Rico Rodriguez in February 2025 and in ‘Modern Family’.Photo:Maya Dehlin Spach/WireImage; Bob D’Amico/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty

Maya Dehlin Spach/WireImage; Bob D’Amico/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
Rico Rodriguezis all grown up!
TheModern Familyactor, 26, was among the stars at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood on Wednesday, Feb. 12, for the premiere ofCobra Kai’s series finale, where he posed for photos with sister and fellow actorRaini Rodriguez.
Sporting glasses, a beard and a mop of curly ringlets, Rodriguez looked nothing like his strait-laced, wise-beyond-his-yearsModern Familycharacter, Manny Delgado.
Rico Rodriguez with sister Raini on Feb. 12, 2025.Maya Dehlin Spach/WireImage

Maya Dehlin Spach/WireImage
Rodriguez was just 11 years old when the Emmy-winning ABC comedy premiered in 2009, and overModern Family’s 11-season run, fans watched him grow up along with his character. The oldest son ofSofía Vergara’s Gloria Delgado-Pritchett, Manny wore his hair neatly cropped and tended to favor button-down shirts paired with slacks and occasional suits. The fastidious, precociously mature character served as a comedic foil to his feistier mother as well as the rest of the show’s broader Pritchett-Dunphy clan.
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Rico Rodriguez with Sofia Vergara in ‘Modern Family’ in 2010.Randy Holmes/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty

Randy Holmes/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
At theCobra Kaipremiere, Rodriguez paired a black T-shirt and jeans with a dark denim jacket and a simple chain around his neck.
Rico Rodriguez in February 2025.Maya Dehlin Spach/WireImage

Rodriguez wasn’t the onlyModern Familyalumnus at the Feb. 12 event.Gabriel Iglesiaswas also on hand for the first look at the Netflix series’ final episode. The comedian and actor made a memorable appearance in a 2018Modern Familyepisode in which he played an alleged ex-boyfriend of Vergara’s Gloria who bears a striking resemblance to Rodriguez’s Manny.
source: people.com