". Amino Apps. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
7. "Sadie's Last Days on Earth". Letterboxd. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
8. "Lifetime Review: 'The Wrong Crush'". vocal.media. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
9. Spiegel, Janel (November 2, 2017). "Interview: Cassie Scerbo (Truth or Dare)". Horrornews.net. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
10. "BUMBLEBEE (2018)". British Board of Film Classification . Archived from the original on May 20, 2019. 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. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
13. "Thirty-second Young Artist Awards". Nominations. Young Artist Awards. March 13, 2011. Archived from the original on August 8, 2013. 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.

External links

• Ricardo Hoyos at IMDb
• Ricardo Hoyos on Twitter