Noah Jacob Urrea (born March 31, 2001) is an actor and singer who was in the pop group Now United from 2017 to 2022. Afterward, he launched a solo career.
Early life Urrea was born to Marco and Wendy Urrea in Orange, California, on March 31, 2001. He is the youngest of three children. He is of Mexican descent on his father's side and has Dutch, French, English, Scottish, and German ancestry on his mother's side.
Career
2011–2015: Early acting career He had his first chance as an artist in 2011, when he appeared in Blake Shelton's music video, "Honey Bee". In 2012, Urrea was selected as one of Nickelodeon's 'Groundlings', where he developed the talent for improvised comedy.
Urrea made his film debut in 2013 with a role in A Madea Christmas, in which he acted and sang. He played "Bailey McCoy", opposite Tyler Perry, Alicia Witt and Chad Michael Murray. In 2014, Urrea played "Ryan Wade" at the age of 9 in The Identical, another role in which he sang. For his interpretation of Jameses in the 2014 short film Eleven, Urrea won the 'Best Young Actor Award' at the 'Action on Film International Film Festival'. In 2015, Urrea acted as "Cody Mcbride" on Amazon Prime's The Kicks series. Urrea has also appeared in many TV series, including Childrens Hospital, Sam & Cat, Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street, The Fosters, See Dad Run, Speechless, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn and My Super Sweet 16.
2017–2022: Early career as a singer, Now United, A Wake, Netflix In March 2017, he released his EP, Always. In June 2017, Urrea played the twins Mason and Mitchel in the independent film A Wake which premiered in 2020.
On November 13, 2017, Urrea was revealed as one of the members of Now United, being the fourth revealed at the time. In December of the same year, the group released their first single, "Summer in the City". On April 9, 2020, the song "Wake Up" was released on digital platforms, along with the music video, which was Noah who directed it. On October 18, 2022, Noah announced his departure of the group to pursue his solo career. On November 14 of the same year, Now United released "Good Intentions", which was his farewell solo song.
In October 2020, Urrea was scheduled to star in a movie on Netflix called Metal Lords, which was released in April 2022. He played Clay Moss.
2024–present In October 2024, Urrea signed with RCA Records. On September 29, 2025, Urrea released his first single, “Belly Dance”.
Filmography
Film YearTitleCharacterNotes 2011 Grand Escape Charlie (young) Short film 2013 A Madea Christmas Bailey McCoy 2014 The Identical Drexel Hemsley/Ryan Wade (young) 2014 Eleven James (young) Short film 2019 A Wake Mason/Mitchel 2021 Love, Love, Love. A Musical Noah Short film 2022 Metal Lords Clay Moss
Television +YearTitleCharacterNotes 2012 Children's Hospital Trevor Cameo 2013 Twang Noah Montgomery TV Pilot2014 Sam & Cat Jett Zander Episode 35 See Dad Run Hi-Def Boy (Season 2; Episode 14) 2015–2016 Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street Randy Recurring 2016 The Kicks Cody McBride Recurring 2017 The Fosters Todd Cameo (Season 4; Episode 18) Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn Dylan Cameo (Season 3; Episode 19)My Super Sweet 16HimselfFeature (Season 10; Episode 2) 2019 Speechless Kai Cameo (Season 3; Episode 17)
Documentaries Year Title Character Notes Reference2018Meet Noah HimselfA short documentary-style introduction video on Now United’s YouTube channel. Dreams Come True: The Documentary HimselfDocumentary showing the creation of the global pop group Now United
Discography
Extended plays Title Details Always Released: March 24, 2017 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming
Singles
As lead artist + List of singles as lead artist, showing year released, with selected chart positions and album name Title Year Peaks Album USBub. "Always" 2017 — Always "Flowers" 2023 — rowspan="6" "Belly Dance"2025 — "On N On" — "Standard Love Song" with Ashes to Amber2026 — "Hot Rod" — "Explanation Song" — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Awards and nominations
+YearAwardCategoryNominatedResultRef. 2014 Action On Film International Film Festival Best Young Actor Award Eleven 2020You Pop AwardsFavorite International SingerNoah Urrea
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