Ian Gomez

Ian Braque Gomez (born December 27, 1964) is an American actor known for his comedic TV work, which includes series-regular roles as Javier on Felicity and Andy on Cougar Town.

Early life He was born in New York City to a dancer mother of Ashkenazi Jewish descent and an artist father of Puerto Rican descent.

Career On The Drew Carey Show from 1995 to 2004, Gomez played Larry Almada, a co-worker of Drew Carey's character (also named Drew Carey) at Winfred-Louder. He also worked with Carey in 1999 on the show Whose Line Is It Anyway? From 1998 to 2002, he played Javier Clemente Quintata on the WB show Felicity.

In 1999, Gomez joined the cast of the ABC sitcom Norm as Danny Sanchez, one of the main characters; he remained on the show for all three seasons until its cancellation in 2001. In 2002, Gomez starred in Alanis Morissette's "Hands Clean" music video. In the same year, he appeared with Jeff Garlin, Ted Danson, Michael York, and Hugh Mellon in two episodes of the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, where he played the "bald chef", hired by Larry to cook in the restaurant he owned.

Gomez appeared in ABC's Jake in Progress (2005–2006), which starred John Stamos. 2006 saw Gomez appear in the fourth episode of Losts third season, "Every Man for Himself", and as a therapist in the April 2006 episode "Here We Go Again" of Reba.

Gomez took the part of Andy Torres in the ABC and later TBS comedy Cougar Town alongside fellow The Drew Carey Show castmate Christa Miller, from 2009 to 2015. In 2016, Gomez and his then-wife, Nia Vardalos, co-presented The Great American Baking Show, a revival of The Great Holiday Baking Show.

In 2019, he appeared in the Clint Eastwood film Richard Jewell.

In 2020, Gomez was cast in the role of Luis Flores in the NBC comedy pilot Night School based on the 2018 film and written by Christopher Moynihan. However, NBC ultimately decided not to move forward with the series.

Personal life He was married to actress-writer Nia Vardalos of My Big Fat Greek Wedding film series. He appeared in her films My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Connie and Carla, My Life in Ruins, I Hate Valentine's Day, and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2. Gomez is of Puerto Rican and Russian Jewish descent, and converted to Greek Orthodoxy upon marrying Vardalos, which is mirrored as a plot element in My Big Fat Greek Wedding. In 2008, the two adopted a child. It was announced on July 3, 2018, that Vardalos filed for divorce from Gomez after 25 years of marriage due to irreconcilable differences. The divorce was finalized in September 2018.

Filmography Film Year Title Role 1993 Excessive Force Lucas Rookie of the Year Odd Bellman 1997 'Til There Was You Scott Courting Courtney Hank 1999 EDtv Mcllvaine 2001 The Center of the World Delivery Man Almost Salinas Manny 2002 My Big Fat Greek Wedding Mike Meet Prince Charming Gino 2003 Street of Pain Beau Chasing Papi Doctor Chu Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Strange Man 2004 Connie and Carla Stanley The Last Shot Agent Nance 2005 Getting To Know You Russ Underclassman Detective Gallecki 2006 You Did What? Dr. Bob 2007 Love Shack Mo Saltzman 2009 My Life in Ruins Motel Clerk I Hate Valentine's Day KJ Ken 2011 Larry Crowne Frank 2013 Dealin' with Idiots Commissioner Gordon 2014 Free Fall Ronald Taft 2015 Always Worthy Ricky Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant Captain Felder 2016 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Mike 2018 Dude Jerry Spare Room Mr. Larry 2019 Richard Jewell Agent Dan Bennet 2021 Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar Retail store manager The Ultimate Playlist of Noise Dominic

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