Marcel Ruiz (born 06/07/20003) is a Puerto Rican actor and model who portrays Alex Alvarez in the Netflix series "One Day at a Time".^[1]

Marcel Ruiz is 17 years old, born on July 9, 2003, in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, under the Astrological sign of Cancer. His father’s name is Carlitos Ruiz and his mother’s name is Mariem Perez Riera. He has a younger sister named Lucia and their parents are famous personalities in the Puerto Rican film industry. He also has a maternal grandfather’s name is Silverio Perez, a singer, and Comedian while his maternal grandmother was also a singer and Paint er.

Marcel Ruiz is a Puerto Rica-brought into the world American entertainment industry who wound up referred to for his acting job as Alex Alvarez in the Netflix reboot of One Day at once.

He got Imagen Foundation Awards selection for “Best Young Actor-Television” for progressive two years in 2017 and 2018.

His parents were movie producers, and thus, it doesn’t require a lot of exertion for him to get into acting.

He had possibly thought to be going about as a side interest when he showed up in plugs at an early age.

Yet, luckily, it transformed into an undeniable profession for him as days are gone.

In spite of the fact that he is a Secondary school grader, Ruiz still figures out how to act in the two movies and TV appears. In 2019, he depicted John Smith in the anecdotal show film Breakthrough close by entertainers Topher Grace and Chrissy Metz.^[2]

Marcel Ruiz began his acting career appearing in commercials for Old Navy, which was directed by Roman Coppola.

After auditioning for three television series, he was selected in the Netflix reboot of "One Day at a Time."

Marcel Ruiz has been cast as Alex, a "too-cute-for-his-own-good Cuban-American tween," more preppy than his sister, Elena Alvarez, ( Isabella Gomez).

He is the baby of the family and not above working the good kid angle.

Mike Royce along with Gloria Calderon Kellett wrote the series whereas Lear and Michael Garcia served as executive producers.

Marcel's project "Snowfall" is an American crime drama television series which was created by John Singleton.

On the show, he plays, Popeye.

The series was initiated in 2015 and was picked up by FX on September 30, 2016, which contains ten episodes in the first season.

Ruiz's most recent film "Breakthrough," tells the story of a boy named John Smith who falls through ice and ends up underwater for over fifteen minutes.

His Christian mother Joyce Smith, expects a miracle when the doctors told her that her son may not wake up^[3].

Reflecting on Marcel Ruiz’s relationship status, he is probably single.

However, he is often seen with his co-actors posing for a photo and posted on his Instagram handles.

Being a young actor in the entertainment industry, he has not been part of a controversial topic and has maintained a good profile.

Marcel is active on different social media platforms like Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, etc. On Instagram, he goes by handles @itsmarcelruizwith almost 446k followers^[5]. Likewise, he has garnered more than 40.9K Followers on his Twitter account^[4] and has a total of 115.2K followers with 1.6 million likes on his TikTok Account^[6]. He has also earned 112k subscribers on his YouTube channel.

Speaking on Marcel’s earning, he is a talented actor who has earned a decent sum of money through his a few television and film roles at such a young age.

His net worth estimated to be around $1 million-$5 million.

Growing up with his parent belonging from the entertainment industry, he surely has got a good lifestyle to live in.

This talented young actor Marcel Ruiz has successfully won one award and two nominations for One Day at a Time.

In 2017, he won Imagen Award for Best Young Actor.

Likewise, he has got a nomination for the Imagen Foundation Award and Teen Choice Awards for the Best Young Actor-Television in 2018 and 2019.

Moreover, he became one of the “10 Latinxs to Watch in 2019”, by Variety (magazine).