# 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.
In 2021, Hurtado starred in the Netflix musical comedy-drama television miniseries Country Comfort with Katharine McPhee, Eddie Cibrian, Jamie Martin Mann, Griffin McIntyre, Shiloh Verrico and Pyper Braun. Also in 2021, Hurtado played the voice of Rich Belcher in the animated science fiction comedy film Ron's Gone Wrong.
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.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2019 | Malibu Rescue | Tyler Gossard | |
| 2020 | Malibu Rescue: The Next Wave | Tyler Gossard | |
| 2021 | Ron's Gone Wrong | Rich Belcher (voice) | |
| 2022 | Along for the Ride | Jake | |
| 2023 | Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken | Student #1 and Student #10 (voices) | |
| 2023 | What Rhymes with Reason | Billy Brandt | |
| TBA | The Lies I Tell Myself | Elliot | Completed |
| TBA | Man Imperfect | Teddy Miller | Post-production |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2016 | Ultimate Halloween Haunted House | Party City Accomplace | Television film |
| 2016–2018 | School of Rock | Freddy Huerta | 45 episodes |
| 2017 | Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn | Joey Montagelli | Episode: "Not-So-Sweet Charity" |
| 2017 | Nickelodeon's Sizzling Summer Camp Special | Succotash Pete | Television film |
| 2018 | The Mick | Nico | Episode: "The Graduate" |
| 2018 | Glimpse | Malcom Reyes | Episode: "Analog Boy" |
| 2018 | Prince of Peoria | Rafael | Episode: "The Bro-Posal" |
| 2018–2019 | The Goldbergs | Brian McMahon | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Speechless | Connor | Episode: "J-I-- JIMMY V-A-L-VALENTINE" |
| 2019 | Malibu Rescue: The Series | Tyler Gossard | 8 episodes |
| 2019 | Bunk'd | Austin Justin | Episode: "Water Under the Dock" |
| 2019 | Middle School Moguls | Finn / Fred (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2020 | Glitch Techs | Hector "High Five" Nieves/Hi-5 (voice) | 19 episodes |
| 2020 | It's Pony | Blake (voice) | Episode: "Fan Pony/Cop Mom" |
| 2021 | Country Comfort | Tuck | 10 episodes |
| 2023 | The Really Loud House | Chase | Episode: "The Guy Who Makes You Fly" |