Joshua Eli Gomez (born November 20, 1975) is an American actor best known for his role as

Morgan Grimes Morgan Guillermo Grimes is a major character on the television series ''Chuck''. He is portrayed by actor Joshua Gomez, and is the best friend of Chuck Bartowski. Morgan is the manager of the Burbank Buy More. He is also an employee of Chuck and ...

on ''

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''.

Career

He is the younger brother of actor

Rick Gomez Richard Harper Gomez (born June 1, 1972) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Radio Technician 4th Grade George Luz in the HBO television miniseries '' Band of Brothers'', and as "Endless Mike" Hellstrom in the Nickelodeon TV series ...

. Gomez appeared in a

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in the

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series ''

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'' as computer tech James Mackeroy. He appeared in a series of IBM commercials, a series of

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commercials (Ranch Tooth), and a commercial for

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. He also made a cameo on ''

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''. He played Sammy Stinger in ''

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'', 2004. As a voice actor, Gomez played

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in the video game ''

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'', opposite his brother Rick's character,

Gippal The tenth game of the ''Final Fantasy'' series, Square's 2001 best-selling role-playing video game ''Final Fantasy X'' features several fictional characters designed by Tetsuya Nomura who wanted the main characters' designs and names to be conn ...

, and as Parker in ''

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''. He also had a small part at the beginning of ''

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'' as Johnny. In September 2007, he began starring in the

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series ''

'' as the

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's friend,

. Gomez is friends with ''Chuck'' co-star

Zachary Levi Zachary Levi Pugh ( ; born September 29, 1980) is an American actor. He received critical acclaim for starring as Chuck Bartowski in the series ''Chuck'', and as the title character in '' Shazam!'' and its 2023 sequel, as a part of the DC Ext ...

in real life. Joshua was nominated for Outstanding Male Performance in the Comedy Television Series at the 2008

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Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomez, Joshua 1975 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors American male video game actors American male voice actors Male actors from New Jersey Actors from Bayonne, New Jersey 21st-century American male actors Hispanic and Latino American male actors