English Teacher

Brian Jordan Alvarez stars as “Evan Marquez,” who is an English teacher at Morrison-Hensley High School. Prone to taking stands and fighting for what he believes in, even when he probably shouldn’t. He’s passionate about teaching but also has a rich and complex personal life that he is trying to keep separate from his work life. He sees the way the world should be and has a hard time just going with the flow. He became a teacher to enrich his students’ lives but struggles with essentially every other aspect of the job.

Career Highlights

Brian Jordan Alvarez has established himself as one of this generation’s most promising multi-hyphenates with a repertoire of work spanning across television, film and social media.Alvarez was most recently seen in the role of “Cole” in Universal Pictures’ global horror phenomenon M3GAN, written by Akela Cooper, directed by Gerard Johnstone and produced by Jason Blum. Alvarez will be returning for the film’s sequel, M3GAN 2.0, which started production in June 2024 and will be released theatrically in 2025.His multidisciplinary work earned him the coveted honor of being named one of The New York Times’ “Breakout Stars of 2023.” He was also named one of Variety’s “10 Comics to Watch.”In the digital space, Alvarez is widely known for creating his successful YouTube digital series The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo. The show was named IndieWire’s “Best Web Series of 2016,” nominated for a 2016 Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Series – Short Form, and resulted in a deal with Lionsgate to develop the series for TV.Alvarez’s other credits include his feature film Everything Is Free, in which he directed, produced and starred, as well as CW’s Jane the Virgin, Netflix’s comedy Grace and Frankie, Epix’s Get Shorty, the Netflix comedy series Special and his breakout role of Jack’s husband “Estéfan Gloria” in NBC’s Will &amp; Grace reboot.Alvarez is Colombian-American, speaks Spanish fluently and often draws from his experiences growing up in Latin America and the American South (Tennessee) for his various characters.He lives in Los Angeles.

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He’s passionate about teaching but also has a rich and complex personal life that he is trying to keep separate from his work life.

Brian Jordan Alvarez as Evan Marquez for FX's English Teacher

Brian Jordan Alvarez as Evan Marquez | FX's English Teacher

English Teacher

Career Highlights

Stephanie Koenig
as Gwen Sanders / Story Editor / Writer

Enrico Colantoni
as Principal Grant Moretti

Sean Patton
as Markie Hillridge

Brian Jordan Alvarez as Evan Marquez | FX's English Teacher

English Teacher

Stephanie Koenigas Gwen Sanders / Story Editor / Writer

Enrico Colantonias Principal Grant Moretti

Sean Pattonas Markie Hillridge

Stephanie Koenig
as Gwen Sanders / Story Editor / Writer

Enrico Colantoni
as Principal Grant Moretti

Sean Patton
as Markie Hillridge