Ryan Guzman

Ryan Guzman
Birth name	Ryan Anthony Guzman
Date of birth	September 21, 1987
Place of birth	Abilene, Texas, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Actor • model
Resumé	Jem and the Holograms (film)
Role(s)	Rio (film)

Ryan Anthony Guzman (born September 21, 1987) is an American actor and former model. He is best known for portraying Jake in the ABC Family/FreeForm TV series, Pretty Little Liars, Sean Asa in the fourth and fifth installments of the Step Up series, Noah Sandborn in The Boy Next Door, and Carlos Gutierrez in the mini-series Heroes Reborn.

He played the role of Rio in the live-action film, Jem and the Holograms (2015).

Life and career

Guzman was born in Abilene, Texas. His father, Ray, is Mexican. His mother, Lisa (née Hudson), who was born in California, has British, German, French, Dutch and Swedish ancestry. He has a younger brother named Steven.

Guzman's road crew-like ending credits sticker from the Jem and the Holograms film.

Guzman moved to Sacramento, California, his mother's native city, at a young age. He graduated from West Campus High School in 2005 and attended Sierra College.

In 2015, Guzman played the role of Rio Raymond in the musical, fantasy, adventure film, Jem and the Holograms.

Gallery

Ryan Guzman as Rio Raymond in Jem and the Holograms.
(2015)

Guzman at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International.

Trivia

• The Jem and the Holograms movie is the third time he works with director Jon M. Chu, although in Step-Up: Revolution and Step-Up: All In, Chu was the producer, not the director.