Ricardo Hurtado

Ricardo Javier Hurtado (born August 22, 1999) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Freddy on the 2016 Nickelodeon television series School of Rock  and his voice over role as High Five on the 2020 Netflix TV series Glitch Techs.

Early life
Hurtado was born in Miami, Florida, to musician Ricardo Hurtado and Ofelia Ramírez, both from Nicaragua. When he was a year old, he moved to Atlanta with his parents.

Career
Hurtado began his acting career in 2016, when he made his feature film debut in the Nickelodeon film Ultimate Halloween Haunted House. He was cast to play the main role in the musical-comedy series School of Rock opposite Breanna Yde, Jade Pettyjohn, Lance Lim and Aidan Miner, which aired from 2016 to 2018, he was nominated for Best Young Actor - Television in 2017 Imagen Awards and also was nominated for Best Young Ensemble - Television Series in 2018 Young Entertainer Awards. Hurtado appeared in a guest roles in the period sitcom series The Goldbergs.

Hurtado was cast to play the lead role of Tyler Gossard in the comedy action-adventure series Malibu Rescue alongside Jackie R. Jacobson, Abby Donnelly, Alkoya Brunson and Breanna Yde. He reprised his role in the television sequels, Malibu Rescue – The Movie and Malibu Rescue: The Next Wave. The series premiered in May 2019 on Netflix. He bagged a guest role in the animated miniseries Middle School Moguls, in which he played the voice role of Finn / Fred.

In 2020, Hurtado was cast to play the lead voice role in the comedy animated series Glitch Techs, in which he played the voice role of Hector "High Five" Nieves/Hi-5, which was premiered on Netflix on February 21, 2020, with a second season premiering on August 17 of the same year.

Hurtado co-starred in the comedy series Country Comfort opposite Katharine McPhee, Eddie Cibrian, Jamie Martin Mann, Griffin McIntyre, Shiloh Verrico and Pyper Braun, which was premiered on Netflix on March 19, 2021.

Hurtado played the voice role in the 2021 sci-fi comedy movie Ron's Gone Wrong, in which he played the voice role of Rich Belcher, which was premiere at the 2021 BFI London Film Festival on October 9, 2021 and was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on October 15, 2021 and in the United States on October 22, 2021, by 20th Century Studios.

In 2022, Hurtado appeared in the romantic drama movie Along for the Ride, based on the novel of the same name by Sarah Dessen, which was released on May 6, 2022 by Netflix.

In 2023, Hurtado starred alongside Gattlin Griffith and Giselle Torres in the drama film What Rhymes with Reason, which was released on October 10, 2023.

Personal life
In November 2020, he announced his engagement to his girlfriend, ZuZu Holland.