Mateo Ray was born in Walnut Creek, CA and is a 11-year old young actor and slow fashion model. He was recently awarded as the 2022 and 2024 Young Artist Academy (YAA) winner for 'Best Young Actor in a Short Film' role for the PBS special, 'The Daily War' and the LA Shorts Film Festival film, 'See You at Sunrise'.

He most recently appeared on the TV network series, 9-1-1, Mayans M.C., and Netflix's Magic for Humans John Mulaney's 'Everyone's in LA'.