Joshua Gomez

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Joshua Gomez
Joshua Gomez by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Gomez at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con
BornNovember 20 1975 (48)
Occupation(s)Actor, voice actor, producer
Years active2000present
Spouse
Amy Pham
(m. 2011)
Children1
Relatives Rick Gomez (brother)

Joshua Gomez (born November 20 1975) is an American actor best known for his role as Morgan Grimes on Chuck tv series.

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Career

Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, [1] he is the younger brother of actor Rick Gomez. Gomez appeared in a recurring role in the CBS series Without a Trace as computer tech James Mackeroy. He appeared in a series of IBM commercials, a series of Wendy's commercials (Ranch Tooth), and a commercial for Garmin. He also made a cameo on Freddy's Nightmares . He played Sammy Stinger in Bring It On Again , 2004.

As a voice actor, Gomez played Baralai in the video game Final Fantasy X-2 , opposite his brother Rick's character, Gippal, and as Parker in Turok . He also had a small part at the beginning of BioShock as Johnny. In September 2007, he began starring in the NBC series Chuck as the title character's friend, Morgan Grimes. Gomez is friends with Chuck co-star Zachary Levi in real life. Joshua was nominated for Outstanding Male Performance in the Comedy Television Series at the 2008 ALMA Awards. [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Last Man Running J.J.
2004 Bring It On Again Sammy StingerDirect-to-video
2014 Force of Execution Iceman Gangbanger #9, Cartel #7, Strip Club Gangster #1

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Law & Order Edwin MoralesEpisode: "Possession"
2005–06 Invasion Scott6 episodes
2005–06 Without a Trace James Mackeroy18 episodes
2007–12 Chuck Morgan Grimes Main role
91 episodes
Nominated—ALMA Award for Outstanding Male Performance in a Comedy Series (2008)
Nominated—ALMA Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series (2009)
Nominated—ALMA Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series (2011)
2009 Imagination Movers Captain KiddoEpisode: "The Tale of Captain Kiddo"
2013 Castle Simon DoyleEpisode: "Time Will Tell"
2014 The Crazy Ones GeorgeEpisode: "Heavy Meddling"
2017 Scorpion Dave BlakelyEpisode: "Queen Scary"
2018 Lucifer Neil BergerEpisode: "The Last Heartbreak"
2018 Man with a Plan Snake MerchantEpisode: "The Burns System"
2023 Dave RogerEpisode: "Harrison Ave"
2023 Minx SimonEpisode: "It's okay to like it"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Final Fantasy X-2 Baralai [3] As Josh Gomez
2005 Call of Duty 2 Additional Voices
2007 Armored Core 4 Celo [4]
2007 BioShock Johnny, Pigskin Splicers
2008 Turok Parker

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References

  1. O'Hare, Kate. "Celebrity Scoop: Gomez Heads Out On Chuck", Kane County Chronicle , October 9, 2010. Accessed March 22, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "For most of three previous seasons of NBC's spy-caper show Chuck, airing Mondays, Morgan Grimes (Joshua Gomez) has spent his time either at the Los Angeles apartment of his best friend, big-box retail geek-turned-spy Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi), or at their workplace, the Burbank, Calif., Buy More electronics store.... Birthplace: Bayonne, N.J., on Nov. 20, making him a Scorpio"
  2. "2008 ALMA Awards" (PDF). ALMA Awards. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  3. "Joshua Gomez (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 26 April 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. FromSoftware. Armored Core 4. Sega. Scene: Ending credits, 2:28:08 in, Voice Cast.