Early life

Moisés Arias was born on April 18, 1994 in New York City, the son of immigrants from the Paisa region of Colombia. He was brought up bilingual and is fluent in English and Spanish. 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 Movie Dadnapped. 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 (Comets). 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 film Nacho Libre in a minor role. He participated in the Guadalajara Film Festival (2009) 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 Max (Jake T. Austin)'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 rave reviews.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Everybody Hates Chris	Kid #5	Episode: Everybody Hates Sausage
2006	The Emperor's New School	Marcus	Episode: Rabbit Face
2006	Dive Olly Dive	Olly (Voice)	6 episodes
2006	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Randall	Episode: "Day Care"
2006	Nacho Libre	Juan Pablo
2006-11	Hannah Montana	Rico Suave	Recurring Role (Season 1), Main role; (Seasons 2-4) Disney Channel Original Series; (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	Max's conscience	3 episodes
2009	The Suite Life on Deck	Jay	Episode: Shipnotized
2009	Phineas and Ferb	Fred	Voice; Episode: "Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo"
2011	Love Bites	Jeff	Episode: "Sky High"
2012	We the Party	Quicktime
2012	The Middle	Matt	Sue Heck's boyfriend; 5 episodes.
2012	The Secret World of Arrietty	Spiller	Voice; United States dub
2012	Noobz	Hollywood
2013	The Kings of Summer	Biaggio	Lead role
2013	Ender's Game	Bonzo Madrid	Supporting role
2013	Despicable Me 2	Antonio Perez	Voice
2015	The Stanford Prison Experiment	Actor
2016	Ben-Hur		Filming
Music videos
Year	Artist	Single
2007	Jonas Brothers	"SOS"
2012	Jaden Smith	"Gonzoes"
2012	Jaden Smith	"The Coolest"
2013	GS Boyz	"Stanky Legg"
2013	Jaden Smith	"Shakespeare"

[ Source: Wikipedia ]