Ian Braque Gomez (born December 27, 1964) is an American actor known for his comedic TV work, which include series-regular stints as Javier on Felicity and Andy on Cougar Town.
On The Drew Carey Show from 1994–2004, 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 1998–2002, he played Javier Clemente Quintata on the WB show Felicity.
In 2002, Gomez starred in Alanis Morissette's "Hands Clean" music video. In the same year, he appeared with Jeff Greene, 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 Lost's 2006 third season, "Every Man for Himself", and as a therapist in the April 2006 episode "Here We Go Again" of Reba.
Gomez with then-wife Nia Vardalos in 2012
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 2009–2015. 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 will play the role of Luis Flores in the NBC comedy pilot Night School which based in the 2018 film and was written by Christopher Moynihan.
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