<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 2008--present </Td> </Tr> <P> Daren Maxwell Kagasoff (KA - guh - sawf) (born September 16, 1987) is an American actor . He is known for starring as Ricky Underwood on the ABC Family teen drama series The Secret Life of the American Teenager from 2008 to 2013 . </P> <P> Kagasoff was born in Encino, California to Elise Kagasoff (née Levy) and Barry Kagasoff, a diamond merchant . He is the middle of three children; he has an older brother, Justin, and a younger sister, Natalie . </P>

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