2. Daren Maxwell Kagasoff (born September 16, 1987( 28 years old) is an American
actor. He is known for starring as Ricky Underwood on the ABC Family teen drama
series The Secret Life of the American Teenager from 2008 to 2013.
3. Daren was born in Encino, California .His parents are
Elise Kagasoff (née Levy) and Barry Kagasoff, a
diamond merchant. He is the middle of three
children; he has an older brother, Justin, and a
younger sister, Natalie.
He also graduated from Montclair Preparatory High
School in 2005 where he played on his school's
baseball team. While attending school at San
Francisco State University, Kagasoff decided to
become an actor.
4. After deciding to return to Los Angeles,
Kagasoff landed the lead role in a local theater
production of Suburbia, a play that the
eponymous 1996 film was based upon. After
studying acting, he began auditioning for
television and film roles. During one of his first
auditions, he impressed producer Brenda
Hampton so much that she hand-picked him to
star as Ricky Underwood in the ABC
Family series The Secret Life of the American
Teenager. The show ran for eight seasons.
It was announced on February 24, 2013 that
Kagasoff had been cast as Alex in the Fox
pilot Delirium, based on the novel by Lauren
Oliver.However, the pilot was not picked up to
series.
5. Kagasoff co-starred as Trevor in the supernatural horror film Ouija, directed
by Stiles White and co-written by Juliet Snowden and White. The film was
released in October 2014.
In September 2014, Kagasoff joined the cast of the Red Band Society, a
comedy-drama series on Fox for the 2014–15 American television season
developed by Margaret Nagle. He had a recurring role playing Kara's love
interest, Hunter Cole. The series premiered on September 17, 2014 and was
canceled after one season.
6. He won a Teen choice Award : choice summer TV Star :Male with “ The secret
life of a Teenager “.
