Rico Rodriguez
Biography
Rico Rodriguez is an American actor who began working as a child, playing a character on Cory in the House at age nine and taking guest parts on ER, iCarly, Nip/Tuck and My Name Is Earl. He became known for Manny Delgado on the ABC sitcom Modern Family, which he started playing in 2009 and which ran for eleven seasons until 2020; the show's co-creator Steve Levitan said the part was hard to cast. With the Modern Family cast he shared eight Screen Actors Guild ensemble nominations and four wins. His screen work includes Endgame (2015) and El Americano: The Movie (2016), in which he voiced a parrot named Cuco, plus the voice role of Raha in The Lion Guard from 2016 to 2019. He also wrote a book, Reel Life Lessons... So Far, published in 2012, and has appeared as himself on the Nickelodeon shows The Substitute and Unfiltered.
28years old
Turns 29 on July 31in 263 days
- Born College Station
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 16 years2009 to 2025
Every film, newest first
- 2025SneaksIMDb rating 3.9
- 2016AmericanoIMDb rating 4.2
- 2015The Heyday of the Insensitive BastardsIMDb rating 4.3
- 2009Babysitters BewareIMDb rating 4.2
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First role
At age nine, Rico Rodriguez played a character on Cory in the House, which came before his guest spots on ER, iCarly, Nip/Tuck and My Name Is Earl.
Big break
Steve Levitan, who helped create Modern Family, said casting the part of Manny Delgado was "crazy hard." Rico Rodriguez took on that role starting in September 2009.
Rico Rodriguez movies on Netflix
Worked with
Rico Rodriguez made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Danny Trejo's page
Keith David's page
Laurence Fishburne's page
James Franco's page
Dee Wallace's page
Matthew Modine's page
Lauren HoekstraDirector, 1 film, 2015
All films by Lauren Hoekstra
Mark ColumbusDirector, 1 film, 2015
All films by Mark Columbus
Sarah KruchowskiDirector, 1 film, 2015
All films by Sarah Kruchowski
Online
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