Rickson Tevez is an actor, known for Trash (2014), this being his first appearance in a film.

The young actor was selected from three thousand kids in Rio to star in Stephen Daldry's feature. “I was playing ball on the court. There were people asking for names. I thought it was to play football. I was all bold. But it was to make a movie. I even lost my spirits, but then I was excited.” Rickson lives in Rocinha, in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro.