Brian Jordan Alvarez

Biography

Brian Jordan Alvarez is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker who grew up in Tennessee and trained in acting at the USC School of Dramatic Arts before settling in Los Angeles. He wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the 2016 web series The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo, which earned a Gotham Award nomination and was named Indiewire's top web series of the year. On television he played Wesley in Jane the Virgin and Estéfan in Will & Grace, and he appeared in the film M3GAN (2022). He created and stars as the lead of the FX comedy English Teacher, which premiered in 2024 to critical praise and was canceled in 2025.

39years old

Turns 40 on July 10in 267 days

Born July 10, 1987Winchester
Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22

Movie Career

Films: 5
Career span: 17 years2009 to 2026

Every film, newest first

2026Stop! That! Train!IMDb rating 5.8
2025M3GAN 2.0IMDb rating 6.0
2022M3GANIMDb rating 6.3
2017Everything Is FreeIMDb rating 5.3
2009Herpes BoyIMDb rating 4.9

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Behind the camera
Alvarez created, produced, directed and acted in The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo, a five-part web comedy series, in 2016. It screened at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival and Indiewire named it the year's top web series.
A change of course
Alvarez became well known for videos that went viral on Instagram and TikTok, where he frequently plays a changing group of absurdist characters, using heavy accents and facial filters that distort his look.
Beyond film
In September 2023, Alvarez posted a video of TJ Mack, his character, performing an improvised song called "Sitting". It became an online sensation with millions of views, and Vanity Fair called it possibly 2023's "song of the summer."
Languages
Alvarez has made appearances on Australian television. He got those roles because he can do an Australian accent that sounds convincing.
A change of course
In November 2024, Alvarez's daily videos of himself dancing without a shirt while promoting English Teacher went viral. The clips used a trending audio from a Gilmore Girls episode.