Froylán Gutierrez (born April 27, 1998) is an American actor and singer, known for playing Nolan Holloway in ''

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'' and Jamie Henson in '' Cruel Summer''. He is also known for his part as Ryan in the first instalment of an intended

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trilogy, '' The Strangers: Chapter 1''. Gutierrez released his first single, "Sideswipe", in 2018.

Early life and education

Gutierrez was born and raised in

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and attended Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. He is of

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(indigenous Mexican) descent through his father and grew up

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by learning both English and Spanish. After an agent saw him in a Dallas Children's Theater play, he began submitting audition tapes in 2015. He also experienced racist

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and was part of a performance group at

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, where he worked on peer-to-peer outreach with other adolescents. "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".

Career

After making his television debut in 2015 as Charlie in

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'', in 2017, Gutierrez appeared in the final season of ''

'' and on the first season of '' One Day at a Time''. He was one of the two narrators in the audiobook version of

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and

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's 2018

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LGBT

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'' and its 2022 sequel ''Here's To Us''. In 2019, he was cast in the second season of

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's television series ''

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''. In 2021, he had his first series regular role as Jamie in Freeform's teen drama ''Cruel Summer''. After that, Gutierrez appeared in several feature films, including the 2020

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''. In 2022, Gutierrez starred in ''

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'', a sequel to the 1993 film ''

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''. In 2023, Gutierrez starred in '' The Strangers: Chapter 1'', directed by

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Personal life

Gutierrez came out as gay on August 7, 2023, when he and actor Zane Phillips announced their relationship on

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Filmography

Film

Television

Discography

Singles

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gutierrez, Froy 1998 births 21st-century American LGBTQ people 21st-century American male actors American gay actors American male television actors American people of Indigenous Mexican descent American people of Mexican descent Hispanic and Latino American male actors LGBTQ people from Texas Living people Male actors from Dallas