Hector Garcia: The um...andr* young man from "Everybody Hates Chris" has a husband...I mean good buddy....and less than fully clothed photos

   

Link to the less-than-fully clothed photos

Everybody Hates Chris (2005-09), with comedian Chris Rock narrating his childhood experiences in the 1980s: sure, it had a lot of beefcake, with Dad Terry Crews and brother Tequan Richmond.  At least in the first two seasons, there was a strong gay-subtext romance between Young Chris (Tyler James Williams, who as an adult strongly defends himself against gay "accusations") and Greg (Vincent Martella, who is gay but was not out at the time).    But there were frequent homophobic digs, for no apparent reason than to invite the audience to share the grown-up Chris's homophobia.

At a party, a boy is kissing a long-haired person wearing pants, and the grown-up Chris exclaims "I sure hope that's a girl!"  It's your show. Why not just tell the director to make sure that everyone is obviously heterosexual in the scene?  

When the grown-up Chris thinks that Young Chris and Greg are getting too close, he exclaims "Hey, this ain't Brokeback!"  So you're expressing homophobia at yourself as a boy? You got issues, dude.

No gay people appear or are mentioned; the closest they dared come was with Angel (Hector A. Garcia).

In Episode 4.2, "Everybody Hates Cake," Chris signs up for a home economics class as a way to get close to the Girl of His Dreams Remember, heteronormativity dictates that the teenage boy has only one motive for every action: to meet girls.  He is partnered with femme boy Angel, who is besties with the Girl but can't cook.  That's why you take the class, nimrod.  Maybe they could help each other, an introduction in exchange for cooking lessons?   

The femme mannerisms make Chris extremely uncomfortable, but --winning the Girl!  Dad advises him that some men are...um...er...andr*.  But they can't help it.  You shouldn't shun someone for something that's not their fault.  So Chris agrees to the trade, but when he starts to like Angel and asks to hang out, the snobbish (grown-up Chris:racist!)  jerk rejects him. 

Note: the blogger censors don't like the word Dad used, so I have to blot it out.  It means combining men's and women's gender expectations.

I wanted to know about the actor playing the Angel,  Hector A. Garcia.  Is he...um...er... andr* in real life?

First, any...um...er...andr* roles?

Hector grew up in Pacoima, California, just north of Burbank.  He is a "Proud Valley Boy" and "professional couch potato."  His acting career begins in 2003 with the shorts Carter's Wish (everybody's wishes start coming true, literally) and La Cerca (the 17-year old Niño discovers "a world beyond the barbed-wire fence" of his grandfather's ranch).

Next came some guest spots on tv series -- In Justice, The Cleaner, The Shield, NCIS -- where he apparently played Hispanic teens in graffiti-strewn neighborhoods.

After Chris, Hector starred in five episodes of Brothers (2009) -- not to be confused with the psychological thriller Brothers (2009), or Brothers and Sisters (2006-2011), which has a gay sibling.  This one had Michael Strahan and Daryl Mitchell as estranged brothers running a restaurant.  Hector plays a cook. 

Coincidentally, Tichina Arnold, the Mom on Everybody Hates Chris, plays Cynthia.  

Then came some guest spots on Till Dea***, Bad Therapy, B**ze Lightyear, and Good Samaritans.  

And The Undershepherd (2012): Two best friend ministers rise in the ranks of the Baptist Church, but one is being led by God, and the other by the Guy From Down Under.  

Hector plays TD, presumably a church member.  The Baptist Church doesn't look kindly on um...er...andr* men, so appearing in this movie suggests that our boy is straight.

Less-than-fully-clothed photo on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends

In 2016, Hector became the producer/ writer/ star of The Office Chronicles, a short about "true feelings revealed" at the office: Jerry (Hector) is in love with Becky, but she's in love with Sean (Marlon Begue), who absolutely cannot act, and admits an infidelity, whereupon she decides that she wants to stop seeing him.  Sounds heteronormative. Dude is definitely a straight Baptist.

Wait -- in 2021, Hector starred in the podcast No Such Thing, not to be confused with the supernatural thriller No Such Thing (2021).  Hector plays Jesus, a gay guy who is working in a bookstore and dating Don (Jimmy Clabots, not fully clothed on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends).  He comes out to Mom and Dad in the last episode.

I'm confused.  Are you um...er...andr* or not, buddy?

More after the break

Hector has four "Known For" listings on the IMDB:

1. Everybody Hates Chris.

2, Hard Luck Love Song (2020):  A "charismatic but down-on-his-luck troubadour" (Dermot Mulroney) finds redemption by dating the The Girl.  Hector's character doesn't appear in any synopses or reviews.

3. A 2021 episode of The Neighborhood, about black and white families who are next-door neighbors: Hector plays a salesperson who tries to sell an expensive coat to Calvin (Cedric the Entertainer).  He could be gay-coded.

Interestingly, Tichina Arnold  plays the Mom here, too. And the white neighbor Max Greenfield's kid, Grover (Hank Greenspan), is...um....er...andr*.  No one ever says "gay."  

4. A 2023 episode of Shining Vale, with Courtney Cox and Greg Kinnear as a couple trapped in a Stepford Wives town.  Again, Hector's character doesn't appear in any of the episode recaps or reviews.

This is inconclusive.  I'll check Hector's Instagram.

He's a stand-up comedian who performs at Flappers Comedy Club and at "Como se dice comedy?" the monthly bilingual show at the Tao Comedy Studio in L.A.  

He is religious, but apparently Catholic, not Baptist. 

He posts a lot of beefcake photos, which fans call "andr*" 

Even when he shows his body parts.

Lots of girl-hugging photos. Sometimes he's hugging a guy on one side and a girl in a swimsuit on the other.

If you want to see Hector shirtless, you'll have to put up with girls in swimsuits.

One photo shows him hugging his "partner in crime," Joseph H.  A fan comments "I thought you were just playing gay on Everybody Hates Chris."   He doesn't respond.

No doubt they're just platonic pals. Dude is definitely...

Wait -- in February 2021, Hector posts: "I always wanted to get married, but I never thought it would happen."  The photo shows a man on one knee -- "partner in crime" Joseph?  -- proposing to him on the beach.  

The guys are married!  Hector is...um...er... andr* in real life.  He just keeps it...um...er...discrete.

See also: Everybody Loves Greg: Vincent Martella grows up, plays Phineas, dates some guys. With some men's body parts and Skyler Gisondo

Hank Greenspan: Femme boy plays only straight characters, but is he gay in real life? With bonus Brandon and Carlos less than fully clothed

"Shining Vale": A Stepford Wives/The Shining mishmash, with Monica from "Friends," the gay kid from that show with a name I can't say here, and a lot of Higginbothams

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