Froy Gutierrez
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| File:Froy Gutierrez by Gage Skidmore.jpg Gutierrez at the 2024 WonderCon | |
| Born | April 27, 1998 Highland Park, Texas, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
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| Instrument | Vocals |
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Froylán Gutierrez (born April 27, 1998)[1][2] is an American actor and singer,[3] known for playing Nolan Holloway in Teen Wolf and Jamie Henson in Cruel Summer. He is also known for his part as Ryan in the first instalment of an intended standalone trilogy, The Strangers: Chapter 1. Gutierrez released his first single, "Sideswipe", in 2018.[4]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Gutierrez was born and raised in Highland Park, Texas and attended Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.[5] He is of Indigenous (Caxcan) and Mexican descent through his father. He grew up bilingual by learning both English and Spanish.[6][3] After an agent saw him in a Dallas Children's Theater play, he began submitting audition tapes in 2015.[3][5] He also experienced racist bullying and was part of a performance group at Planned Parenthood, where he worked on peer-to-peer outreach with other adolescents.[5][7] "Growing up, I was surrounded by these very macho boys that would bully me," he explained. "I was afraid of them [...] I was attacked by them as a kid all the time".[8]
Career
[edit | edit source]After making his television debut in 2015 as Charlie in Nickelodeon's Bella and the Bulldogs, in 2017, Gutierrez appeared in the final season of Teen Wolf and on the first season of One Day at a Time.[9] He was one of the two narrators in the audiobook version of Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera's 2018 young adult LGBT romantic comedy What If It's Us and its 2022 sequel Here's To Us.[10] In 2019, he was cast in the second season of Hulu's television series Light as a Feather.[11] In 2021, he had his first series regular role as Jamie in Freeform's teen drama Cruel Summer.[7][12] After that, Gutierrez appeared in several feature films, including the 2020 slasher film Initiation.[13] In 2022, Gutierrez starred in Hocus Pocus 2, a sequel to the 1993 film Hocus Pocus. In 2023, Gutierrez starred in The Strangers: Chapter 1, directed by Renny Harlin.[8][14]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Gutierrez came out as gay on August 7, 2023, when he and actor Zane Phillips announced their relationship on Instagram.[15]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]Film
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2017 | A Cowgirl's Story | Jason |
| 2018 | The Vampyre | English man |
| 2020 | Initiation | Wesley “Wes” Scott |
| 2022 | Hocus Pocus 2 | Mike |
| 2024 | The Strangers: Chapter 1 | Ryan Perez |
| 2025 | The Strangers: Chapter 2 | |
| TBA | This Is Not a Test |
Television
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2015–2016 | Bella and the Bulldogs | Charlie Huggins | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | The Goldbergs | Handsome Ben | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | One Day at a Time | Josh | 4 episodes |
| Teen Wolf | Nolan Holloway | Recurring role (season 6) | |
| 2018 | Liza on Demand | Doug | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Light as a Feather | Ridge Reyes | Recurring role (season 2) |
| 2020 | Acting for a Cause | Antonio/Curio/Sir Andrew Aquecheek | 1 episode |
| 2020 | Wireless | Brad Carnegie | Miniseries; supporting role |
| 2021 | Cruel Summer | Jamie Henson[16] | Main role (season 1) |
| 2025 | I Love LA | Lukas Landry | 2 episodes |
Discography
[edit | edit source]Singles
[edit | edit source]| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Sideswipe" | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "Fix Me" | 2019 | |
| "Crash" | ||
| "When It's Midnight" |
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External links
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- Froy Gutierrez at Rotten Tomatoes
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