Álvaro Rico Ladera (born 13 August 1996)[1][2] is a Spanish actor.

In 2011, he began his career as an actor in a theater adaptation of La Celestina and his television debut was in 2017 in an episode of Medical Center.

[4] In December 2017, he was announced as a main cast member in the teen drama series Elite.

[5] In the series, he played Polo, a bisexual teenager who is in a love trio with two other classmates.

[4][6] In 2021, he gave an interview for Vanity Teen magazine talking about the impact of the series on society and his upcoming performances.