Rodrigo Nehme (born Rodrigo Vázquez Nehme in Mexico City in 1982) is a Mexican actor known for his performance in the Mexican telenovela Rebelde as Nico Huber. Rodrigo Nehme was born to a Mexican father, Jorge Vázquez Fernández Leal, and a Mexican mother of Lebanese ascent, Monica Nehme El Azar. He was brought up in Guadalajara along with his older sister, where he studied in the of American School Foundation of Guadalajara (not to be confused with the American School Foundation in Mexico City). Later on he lived in San Diego, California, where he obtained his GED and studied Culinary Arts. He then returned to Mexico where he discovered his true passion, acting. He started modeling at 16 years old doing commercials for TV.