Carlos Miranda (actor)

Miranda was born in San Francisco, California. He is of Nicaraguan descent and speaks fluent Spanish.^[1] From the ages of 8-13, he lived in Miami before moving back to San Francisco.^[2]

After moving to Los Angeles in May 2008 to pursue an acting career, he landed his first feature film role that year in Gavin O'Connor's Warrior. He joined the cast of Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring as Rob, which released in 2013.^[3]

Miranda worked a number of side jobs while auditioning for roles in Los Angeles, including driving for Uber. After he booked the indie film Senior Moment and a guest-star role on Chicago P.D., he auditioned for the series Vida via self-tape. Upon receiving the role of Johnny, he was able to work as an actor full-time.^[3] Miranda was a series regular on Vida for the show's 3 seasons from 2018 to 2020. The series tell the story of two Mexican American sisters who move back to their childhood home in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles after the death of their mother.^[4] In 2019, Vida received an award for Outstanding Television Series at the National Hispanic Media Coalition Impact Awards and an award for Outstanding Comedy Series at the GLAAD Media Award.^[5][6]

Miranda wrote, directed, produced, and featured in the short film "End Trip", released in 2019.^[7][8]

In 2020, Miranda appeared as a guest-star in season 4 of Station 19, as the firefighter Teodora "Theo" Ruiz. He was later promoted to the main cast for seasons 5-7. Teodora "Theo" Ruiz was a Lieutenant at Station 23 and Michael Williams' old captain and Travis' friend, who later is transferred to Station 19. He dates Vic in seasons 4-6. During his time on the show, Station 19 received a Tell-Tale TV Award for Favorite Network Drama Series.^[1][9]

Miranda was seen in a recurring role on the final season of Bosch and part of the main cast in the crime-action heist indie feature Righteous Thieves.^[10][11]

Miranda appears as Paz in The Boroughs, a 2026 American science fiction television series produced by The Duffer Brothers.^[12][13]

Miranda was inspired to pursue an acting career after watching Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie Romeo + Juliet when he was 11 years old. He has two sons.^[2]