Marcel Ruiz

ActorProducerWriter Jul 9 (age 23) San Juan, Puerto Rico 2005–2026 (21 year career)

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Biography

Marcel Ruiz has been in front of the cameras since his home birth in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, among a family of filmmakers. His role in the critically acclaimed Netflix sitcom One Day at a Time (2017) got him an Imagen Award for Best Young Actor and a Teen Choice Award nomination, before debuting on the big screen as the lead of the 20th Century Fox film Breakthrough (2019). Marcel wrote, produced, and stars in Summer of Three, for which he won Best Performance and Best Screenplay at the 2026 …