| Ricardo Hoyos | |
| Birth Name: | Ricardo Antonio Hoyos, Jr. |
| Birth Date: | 1995 11, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Alliston, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Yearsactive: | 2007–present |
| Parents: | Ricardo Hoyos, Sr. Eileen Hoyos |
Ricardo Antonio Hoyos, Jr. (born November 27, 1995) is a Canadian actor. He joined the cast of for the eleventh season as Zig Novak and starred in the sequel series on Netflix.[1] He has also starred in the children's television series Dino Dan.
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]
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, , 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 .
From 2012 to 2015, Hoyos was cast in the role of Zig Novak in the teen drama series . He reprised his role in the television sequels Degrassi: Minis and . 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]
| 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 | data-sort-value="Armoire, The" | The Armoire | Tony | Short film |
| 2014 | Billy the Kid | William McCarty | Short film | |
| Gramps | James | Short film | ||
| 2016 | data-sort-value="Belko Experiment, The" | The Belko Experiment | Guard 2 | |
| Sadie's Last Days on Earth | Jack Diaz | |||
| 2018 | Bumblebee | Trip |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | data-sort-value="Til Death Do Us Part" | 'Til Death Do Us Part | Johnny | Episode 5: "Time Capsule Murder" |
| Good Morning World | Jimmy, Allister's nephew | Episode #1.17 | ||
| data-sort-value="Secret of the Nutcracker, The" | The Secret of the Nutcracker | Sasha | Television film | |
| 2007–09 | data-sort-value="Jon Dore Television Show], The" | The Jon Dore Television Show | Young Jon | Recurring role, 10 episodes |
| 2008 | data-sort-value="Rick Mercer Report, The" | 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 | data-sort-value="Haunting Hour: The Series, The" | Bill | Season 1, episode 13: "Black Mask" | |
| 2012 | Apex | Voice 5 episodes | ||
| 2012–2015 | 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 | Zig Novak | Main role (seasons 1-4), 35 episodes | ||
| 2017 | data-sort-value="Wrong Crush, The" | 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 | |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actor | The Armoire | [12] | |
| 2011 | Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor 14-17 | Haven | [13] | ||
| Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actor | Dino Dan | ||||
| Outstanding Young Ensemble in a TV Series (shared with Jason Spevack, Sydney Kuhne, Isaac Durnford, Jaclyn Forbes) | |||||
| 2012 | Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor 14-17 | R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour(Episode: "The Black Mask") | [14] |