Brian Jordan Alvarez

Brian Jordan Alvarez (born July 9, 1987) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is best known for creating and starring in the FX comedy series English Teacher. He is also known for his original songs, recurring roles as Estéfan in Will & Grace (2018–2020) and Wesley in Jane the Virgin (2015–2016), appearances in such films as M3GAN and 80 for Brady, and his self-produced films and series, most notably his 2016 web series The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Jordan Alvarez, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

M3GAN 2.0

After the underlying tech for M3GAN is stolen and misused by a powerful defense contractor to create a military-grade weapon known as Amelia, M3GAN's creator Gemma realizes that the only option is to resurrect M3GAN and give her a few upgrades, making her faster, stronger, and more lethal.

Release Date2025-06-25

Charactersd Cole

Vote Count578

2 Broke Girls

Comedy about the unlikely friendship that develops between two very different young women who meet waitressing at a diner in trendy Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and form a bond over one day owning their own successful cupcake business. Only one thing stands in their way – they’re broke.

Release Date2011-09-19

Charactersd Tad

Episode Count1

Vote Count1608

Jane the Virgin

A comedy-drama following a chaste young woman who is accidentally impregnated via artificial insemination as she struggles to inform her devoutly religious family and make the right choices concerning the child. Based on the telenovela "Juana la virgen."

Release Date2014-10-13

Charactersd Wesley

Episode Count4

Vote Count871

Grace and Frankie

Elegant, proper Grace and freewheeling, eccentric Frankie are a pair of frenemies whose lives are turned upside down - and permanently intertwined - when their husbands leave them for each other. Together, they must face starting over in their 70s in a 21st century world.

Release Date2015-05-08

Charactersd Willy

Episode Count1

Vote Count339

Will & Grace

That’s right, honey! A decade after their unforgettable eight-season run, comedy’s most fabulous foursome is back.

Release Date2017-09-28

Charactersd Estefan

Episode Count12

Vote Count84

Hot in Cleveland

Three fabulous, eccentric, LA best friends of a certain age have their lives changed forever when their plane unexpectedly lands in Cleveland and they soon rediscover themselves in this new "promised land."

Release Date2010-06-16

Charactersd Ian

Episode Count1

Vote Count119

M3GAN

A brilliant toy company roboticist uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to emotionally bond with her newly orphaned niece. But when the doll's programming works too well, she becomes overprotective of her new friend with terrifying results.

Release Date2022-12-28

Charactersd Cole

Vote Count4390

Get Shorty

Miles Daly works as muscle for a murderous crime ring in Nevada and attempts to change professions and become a movie producer, laundering money through a Hollywood film with the help of washed-up filmmaker Rick Moreweather. Based on Elmore Leonard’s 1990 New York Times bestselling novel.

Release Date2017-08-13

Charactersd Jayson

Episode Count1

Vote Count98

Social Distance

Filmed in isolation, this narrative anthology series features both dark and funny takes on how people strive to stay connected while staying apart.

Release Date2020-10-15

Charactersd Marco

Episode Count1

Vote Count39

StuGo

Six middle schoolers are tricked into attending a fake academic summer camp by a mad scientist. Now they’re stuck for three months on a wild tropical island with mind-reading manatees, giant fighting fungi and fashion-forward mutants.

Release Date2025-01-01

Charactersd Van (voice)

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

Grimsburg

Marvin Flute may be the greatest detective ever to catch a cannibal clown or correctly identify a mid-century modern armoire. But there’s one mystery he still can’t crack — his family. Now that he's back in Grimsburg, a town where everyone has a secret or three, Flute will follow every lead he’s got to redeem himself with the ex-wife he never stopped loving, even if it means hanging out with the son he never bothered to get to know.

Release Date2024-01-07

Charactersd (voice)

Episode Count1

Vote Count20

Life in Pieces

Comedy about one big happy family and their sometimes awkward, often hilarious and ultimately beautiful milestone moments as told by its various members. Of the three siblings, middle child Matt may have just found his true love, his co-worker, Colleen; his coddled youngest brother, Greg, and his wife, Jen, are overwhelmed by the birth of their first child; and the eldest, Heather, and her husband, Tim, are dreading their impending empty nest so much, they're considering having another baby. Their parents are Joan the family's adoring matriarch who would do anything for her kids - as long as she agrees with it - and John, the gregarious patriarch who's searching for ways to soften the blow of turning 70. As the family's lives unfold in four short stories each week, they try to savor these little pieces of time that flash by but stay with you forever, because these moments add up to what life's all about.

Release Date2015-09-21

Charactersd Jorge

Episode Count1

Vote Count132

English Teacher

A high school teacher in Austin tries to balance the competing demands of the students and their parents in a world where the rules seem to change every day.

Release Date2024-09-02

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Charactersd Evan Marquez

Episode Count8

Vote Count43

Special

A gay man with mild cerebral palsy decides to rewrite his identity as an accident victim and finally go after the life he wants.

