Timothy Granaderos

American actor and model (born 1986)

  • Actor
  • model
Years active2013–present

Timothy Granaderos (born September 9, 1986) is an American actor and model. He is known for his portrayals of Ash Franklin in the thriller web series Tagged (2016–2018), Taylor Price in the TV series In the Vault (2017), and Montgomery de la Cruz in the Netflix teen drama series 13 Reasons Why (2017–2020).

Early life and education

Granaderos was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and raised in Portage, Michigan. He later moved to Los Angeles to pursue modeling and acting. Granaderos is half-Filipino.[1] His father is a Filipino of the Chavacano ethnic group from Zamboanga admixture.[2][3][4] Granaderos graduated from Portage Northern High School and later attended Michigan State University, where he majored in advertising and played on the Michigan State Spartans men's soccer team.[5][6]

Career

Acting

Before beginning his acting career, he worked as a production assistant on the short film Committed. In 2016, he played Ash Franklin in the web series Tagged. He also appeared in the TV show In the Vault as Taylor Price.

Granaderos made recurring appearances in the first two seasons of 13 Reasons Why. He was promoted to series regular for season 3. Granaderos had originally auditioned for the roles of Justin Foley, Tony Padilla and Jeff Atkins, before being cast as Montgomery De La Cruz.[7]

He was represented by Silver Mass Entertainment and AKA Talent Agency.[8]

Modeling

Granaderos is represented by One Management,[9] and appeared in various commercials and print ads.[10] He also supported and modeled for a clothing company called "hnly".[11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Killing Animals Nick Dobbs
We Are Your Friends Preppy Guy # 1
2016 The Standoff Jack Guthrie
2017 The Archer Daniel
2020 Keep Hope Alive Hank Alvaro
2021 Untitled Horror Movie Kip Also executive producer
Plan B Xander
2022 Who Invited Them Tom
Devil's Workshop Clayton
2024 Good Bad Things Marco

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Lab Rats Griffin Episode: "Llama Drama"
2014 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Teen Boy Episode: "De Los Muertos"
Liv and Maddie Mailman Episode: "Flashback-A-Rooney"
2015 Undateable Jake Episode: "Candace's Boyfriend Walks Into a Bar"
Studio City Mateo Television film
Chasing Life Gabe Episodes: "Truly Madly Deeply", "The Last W"
2016 Rosewood Lane Piven Episode: "Forward Motion & Frat Life"
2016–2018 Tagged Ash Franklin Seasons 1–3 (main), web series; 28 episodes
2017 The Twin Derek / Tyler Television film
In the Vault Taylor Price Season 1 (main), 8 episodes
2017, 2019 Runaways Lucas Episodes: "Reunion", "Fifteen", "Cheat the Gallows"
2017–2020 13 Reasons Why Montgomery "Monty" de la Cruz Seasons 1–2 (recurring), seasons 3–4 (main); 43 episodes
2018 How May We Hate You? Television film
2019 Betch Tim Episode: "I think I'm just gonna have to play all the lesbians"
2020 Room 104 Hunter Episode: "Foam Party"
2021 The Sex Lives of College Girls Hayden Episode: "That Comment Tho"
2023 Walker: Independence Shane 5 episodes
2024 S.W.A.T. Jeb Webber Episode: "Family Man"

Music videos

Year Artist Title
2011 Selena Gomez & the Scene "Love You like a Love Song"
2015 Tamara Laurel "Whiskey"
2017 Fall Out Boy "Champion"

References

  1. ^ Rodriguez, Victoria (May 30, 2018). "'13 Reasons Why' Timothy Granaderos Interview". Seventeen. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  2. ^ Chavez, Yong (June 14, 2021). "Fil-Am actor Timothy Granaderos seeks roles that reflect his roots". ABS-CBN. Archived from the original on February 15, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  3. ^ Larena, Maximilian; et al. (March 22, 2021). "Multiple migrations to the Philippines during the last 50,000 years". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118 (13): 35. doi:10.1073/pnas.2026132118. PMC 8020671. PMID 33753512.
  4. ^ Diaz, Casimiro (1890). "XV. Zamboanga City History". Conquests of the Filipinas Islands. Archived from the original on February 28, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  5. ^ "Tim Granaderos – Men's Soccer". Michigan State University Athletics. Archived from the original on June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  6. ^ Carlson, Caitlin (August 16, 2018). "Q&A: Timothy Granaderos". Furthermore from Equinox. Archived from the original on August 31, 2019.
  7. ^ Koch, Kristin (May 21, 2018). "Everything You Need to Know About Monty in '13 Reasons Why' Season 2". Seventeen. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  8. ^ Andreeva, Nellie; Petski, Denise (September 7, 2018). "'13 Reasons Why': Timothy Granaderos & Brenda Strong Upped To Series Regulars For Season 3 of Netflix Series". Deadline.com. Archived from the original on September 8, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  9. ^ "Timothy Granaderos". One Management. Archived from the original on August 15, 2020. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  10. ^ Conway, Jeff (June 20, 2018). "Timothy Granaderos – Finding Light in the Dark". CandidMagazine.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  11. ^ Jan, Kevin (September 26, 2019). "Exclusive Interview: Pop-Culturalist Chats with Timothy Granaderos About Season 3 of 13 Reasons Why". Archived from the original on October 1, 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
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