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

Early life

He was born in New York City, New York (state), New York, to an artist father and a dancer mother.

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? (American TV series), Whose Line is it Anyway?'' From 1998 to 2002, he played Javier Clemente Quintata on the The WB Television Network, WB show ''Felicity (TV series), Felicity''. 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 (actor), Michael York, and Hugh Mellon in two episodes of the HBO series ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', where he played the "bald chef", hired by Larry David, Larry to cook in the restaurant he owned. Gomez appeared in American Broadcasting Company, ABC's ''Jake in Progress'' (2005–2006), which starred John Stamos. 2006 saw Gomez appear in the fourth episode of ''Lost (TV series), Lost''s third season, "Every Man for Himself (Lost), Every Man for Himself", and as a therapist in the April 2006 episode "List of Reba episodes, Here We Go Again" of ''Reba (TV series), Reba''. Nia Vardalos and Ian Gomez (cropped)

Gomez took the part of Andy Torres in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC and later TBS (U.S. TV channel), 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 (film), Richard Jewell''. In 2020, Gomez was cast in the role of Luis Flores in the NBC comedy pilot ''Night School'' based on the Night School (2018 film), 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'' fame. 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 American, Puerto Rican and History of the Jews in Russia, 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 daughter. It was announced on July 3, 2018 that Vardalos filed for divorce from Gomez after 23 years of marriage due to irreconcilable differences. The divorce was finalized in December 2018.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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