Carlos Pena Jr.

Carlos Pena Jr. was in a long-term relationship with Chelsea Ricketts, but they broke up in 2010. He was also in a relationship with Samantha Droke.

Following this, he met Alexa Vega. They became friends and eventually got engaged in August 2013. They got married on January 4, 2014. They manage a collaborative ‘YouTube’ channel named ‘LexLovesLos.’ They announced that they were expecting a baby by posting a video on their channel. Their son, Ocean King PenaVega, was born in 2016.

Carlos Pena Jr. was born Carlos Roberto Pena Jr., on August 15, 1989, in Columbia, Missouri. He was born to a Dominican mother, Margarita Pena, and a Spanish father, Carlos Pena Sr. He grew up in Weston, Florida, with his siblings, Andres, Antonia, and Javi.

He attended the ‘Sagemont Upper School,’ where he supported his team in games by performing and cheering for them. He later joined the ‘American Heritage School’ but soon left for Los Angeles to fulfil his desire to be an actor.

As a child, he was passionate about acting. In 2014, he got a breakthrough role in an episode of ‘ER.’ He was 10 years old then. Around this time, he also got inclined to singing and dancing. He bagged the role of ‘King Bee’ in ‘Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide,’ an American live action sitcom. He appeared in three episodes of this sitcom when he was around 15 years old.

Carlos began his acting career at an early age, with a breakthrough role in one of the episodes of ‘ER.’ This break changed his life. Soon, he played ‘King Bee’ in three episodes of an American sitcom.

Although he did not play main role in his previous series, he bagged the role of ‘Diego Valdesera’ in an episode of ‘Judging Amy’ titled ‘Diego Valdesera.’ He also played the role of a student in an episode of the American TV drama ‘Summerland’ titled ‘Sledgehammer.’

The year 2009 proved to be career-defining for Carlos. He was offered the main role of ‘Carlos Garcia’ in the American TV series ‘Big Time Rush.’ The series focused on the lives of four hockey players and was aired on ‘Nickelodeon’ from November 28, 2009, to July 25, 2013.

In 2011, he appeared in an episode of a German TV soap opera titled ‘Hand aufs Herz.’ Thereafter, he also appeared in an episode of the ‘Nickelodeon’ children’s show ‘Nick News’ titled ‘Lies We Tell in Middle School.’ His dream of acting in movies came true when he was offered the role of ‘Louis’ in the film ‘Little Birds’ in 2011. Carlos played the role of a skateboarder in the film.

He was also part of the short film ‘The Hangover Hollywood’ in 2011. The film was a parody of the famous film franchise ‘The Hangover.’ It failed to gather as many views as his other ‘YouTube’ videos.