Nicholas Gonzalez

Nicholas Edward Gonzalez is an American actor. He is best known for portraying the roles of Alex Santiago on the Showtime television series Resurrection Blvd., Dr. Ben Douglas in Anacondas and Dr. Neil Melendez on the ABC television series The Good Doctor.

Early life and education Gonzalez was born in San Antonio, Texas. He is of Mexican descent. He is the son of a dermatologist surgeon, Dr. John Gonzalez, and his mother is Sylvia Mosier. He has an older brother named Dr John Joseph Gonzalez and a younger sister named Madeline Mosier. Gonzalez is conversant in Spanish, having lived in a bilingual household. He attended Central Catholic High School in San Antonio, where he was an accomplished cross-country and track runner, winning the Texas State Championship in the mile and two-mile. After graduating in 1994 and turning down a presidential appointment to West Point, Gonzalez pursued an English degree at Stanford University in California. He spent two terms at Oxford University in England. The following summer, he returned to Europe on a research grant where he studied at Oxford and Trinity College, Dublin to complete his thesis on James Joyce's Ulysses. While at Stanford he had chanced on acting after taking an improvisational theatre elective and began taking part in student theater. He was approached to do a one-man theater piece called Gas by María Irene Fornés. Alma Martinez, an actress and Stanford professor, encouraged him to become a professional actor.

Upon graduating from Stanford in 1998 Gonzalez decided to pursue acting and, with Martinez's help, connected with the theatrical movement in San Francisco.

Career In 1998, Gonzalez moved to Los Angeles, where he landed small parts in television series such as ABC's Dharma and Greg and NBC's One World. in which he appeared for six episodes, gained his first widespread attention.

Gonzalez wrapped production of two films in 2000. The first, Scenes of the Crime, premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, and starred Jeff Bridges, Jon Abrahams, and Noah Wyle. It was directed by Dominique Forma. The second film was an independent project titled Spun, starring Mena Suvari, Mickey Rourke, Brittany Murphy, and John Leguizamo. It played at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Gonzalez's also landed the lead in Showtime's original series Resurrection Blvd., which premiered June 26, 2000. Gonzalez played Alex Santiago, a pre-med student who dropped out of school to become a professional boxer. The movie was successful and immediately expanded to become a regular weekly series on the network. Gonzalez also appeared in recurring roles as Detective Marco Furey in Freeform's series Pretty Little Liars, antagonist Dominick Flores on How to Get Away with Murder and the boyfriend of Lisa Vidal's character on Being Mary Jane. He also guest-starred on Narcos as an undercover DEA special agent based in Colombia investigating the Cali Cartel, a role which required him to speak Spanish.

Gonzalez also provided the physical Performance (motion capture) of Nick Mendoza in the video game Battlefield: Hardline.

In 2017, Gonzalez was cast as a series regular in the role of surgeon Dr. Neil Melendez in the medical drama The Good Doctor, his most high-profile role to date. His portrayal of the character was partly based on his father and older brother, both of whom are doctors.

Personal life Gonzalez finished 2nd at the World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational in 2009.

Gonzalez married Kelsey Crane on April 16, 2016. The couple have a daughter, and a son.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2001 Scenes of the Crime Marty 2002 Marco Polo: Return to Xanadu Young Marco (voice) Spun Angel 2004 Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid Dr. Ben Douglas 2005 Dirty Officer Rodriguez 2006 Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil Lt. Robert JamesDirect-to-video 2007 Rockaway Trane 2009 Down for Life Officer Gutierrez Falling Awake Eddie 2011 S.W.A.T.: Firefight Justin KelloggDirect-to-video 2013 Water & Power Power 2014 The Purge: Anarchy Carlos 2017 Pray for Rain Nico Reynoso 2020 Beneath Us Homero Silva Evil Takes Root Felix Fojas 2022 Borrego Deputy Sheriff Jose Gomez

Television Year Title Role Notes 1998 Dharma & Greg Juan Episode: "Brought to you in Dharmavision" 1999 Undressed Andy Recurring role 6 episodes My Little Assassin Andre Castro Television film 2000 The Princess and the Barrio Boy Sol Torres Television film Walker, Texas Ranger Juan Guerrero Episode: "Golden Boy" 2000–2002 Resurrection Blvd. Alex Santiago Main cast 53 episodes 2002 That '70s Show Thomas Episode: "Jackie Says Cheese" 2004 American Family Young Conrado Gonzalez Recurring role (season 2) 13 episodes 2004–2005 The O.C. D.J. Recurring role (season 2) 6 episodes Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Detective Miguel Sandoval 2 episodes 2005 Ghost Whisperer Teo de la Costa Episode: "Shadow Boxer" 2006 Ugly Betty Carlo Medina Episode: "Fey's Sleigh Ride" 2007 Grey's Anatomy Clark West Episode: "Love/Addiction" 2008 Brothers & Sisters Mario Episode: "Compromises" True Blood Jerry Episode: "Mine" 2009 CSI: Miami Alfonso Reyes Episode: "Presumed Guilty" Mental Dr. Arturo Suarez Main cast 13 episodes 2009–2010 Melrose Place Detective Rodriguez Recurring role 8 episodes 2010 The Closer Marc Torres Episode: "Last Woman Standing" After the Fall Eugene Gibbs Television film 2011 Off the Map Mateo Recurring role 9 episodes The Glades Raphael Dominga Episode: "Family Matters" Memphis Beat Dominic Episode: "Ten Little Memphians" Two and a Half Men Baker Episodes: "Nine Magic Fingers", "A Giant Cat Holding a Churro" On former episode, he is uncredited. On latter episode, he is credited. Charlie's Angels Roman Stone Episode: "Bon Voyage, Angels" We Have Your Husband RaulTelevision film 2012 Grimm Ryan Showalter Episode: "Tarantella" 2012–2013 Underemployed Keith Powers 4 episodes 2012 Left to Die Alex Television film 2013 A Fairytale Christmas Hunter Lowell Hallmark Movie 2013–2014 Sleepy Hollow Detective Luke Morales Recurring role (season 1) 6 episodes 2013 Witches of East End Anthony Episode: "Pilot" Christmas Belle Hunter Lowell Television film 2014 Resurrection Deputy Connor Cupit Episode: "The Returned" BoJack Horseman Cartel Man (voice) Episode: "BoJack Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Story, Chapter One" Modern Family Diego Episode: "Queer Eyes, Full Hearts" 2014–2015 Jane the Virgin Marco Esquivel 3 episodes 2015–2016 The Flash Dante Ramon / Rupture, Savitar 3 episodes 2015 Bones Eric Morales Episode: "The Senator in the Street Sweeper" 2016 Bordertown Ernesto Gonzalez / J.C. Gonzalez / Pablo Barracuda (voice) Main cast 13 episodes Bosch Detective Ignacio Ferras Episode: "Trunk Music" Lucifer Detective Daniel Espinoza Episode: "Pilot"; Original pilot NCIS David Silva Episode: "Rogue" Frequency Ted Cardenas 3 episodes American Dad! Ricky (voice) Episode: "Stan-Dan Deliver" 2016–2017 Pretty Little Liars Detective Marco Furey Recurring role (season 7) 12 episodes 2017 How to Get Away with Murder Dominick Flores Guest (season 3) Recurring role (season 4) 5 episodes Narcos Agent Lopez Recurring role (season3)

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2015 Battlefield: Hardline Nick Mendoza Motion capture only