Isaac Arellanes
- Actor
Rising film/TV star, Isaac Gabriel Arellanes (born February 24, 2005) is a Hopi/Latino teen from Phoenix, Arizona. He is a member of the Coyote Clan and his maternal lineage comes from Hotevilla, a village located on Third Mesa of the Hopi reservation. He is the first ever acknowledged Native American Daytime Emmy nominee in the younger programming category for his character, Ruben Reyna.
Isaac began acting at the age of 9 and booked his first guest star role at 11 in NBC's doctor drama series, "The Nightshift". He followed that up with a starring role in the film "Cucuy: The Boogeyman" part of the SY-FY network's 31 Days of Halloween. Shortly after wrapping that film he was cast to play Young Daniel in HBO's critically acclaimed series "Euphoria". He captured his first lead role as Ruben Reyna in season 1 & 2 in the Emmy Award winning kids series, "Ghostwriter" for Apple TV+. Shortly after completion of that series, Isaac began work on the Netflix Feature Film "Blue Miracle" co-starring alongside Dennis Quaid and Jimmy Gonzales.
My Life With The Walter Boys is an adaptation of the popular Wattpad book by Ali Novak. The Netflix series boasts a large cast where he plays Isaac Garcia, a live in nephew of the Walter Family. Late 2022, Isaac jumped back into film, this time alongside A-lister Michael Peña in A Million Miles Away, a biopic on the life of Jose Hernandez, the first migrant farmworker to travel to space. Following a small role on NBC's Quantum Leap, Isaac began work as Carter Redbow in the Wind River sequel, Wind River: Rising. In this film he partners with Martin Sensmiere, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife tracker, as his teenage protege on the reservation. Despite facing an impending writer's strike in May 2023, Isaac was able to secure and complete a role on the critically acclaimed comedy Reservation Dogs.
Isaac is a former competitive dancer who enjoys skateboarding. He is a prolific gamer and spends some of his free time volunteering for his family's non-profit, Hopi Relief. Isaac is committed to investing time and other resources back into our indigenous communities.
Isaac began acting at the age of 9 and booked his first guest star role at 11 in NBC's doctor drama series, "The Nightshift". He followed that up with a starring role in the film "Cucuy: The Boogeyman" part of the SY-FY network's 31 Days of Halloween. Shortly after wrapping that film he was cast to play Young Daniel in HBO's critically acclaimed series "Euphoria". He captured his first lead role as Ruben Reyna in season 1 & 2 in the Emmy Award winning kids series, "Ghostwriter" for Apple TV+. Shortly after completion of that series, Isaac began work on the Netflix Feature Film "Blue Miracle" co-starring alongside Dennis Quaid and Jimmy Gonzales.
My Life With The Walter Boys is an adaptation of the popular Wattpad book by Ali Novak. The Netflix series boasts a large cast where he plays Isaac Garcia, a live in nephew of the Walter Family. Late 2022, Isaac jumped back into film, this time alongside A-lister Michael Peña in A Million Miles Away, a biopic on the life of Jose Hernandez, the first migrant farmworker to travel to space. Following a small role on NBC's Quantum Leap, Isaac began work as Carter Redbow in the Wind River sequel, Wind River: Rising. In this film he partners with Martin Sensmiere, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife tracker, as his teenage protege on the reservation. Despite facing an impending writer's strike in May 2023, Isaac was able to secure and complete a role on the critically acclaimed comedy Reservation Dogs.
Isaac is a former competitive dancer who enjoys skateboarding. He is a prolific gamer and spends some of his free time volunteering for his family's non-profit, Hopi Relief. Isaac is committed to investing time and other resources back into our indigenous communities.
