Daren Maxwell Kagasoff is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Ricky Underwood on the ABC Family teen soap The Secret Life of the American Teenager from 2008-2013.
San Francisco State University, Montclair College Preparatory School
Nationality
United States of America
Parents
Barry Kagasoff, Elise Kagasoff
Siblings
Natalie Kagasoff, Justin Kagasoff
Nicknames
daren_kagasoff
Awards
Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer TV Star: Male
Nominations
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor - Drama/Action Adventure, Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Breakout Star Male
Movies
, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Ouija
TV Shows
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Star Sign
Virgo
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I was up at San Francisco State studying business management and I kind of couldn't find my niche in anything. My heart wasn't into baseball anymore, and that's the reason I went up there, so it was the time to really find out what I wanted to do. I kept going back and forth with myself, thinking, oh do you want to act, because I didn't know what my parents would think, and finally just called them and said listen, I want to go back home and start acting, and they were like "okay, do your thing" so I came back, jumped into a class for 8 months, and this project was like the 5th or 6th audition I've ever been out on, and it came my way. I just feel really lucky.
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Fact
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The Secret Life Of The American Teenager [February 2009]
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During one of his first auditions he was hand-picked for the role as "Ricky" in the ABC Family show The Secret Life of the American Teenager by Brenda Hampton (Creator of 7th heaven).
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After deciding to be an actor he headed to LA and got the part of Tim, an alcoholic slacker, in the Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center production of suburbia.
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He is the middle of three children.
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Daren was born and raised in Encino, California, to Elise (Levy), a designer, and Barry Kagasoff, a wholesale diamond dealer. He is of mostly Russian Jewish heritage.
$450 Thousand
