Английская Википедия:Brian Jordan Alvarez

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Brian Jordan Alvarez (born July 10, 1987) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known for his original songs, recurring roles as Estéfan in Will and Grace (2018–2020) and Wesley in Jane the Virgin (2015–2016), as well as for his own self-produced films and series, most notably his 2016 web series The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo.

Early life

Alvarez was born in Manhattan, New York City to Paul Jordan and Angela Jordan Alvarez, an electrical engineer and Spanish instructor, respectively. He has a sister, Catalina. He spent his childhood in Winchester, Tennessee, where he began acting and making movies. In middle school, he was teased and bullied for his sexuality. He went on to attend Saint Andrew's Sewanee School and then the high school program at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Heavily involved in his school's theater program, he continued to study acting at the USC School of Dramatic Arts where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting.

Alvarez is of Colombian descent matrilineally, and has roots from the American South from the other side of his family. He speaks Spanish fluently.

Career

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He collaborated with College Humor on an episode titled "Gay Men Will Marry Your Girlfriends". He has performed roles in several television shows including: Will & Grace, Hot in Cleveland, Life in Pieces, Jane the Virgin, Go-Go Boy Interrupted, and 2 Broke Girls. In October 2014, he was cast in a supporting role in the MTV scripted comedy pilot Self Promotion. The show, directed by Zach Braff, was ultimately not picked up by the network.

In 2016, Alvarez wrote, produced, directed and starred in the five-part web comedy series The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo. The series played at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival as part of its New Online Work. The series was nominated for the Gotham Award for Breakthrough Series – Shortform and was named Indiewire’s number-one web series for the year.

Alvarez played the recurring role of Estéfan Gloria, Jack McFarland's fiancé and later husband, in all three seasons of the 2010s revival of NBC's Will & Grace. In August 2020, it was announced Alvarez was cast in the Netflix quarantine anthology series Social Distance. He appeared in the episode "Zero Feet Away" opposite Max Jenkins.

Alvarez has gained prominence for his viral videos on Instagram and TikTok, in which he often portrays a rotating cast of absurdist characters using thick accents and distorting facial filters. In September 2023, he posted a video featuring his character TJ Mack performing an improvised song titled "Sitting", which quickly became an online sensation, accumulating millions of views and being remixed and covered by fans in various genres. Versions of "Sitting" have appeared on the radio in both the United States and Australia, and Vanity Fair has described it as possibly 2023's "song of the summer." Alvarez has also made appearances on Australian television due to his ability to do a convincing Australian accent.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Hot in Cleveland	Ian	Episode: "Cleveland Calendar Girls"
2015	Life in Pieces	Jorge	Episode: "Interruptus Date Breast Movin'"
2015	RocketJump: The Show	Sherlock	Episode: "Fan Friction"
2015	Self Promotion	Wyatt	TV pilot
2015–2016	Jane the Virgin	Wesley Masters	4 episodes (season 2)
2016	Gay Skit Happens	Various characters	2 episodes; Logo TV sketch comedy show
2016	2 Broke Girls	Tad	Episode: "And the 80's Movie"
2016	The Great Indoors	Brian	Episode: "No Bad Ideas"
2017–2019	Get Shorty	Jayson / Robert	9 episodes (seasons 1 & 3)
2018	Grace and Frankie	Willy	Episode: "The Rats"
2018–2020	Will & Grace	Estéfan Gloria	13 episodes (seasons 9–11)
2019	Special	Shay	Episode: "Chapter Three: Free Scones"
2019	Grand Hotel	Topher	Episode: "Long Night's Journey Into Day"
2019	Black Jesus	Phil Osterfawk	Episode: "The Real Jesus of Compton"
2020	Corporate	Bonan Marrow	Episode: "The Wind of God"
2020	Social Distance	Marco	Episode: "Zero Feet Away"

Films

Year	Title	Role	Functioned as			Notes
			Director	Writer	Producer
2008	Ted White-Knockelby Pursues the American Dream	n/a	Шаблон:Center			Short film
2009	In The Dark	Alex Emerson				Short film
2009	Herpes Boy	DragonSlayer1985
2010	Consent	Seth
2011	Come Visit	n/a	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Short film
2014	The Setup	Elliot
2014	Wave	Tim	Шаблон:Center			Short film
2016	The Operator	Allen (Voice)				Short film
2016	Paco	Paco				Short film
2016	The Happys	Patrick
2016	Going Together	Griffin				Short film
2017	Everything is Free	Ivan	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Also composer and editor; distributed in 2019
2017	How to Be a Slut in America	Brian	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Also editor; released in three parts
2018	Grandmother's Gold	Danny	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Also composer and editor
2018	Are You Still Singing?	Office Manager				Short film
2018	Stuck	Raymond
2019	Web Series: The Movie	Dave Stdert	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Also editor
2019	Simply Having	Remly LaMore			Шаблон:Center	Short film
2020	Boys Who Like Books	Bjorn		Шаблон:Center		Pre-production
2021	A Spy Movie	Jack Johnson			Шаблон:Center	Short film. Producer and actor.
2022	M3GAN	Cole
2023	80 for Brady	Derek

Web series and shorts

Selected credits

Year	Title	Role	Producer	Notes
2012	Gay Men Will Marry Your Girlfriends	Garden Guy	CollegeHumor Originals	Short
2012	Charlie's Gayngels	Charlie	Brian Jordan Alvarez	Short
2012	You Are What I Want	Nelson Adams		Short
2014	It's Just a Question	Frank		Short
2014	For Auld Lang Syne	Matt		Short
2014–2016	Go-Go Boy Interrupted	Eliot	Jimmy Fowlie	8 episodes
2015	Ryan Gosling Responds to Haters	Zac Efron	Brian Jordan Alvarez	Short
2016	Unreleased Robert Durst Third Interview	Andrew Jarecki		Short
2016	The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo	Caleb		5 episodes; also director, writer, producer, and editor
2016	Neonate Fest	Shane Lucas	Funny or Die	Episode: "Vape Battle of the Century"
2016	JoJoHead		CW Seed	Episode: "Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time"
2016	Made In China	Emil	Ken Kirby	Web series pilot
2017	Catching a Break	Ray		Episode: "All Day Adventure"
2017	Stupid Idiots	Brian	Stephanie Koenig	Miniseries; 6 episodes
2019	Lovelytheband: "Maybe, I'm Afraid"	Brian		Music video
2019	Matt and Dan	Bartholemew	Matt & Dan	Episode: "Deal Breaker" web series
2019	Stellar People	Antares	Unreleased web series
2022	Superorganism: "Teenager"	Dancer	Verdigris Management	Music Video

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• Шаблон:IMDb name