Rick Gomez

{{Short description|American actor}}

{{distinguish|text=Filipino actor Richard Gomez}}

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| name = Rick Gomez

| image = Rick Gomez.jpg

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| caption = Gomez at the 2015 CayFilm

| birth_name =

| birth_date = Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.

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| education = South Plainfield High School

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1990–present

| relatives = Joshua Gomez (brother)

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Rick Gomez is an American actor. He is known for portraying Radio Technician Fourth Grade George Luz in the HBO television miniseries Band of Brothers, and "Endless Mike" Hellstrom in the Nickelodeon TV series The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Gomez also voiced Zack Fair in the Final Fantasy VII series. He is the older brother of actor Joshua Gomez.

Born in Bayonne, New Jersey,Rohan, Virginia. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-virginia-rohan-profile-of-wh/151137394/ "Delving into the man-boy Brian's brain"], The Record, April 16, 2006. Accessed July 11, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Brian's newly married, pregnant fortysomething record-executive sister, Nic (Rosanna Arquette), and her much younger aspiring-actor husband, Angelo (Raoul Bova), seem normal enough, and, at first glance, so do his long-married pals Deena and Dave (Amanda Detmer and Bayonne-born Rick Gomez)." and raised in South Plainfield, New Jersey,Gacser, Ava. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-profile/151125416/ "Singled out Forget 'Brian,' what about Dave?"], Home News Tribune, April 14, 2006. Accessed July 11, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "His friend and business partner Dave (Rick Gomez, a former South Plainfield resident) struggles to meet halfway with his free-spirited stay-at-home wife and mother of three little girls, Deena (Amanda Detmer)." Gomez graduated from South Plainfield High School.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-south-p/151124596/ "Locker Room 411; South Plainfield Tigers"], Home News Tribune, January 20, 2007. Accessed July 11, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Famous Alumni: Steve Timko, Executive Director of the NJSIAA; Pio Pennisi, Superintendent Dunellen School District; Col. Ernest Fawbush, pioneer in forecasting tornadoes for U.S. Army; Patrick Diegnan, New Jersey assemblyman; Thomas Kapsak, Middlesex County Prosecutor; Rick Gomez, actor, best known for portraying Sgt. George Luz in the HBO television miniseries Band of Brothers, and as 'Endless Mike' Hellstrom in the Nickelodeon TV series The Adventures of Pete and Pete..."