Tyler Alvarez

Tyler Alvarez is an actor who portrays Declan Rivers in the Freeform series The Fosters.

Early Life[]

Alvarez was born in The Bronx, New York to a first generation Cuban American father, and a fourth generation Puerto Rican American mother. His father works for the Drug Enforcement Administration and his mother works for a private hospital. He has one older brother, Nico. Alvarez' parents divorced when he was a child and both subsequently remarried. He has two younger half-siblings, Alex and Brianna, from his father, and a younger half-sister, Sophia, from his mother. Alvarez was educated at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in New York City.

Career[]

Alvarez's first professional acting job was in a Totino's pizza rolls commercial. In 2014, he began starring as Diego Rueda, a human with magical powers, in Nickelodeon's teen sitcom Every Witch Way. The following year, Alvarez began portraying Benny Mendoza, the eldest son of Litchfield inmate Gloria Mendoza, in Netflix's comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black. In 2017, he began playing the lead role of Peter Maldonado in Netflix's true crime mockumentary series American Vandal. It has been confirmed that he will return for the second season.

Filmography[]

The House That Jack Built (2013) Young Hector
Brothers in Arms (2013) Logan (short)
The Pretenders (2018) Doug
Every Witch Way (TV series) Diego Rueda (2014-2015) (85 episodes)
Every Witch Way: Spellbound (2014) Diego Rueda
Talia in the Kitchen (TV series) Diego Rueda (2015) (episode: "Every Witch Lola's")
Orange Is the New Black (TV series) Benny Mendoza (2015-2017) (5 episodes)
High School Lover (2017) Larry
American Vandal (TV series) Peter Maldonado (2017-present) (8 episodes)
Fresh Off the Boat (TV series) Wes (2017) (episode: "Slide Effect"
The Fosters (2018) (5 episodes)