Nolan Sotillo is joining the (red) band…

The 19-year-old half-Cuban American actor and singer-songwriter has landed a lead role on Fox’s pilot Red Band Society.

From Steven Spielberg‘s Amblin Television and ABC Studios, the coming-of-age drama project explores with dark humor the daily lives of a group of teenagers living in a hospital who become unlikely friends.

Soltillo, best known for playing Lucas in the 2011 film Prom, will portray Jordi Palacios, a very smart and resourceful young man who refuses to take “No” for an answer.

Soltillo starred in the Disney television series Corey and Lucas For The Win.

He sings the song We Could Be Anything on Prom’s 2011 soundtrack.