Noah Urrea
American actor and musician (born 2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American actor and musician (born 2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Noah Jacob Urrea (born March 31, 2001)[1] is an American singer, actor, composer, dancer and model.[3] He represented USA in the global pop group Now United, which made him known worldwide. In 2022 he left the group to focus on his solo career.
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| Born | Noah Jacob Urrea 31 March 2001[1] Orange, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
| Agent | LA Models[2] |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
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| Website | noahurrea |
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Urrea was born in Orange, California, on March 31, 2001, to Marco and Wendy Urrea. Noah is of Mexican descent through his father's side and Dutch/French with English, Scottish and German ancestry through his mother's side.[3]
He had his first chance as an artist in 2011, when he appeared in Blake Shelton's music video, "Honey Bee". In 2012, Urrea was selected as one of Nickelodeon's 'Groundlings', where he developed the talent for improvised comedy.[4]
Urrea made his film debut in 2013 with a role in A Madea Christmas, in which he acted and sang. He played "Bailey McCoy", opposite Tyler Perry, Alicia Witt and Chad Michael Murray. In 2014, Urrea played "Ryan Wade" at the age of 9 in The Identical, another role in which he sang. For his interpretation of Jameses in the 2014 short film Eleven, Urrea won the 'Best Young Actor Award' at the 'Action on Film International Film Festival'. In 2015, Urrea acted as "Cody Mcbride" on Amazon Prime's The Kicks series. Urrea has also appeared in many TV series, including Childrens Hospital, Sam & Cat, Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street, The Fosters, See Dad Run, Speechless, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn and My Super Sweet 16.[5]
In March 2017, he released his EP, Always. In June 2017, Urrea played the twins Mason and Mitchel in the independent film A Wake which premiered in 2020.[6][7]
On November 13, 2017, Urrea was revealed as one of the members of Now United, being the fourth revealed at the time.[8] In December of the same year, the group released their first single, "Summer in the City".[9] On April 9, 2020, the song "Wake Up" was released on digital platforms, along with the music video, which was Noah who directed it.[10] On October 18, 2022, Noah announced his departure of the group to pursue his solo career. On November 14 of the same year, Now United released "Good Intentions", which was his farewell solo song.
In October 2020, Urrea was scheduled to star in a movie on Netflix called Metal Lords, which was released in April 2022. He played Clay Moss.[11][12][13]
| Year | Title | Character | Notes |
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| 2011 | Grand Escape | Charlie (young) | Short film |
| 2013 | A Madea Christmas | Bailey McCoy | |
| 2014 | The Identical | Drexel Hemsley/Ryan Wade (young) | |
| 2014 | Eleven | James (young) | Short film |
| 2019 | A Wake | Mason/Mitchel | |
| 2021 | Love, Love, Love. A Musical | Noah | Short film |
| 2022 | Metal Lords | Clay Moss |
| Year | Title | Character | Notes |
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| 2012 | Children's Hospital | Trevor | Cameo |
| 2013 | Twang | Noah Montgomery | TV Pilot |
| 2014 | Sam & Cat | Jett Zander | Episode 35 |
| See Dad Run | Hi-Def Boy | (Season 2; Episode 14) | |
| 2015–2016 | Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street | Randy | Recurring |
| 2016 | The Kicks | Cody McBride | Recurring |
| 2017 | The Fosters | Todd | Cameo (Season 4; Episode 18) |
| Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn | Dylan | Cameo (Season 3; Episode 16) | |
| My Super Sweet 16 | Himself | Feature (Season 10; Episode 2) | |
| 2019 | Speechless | Kai | Cameo (Season 3; Episode 17) |
| Year | Title | Character | Notes | Reference |
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| 2018 | Meet Noah | Himself | A short documentary-style introduction video on Now United’s YouTube channel. | |
| Dreams Come True: The Documentary | Himself | Documentary showing the creation of the global pop group Now United | [14] |
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| Always |
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| "Always" | 2017 | — | Always | ||||||||||
| "Flowers" | 2023 | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated | Result | Ref. |
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| 2014 | Action On Film International Film Festival | Best Young Actor Award | Eleven | Won | |
| 2020 | You Pop Awards | Favorite International Singer | Noah Urrea | Won | [16] |
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