Moisés Arias is an American actor who is best known for his roles as 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, and Bigfoot in the Colombianwar dramaMonos. He has also appeared in Pitch Perfect 3, Five Feet Apart, Ender's Game, and The Stanford Prison Experiment.
Early life
Moisés Arias was born April 18, 1994 in New York City, the son of Mónica and César Arias. His parents are Colombian, and he was raised bilingual. His brother is Kickin' It actor Mateo Arias. Before starting his acting career, Moises graduated from Barbizon Modeling and Acting School in Atlanta, Georgia.
Career
Moisés 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 MovieDadnapped. 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. His main role while at Disney was as Rico Suave in 'Hannah Montana'. He appeared in music videos for Pearl Jam, and the Jonas Brothers video for their song "SOS", and Parmalee, and the 2006 filmNacho Libre in a minor role. He participated in the Guadalajara Film Festival during the presentation of the movie The Perfect Game with Eva Longoria. 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 's conscience. 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. 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. This year he broke out from child actor in the film Ender's Game, starring with Asa Butterfield, Abigail Breslin and Harrison Ford. In late 2018, Arias released an album under a different alias. In March 2019, Arias played Poe in the CBS film Five Feet Apart, starring with Cole Sprouse. In January 2020, he appeared as a patient on an episode of the show The Good Doctor on the ABC network.
