Federico Diaz

Rico Diaz is the embalmer at Fisher & Sons, the skilled, ambitious craftsman who does the actual physical work of preparing the dead while the Fisher family gets the credit. He's proud of his talent, hungry for respect and ownership, devoted to his wife and young family, and quietly chafing at being treated as hired help.

Freddy Rodriguez plays Rico with a coiled, watchful pride that makes his resentments feel earned rather than petty. The show uses him to ask who really owns skilled labor and family legacy, and Rodriguez finds real tenderness alongside the ambition, making Rico's hunger for status feel human rather than grasping.