Rico Rodriguez (born July 31, 1998) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Manny Delgado on the ABC sitcom Modern Family, which ran for eleven seasons from 2009 to 2020. He received several Screen Actors Guild Awards for his performance. He has also appeared in numerous other television shows and movies—both as himself and other characters—before, during, and after the show's run, such as Epic Movie, Endgame, El Americano: The Movie, and Nickelodeon's The Substitute and Unfiltered.

Rodriguez was born in Bryan, Texas, the son of Diane and Roy Rodriguez, who owned Rodriguez Tire Service. His siblings are brothers Ray and Roy Jr. and sister Raini Rodriguez, who is an actress. He is of Mexican descent.

At age nine, he played a character in Cory in the House. He later had guest appearances on the series ER, iCarly, Nip/Tuck, and My Name Is Earl. In 2007, he appeared in the comedy film Epic Movie as the character Chanchito. The movie earned a score of 2% on Rotten Tomatoes, from 66 reviews. Jamie Russell of the BBC referred to it as "the most excruciating, unfunny film you'll see this year...if not your entire lifetime".

In September 2009, he began playing Manny Delgado in Modern Family. His role was said to be "crazy hard" to cast by co-creator Steve Levitan. In 2010, he said he is sometimes nothing like Manny, although he also named some similarities between them. Later, in 2016, Rodriguez said he had "grown into the character", finding more in common with him. For the role, Rodriguez and the cast of Modern Family were nominated eight times for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, winning four times.

The same year Modern Family was released, he also appeared in a season six episode of NCIS as Travis, a boy who discovers a gun and dead body. He wrote a book that was published in November 2012, titled Reel Life Lessons... So Far. Among other things, he discusses what it was like having Sofía Vergara as his character's mother on Modern Family, writing that she treats him like he were her own son.

In 2015, Rodriguez played the character of Jose in Endgame, a coming-of-age film about a Mexican middle-schooler who joins a chess team. It received a score of 50% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on eight reviews. Rodriguez later voiced a character named Raha in The Lion Guard, part of The Lion King franchise, which ran from 2016 to 2019. The show's cast also included Modern Family co-star Sarah Hyland. In 2016, Rodriguez played a parrot named Cuco in the animated film El Americano: The Movie. Its director, Ricardo Arnaiz, was very pleased with the casting.

Modern Family ended after eleven seasons in April 2020. He announced on Instagram that "words cannot even begin to describe the life-changing experience I have had on this show". Since then, he has made appearances as himself on The Substitute and Unfiltered, both on Nickelodeon.

Rodriguez is a Houston Rockets fan. He has described himself as an avid reader.

On March 12, 2017, Rodriguez's father, Roy, died at age 52.

Filmography: Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Epic Movie	Chanchito
2007	Parker	Kid on Playground #2	Short film
2008	Babysitters Beware	Marco
2009	Opposite Day	Kid Janitor
2011	The Muppets	Himself	Cameo
2015	Endgame	Jose
2016	El Americano: The Movie	Cuco	Voice

Filmography: Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006–2007	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Ice cream kid prankster	10 episodes
2007	Cory in the House	Rico	2 episodes
2007	ER	James	Episode: "Crisis of Conscience"
2007	Nip/Tuck	Kid #1	Episode: "Duke Collins"
2007	iCarly	Boy Riding Toy Horse	Episode: "iRue the Day"
2008	My Name Is Earl	Kid	Episode: "Girl Earl"
2009	NCIS	Travis Buckley	Episode: "Hide and Seek"
2009–2020	Modern Family	Manny Delgado	Main role; 226 episodes
2011	Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil	Luigi Vendetta	Voice, episode: "Luigi Vendetta"
2011	Good Luck Charlie	Leo	Episode: "The Bob Duncan Experience"
2012	R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour	Chi	Episode: "The Weeping Woman"
2012	Sesame Street	Presenter	1 episode
2012	Mad	Norman, Costumed Boy, Linus Van Pelt	Voice, episode: "Frankenwinnie/ParaMorgan"
2014	Cyberchase	Ollie	Voice, episode: "The Cyberchase Movie, Part 1"
2015	Jake and the Never Land Pirates	Snow-Foot	Voice, episode: "The Legendary Snow-Foot!"
2015	Austin & Ally	Benny	Episode: "Burdens & Boynado"
2016	Chopped Junior	Guest Judge	Episode: "Quail Quest"
2016	Victor and Valentino	Valentino	Voice, pilot episode
2016	Nickelodeon's Ultimate Halloween Haunted House	Himself	Main role
2018–2019	The Lion Guard	Raha	Voice, 2 episodes
2018	Double Dare	Himself	Contestant; episode: "Team Rico vs. Team Raini"
2020	The Substitute	Himself	Episode: "Rico & Raini Rodriguez"
2020	Unfiltered	Himself	Episode: "Super Cats & Fierce Ice Cream!"

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
2009	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Modern Family	Nominated
2010	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Won
2010	Young Artist Award	Outstanding Young Performers in a TV Series		Won
2010	Teen Choice Award	Choice TV: Male Breakout Star		Won
2010	Imagen Award	Best Supporting Actor – Television		Nominated
2011	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Won
2011	ALMA Award	Favorite TV Actor – Supporting Role in a Comedy		Won
2011	Young Artist Awards	Outstanding Young Ensemble in a TV Series		Nominated
2011	Teen Choice Award	Choice TV: Male Breakout Star		Nominated
2012	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Won
2012	ALMA Award	Favorite TV Actor – Supporting Role in a Comedy		Won
2013	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Won
2013	Teen Choice Award	Choice TV: Male Breakout Star		Nominated
2014	Screen Actors Guild	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2015	Image Award	Best Young Actor – Television		Won
2015	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2016	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated

• Rico Rodriguez at IMDb