Release Date2019-04-12

Charactersd Shay

Episode Count1

Vote Count63

RocketJump: The Show

A behind-the-scenes look at the RocketJump production team (Video Game High School) as they create phenomenal action-comedy short films. Each half-hour episode of the series will chronicle the filmmaking behind RocketJump’s newest short and will include an exclusive look at the short film itself.

Release Date2015-12-02

Charactersd Sherlock Holmes

Episode Count1

Vote Count5

Go-Go Boy Interrupted

Jimmy Fowlie (writer/actor) developed the concept for “Go-­Go Boy Interrupted” from his time as a go­-go dancer in LA. He was inspired to create his own sketch show at The Groundlings Theater, where he regularly performs.

Release Date2014-10-07

Charactersd Eliot

Episode Count21

Vote Count2

The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo

A wondrous story of the complexities of relationships, friendly and romantic that blurs the lines of expected tropes through random comedy and realistic, interconnected interactions.

Release Date2016-01-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Caleb

Episode Count5

Vote Count19

80 for Brady

Four lifelong friends set out on an unforgettable journey to see their hero Tom Brady play in Super Bowl LI and witness one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, discovering that it's never too late to live life to the fullest. Inspired by a true story.

Release Date2023-02-03

Charactersd Derek

Vote Count179

Cypher

Cypher is a fictional pseudo-music documentary about the artist Tierra Whack and the conspiracy theory that secret societies run the music world.

Release Date2023-11-24

Charactersd Detective Brian Alvarez

Vote Count7

Matt and Dan

Matt and Dan is a series of sketches and comedic short films. Every episode of "Matt and Dan" takes place in a different world - with new bizarre characters and (often dark) situations.

Release Date2018-03-21

Charactersd Bartholemew

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Consent

A wealthy Manhattan family's inability to cope with the suicide of their eldest daughter sends them into a downward spiral of drugs, alcohol and sexual taboos that threatens to destroy them.

Release Date2010-02-19

Charactersd Seth

Vote Count11

Stuck

Darby finds herself in trouble with the law, and is sentenced to house arrest. Now she must serve thirty days in the home she used to share with her ex-boyfriend, that he now shares with his new fiancee.

Release Date2018-05-11

Charactersd Raymond

Vote Count5

Self Promotion

A executive's assistant takes over for her boss after she is mysteriously never heard from again.

Release Date2015-01-01

Charactersd Wyatt

The Happys

After catching her boyfriend in bed with a man, a sheltered Midwestern girl fights to find her place in a new city and discover where her true passions lie.

Release Date2018-03-16

Charactersd Patrick

Vote Count3

Everything Is Free

Ivan is a US painter residing in Colombia. His best friend, Christian, and younger brother, Cole, come to visit. Somewhere along the way, Ivan and Cole hit it off although Cole is not gay. Will older brother Christian be okay with that?

Release Date2017-09-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Ivan

Vote Count19

Herpes Boy

A social outcast with a facial birthmark finds his world flipped upside down after he posts videos of his quirky life onto the Internet and becomes an unwilling cyber-celebrity.

Release Date2009-10-24

Charactersd DragonSlayer1985

A Spy Movie

After a failed mission in the Arctic, spies must team up to foil a deadly plot orchestrated by Evelina, an international assassin and head of the world's worst crime syndicate.

Release Date2021-12-11

Charactersd Jack Johnson / Evelina

Vote Count1

The Operator

A short film about a day in the life of a 911 operator.

Release Date2016-01-10

Charactersd Allen (voice)

Are You Still Singing?

Precarious party singer Joy navigates life and an unfilled prescription.

Release Date2018-10-11

Charactersd Office Manager

Vote Count3

Pretending

A woman fights for a job

Release Date2021-09-25

Charactersd Man walking in park

Grandmother's Gold

A brother and sister embark on a journey to retrieve an inheritance from their grandmother in the wake of economic collapse and impending apocalypse.

Release Date2018-07-10

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Charactersd Danny

Vote Count6

Webseries: The Movie

In 2019, a group of four "filmmakers" set out to make a world-changing web series.

Release Date2019-06-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd

Vote Count3

How to Be a Slut in America

A three-part feature by Brian Jordan Alvarez An honest portrayal of a young man figuring out how he wants to live out his romantic and sexual life.

Release Date2017-11-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd

Vote Count3

Ryan Gosling Responds to the Haters

When Ryan Gosling dyed his hair brown, the Internet became obsessed with talking about it. Articles online claimed he "risked his heartthrob status" with the color change. This is his response.

Release Date2015-04-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Zac Efron

Celebrity Jeopardy!

Celebrity contestants compete for a chance to win money for a charity of their choice.

Release Date2022-09-25

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count6

A November

A young woman commits suicide which leaves her boyfriend wondering what went wrong.

Release Date2011-11-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

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