Carlito Olivero

Carlos Emmanuel Olivero born July 16 1989 better known as Carlito Olivero is an American singer and actor of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent From 200709 he was part of the Latin boy band Menudo after taking part in MTVs Making Menudo Moving to Los Angeles in 2009 he appeared in various singing and acting events and in 2012 appeared in the film We the Party directed by Mario Van Peebles In 2013 he auditioned for season 3 of the American singing competition series The X Factor and finished 3rd in the competition He was mentored by Paulina Rubio After disbandment Olivero relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a singing acting career He appeared in small roles in TNT network series Rizzoli Isles and in an advertisement for Starbucks and Time Warner cable He appeared in season 6 episode 9 of Modern Family as Teddy Keys dating Alex In 2012 Olivero appeared in a main role in We the Party a film written and directed by Mario Van Peebles The film is a revealing look at contemporary youth culture showing teenagers as they are not as adults would like them to be A comedy set in an ethnically diverse Los Angeles high school it focuses on young friends as they deal with romance money prom college sex bullies Facebook fitting in standing out and finding themselves From 20152017 Olivero starred in the successful Hulu Original Series East Los High In 2018 Carlito starred in the YouTube Red scripted drama series Step Up High Water He played the role of Derek Sandoval in the thriller film Bad Samaritan directed by Dean Devlin which premiered on May 4 2018 On October 18 2019 it was reported that Olivero had been cast in the upcoming sequel to the 2019 psychological thriller film Escape Room which will be released sometime in 2021