Biography

Nicholas Gonzalez

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Born
January 3, 1976 · San Antonio, Texas, USA
Birth name
Nicholas Edward Gonzalez
Height
5′ 9″ (1.75 m)

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Nicholas Edward Gonzalez is an American actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Alex Santiago on the Showtime television series Resurrection Blvd. and Dr. Neil Melendez on the ABC television series The Good Doctor. Born in San Antonio, Texas, Gonzalez is conversant in Spanish, having lived in a bilingual household. He attended Central Catholic High School in San Antonio, where he was an accomplished cross-country and track runner, winning the Texas State Championship in the mile and two-mile. After graduating in 1994 and turning down a presidential appointment to West Point, Gonzalez pursued an English degree at Stanford University in California. He spent two terms at Oxford University in England. The following summer, 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. While at Stanford he had chanced on acting after taking an improvisational theatre elective and began taking part in student theater. He was approached to do a one-man theater piece called Gas by María Irene Fornés. Alma Martinez, an actress and Stanford professor, encouraged him to become a professional actor. Upon graduating from Stanford in 1998 Gonzalez decided to pursue acting and, with Martinez's help, connected with the theatrical movement in San Francisco. He was once encouraged to use his middle name Edward to conceal his ethnicity and go by "Nicholas Edward" but declined to do so.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao

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Gender / Gender identity
Male

Trivia

Graduated from Central Catholic High School in San Antonio, Texas, before attending Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in literature. He also spent two terms at Oxford University in England, UK, researching British literature and poetry.
Originally starred in the pilot episode of Lucifer, however he was replaced by Kevin Alejandro and all the scenes he was in were re-shot with the new actor.
His wife, Kelsey Crane, gave birth to a daughter, Ever Lee Wilde Gonzalez, on March 1, 2017.
Is of Mexican descent.

Quotes

We fight the stereotypes, but in fighting them, we show them. There are stereotypes for a reason.
The hope of a nation depends on a president that will follow through even in the most unfavorable of political climates.
It's just a fun time going up to Vancouver.
So far, I have looked and looked for a detailed plan from Hillary Clinton's campaign that can tell me where she really stands, but there is none. It is difficult to trust that a candidate will be the right one for our community when you don't exactly know what their plan is.
Bernie Sanders supports offering a pathway to citizenship for immigrants already in the U.S. and halting deportations for almost 9 million hardworking undocumented fathers and mothers.