Nicholas Gonzalez
Nicholas Gonzalez was born in San Antonio, Texas, United States on January 3rd, 1976 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 48, Nicholas Gonzalez biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Nicholas Edward Gonzalez (born January 3, 1976) is an American actor.
Alex Santiago, who appears on the Showtime television series Resurrection Blvd., is best known for his role on Resurrection Blvd.
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Early life
Gonzalez, a San Antonio, Texas, native of a bilingual family, is proficient in Spanish. He attended Central Catholic High School in San Antonio, Texas, where he was a good cross-country and track runner, winning the Texas State Championship in the mile and two miles. Gonzalez, who graduated in 1994 and turned down a presidential appointment to West Point, studied English at Stanford University in California. He spent two terms at Oxford University in England. He returned to Europe on a research grant, where he studied at Oxford and Trinity College, Dublin, to complete his thesis on James Joyce's Ulysses. Since taking an improvisational theatre elective and becoming involved in student theater, he had a chance to act. Mara Irene Fornés was approached by Mara for a one-man theater piece called Gas. Alma Martinez, an actress and Stanford professor, encouraged him to be a professional actor.
Gonzalez, who graduated from Stanford in 1998, decided to pursue acting and, with Martinez' assistance, became familiar with San Francisco's historic revival. Edward Edward Edward Edward Edward Edward Edward Edward Edward Edward Edward Edward Edward Edward was once encouraged to mask his ethnicity and go by "Nicholas Edward" but refused to do so.
Career
In 1998, Gonzalez moved to Los Angeles, where he landed small parts in television series such as ABC's Dharma and Greg and NBC's One World.
Gonzalez then appeared as Fidel Castro's son in the Lifetime television movie My Little Assassin, starring Joe Mantegna and Gabrielle Anwar. His role as Andy, the gay yuppie on MTV's Undressed in which he appeared for six episodes, gained his first widespread attention.
Gonzalez wrapped production of two films in 2000. The first, Scenes of the Crime, premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, and starred Jeff Bridges, Jon Abrahams, and Noah Wyle. It was directed by Dominique Forma. The second film was an independent project titled Spun, starring Mena Suvari, Mickey Rourke, Brittany Murphy, and John Leguizamo. It played at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Gonzalez's also landed the lead in Showtime's original series Resurrection Blvd., which premiered June 26, 2000. Gonzalez played Alex Santiago, a pre-med student who dropped out of school to become a professional boxer. The movie was successful and immediately expanded to become a regular weekly series on the network.
While continuing his work on Resurrection Blvd., Gonzalez appeared in episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger and That '70s Show. He also appeared in the film The Princess and the Barrio Boy (released as She's in Love in Europe) with his Resurrection Blvd. co-star, Marisol Nichols.
Gonzalez continued his career in films with two more titles. The first, Sea of Dreams, was filmed in Veracruz, Mexico, in May, 2003. Nick then went to Fiji for the summer, where he completed production of Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, which opened in theaters August 27, 2004. Gonzalez also appeared in Melrose Place (2009). In 2011, he played Mateo on the ABC show Off The Map.
Gonzalez costarred in the Lifetime series Witches of East End. Gonzalez also appeared in recurring roles as Detective Marco Furey in Freeform's series Pretty Little Liars, antagonist Dominick Flores on How to Get Away with Murder and the boyfriend of Lisa Vidal's character on Being Mary Jane. He also guest-starred on Narcos as an undercover DEA special agent based in Colombia investigating the Cali Cartel, a role which required him to speak Spanish.
Gonzalez also provided the physical Performance (motion capture) of Nick Mendoza in the video game Battlefield: Hardline.
In 2017 Gonzalez was cast as a series regular in the role of surgeon Dr. Neil Melendez in the medical drama The Good Doctor, his most high-profile role to date. His portrayal of the character was partly based on his father and older brother, both of whom are doctors.