Tyler Alvarez

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. He is fluent in Spanish.

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 played the lead role of Peter Maldonado in Netflix's true crime mockumentary series American Vandal.

Film

Television