Ricardo Hoyos

Ricardo Antonio Hoyos, Jr. (born November 27, 1995) is a Canadian actor. He joined the cast of Degrassi: The Next Generation for the eleventh season as Zig Novak and starred in the sequel series Degrassi: Next Class on Netflix. He has also starred in the children's television series Dino Dan.

Acting career 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, The Haunting Hour: The Series, 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.

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.

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 Redakai: Conquer the Kairu.

From 2012 to 2015, Hoyos was cast in the role of Zig Novak in the teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation. He reprised his role in the television sequels Degrassi: Minis and Degrassi: Next Class. Repeated his role in 2015 in the special movie for television Degrassi: Don't Look Back.

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.

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. 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.

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.

Filmography Film 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 The Armoire Tony Short film 2014 Billy the Kid William McCarty Short film Gramps James Short film 2016 The Belko Experiment Guard 2 Sadie's Last Days on Earth Jack Diaz 2018 Bumblebee Trip

Television Year Title Role Notes 2007 'Til Death Do Us Part Johnny Episode 5: "Time Capsule Murder" Good Morning World Jimmy, Allister's nephew Episode #1.17 The Secret of the Nutcracker Sasha Television film 2007–09 The Jon Dore Television Show Young Jon Recurring role, 10 episodes 2008 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 The Haunting Hour: The Series Bill Season 1, episode 13: "Black Mask" 2012 Redakai: Conquer the Kairu Apex Voice 5 episodes 2012–2015 Degrassi: The Next Generation 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 Degrassi: Next Class Zig Novak Main role (seasons 1-4), 35 episodes 2017 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

Music Videos YearTitleArtist 2019 "Die From A Broken Heart" Maddie & Tae

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2010 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actor The Armoire 2011 Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor 14-17 Haven Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actor Dino Dan