How English Teacher star Brian Jordan Alvarez danced his way to success with shirtless viral videos

He’s taking an unusual approach. Actor and comedian Brian Jordan Alvarez, 37, who created and stars in the FX / Hulu show “English Teacher,” is going viral with videos on TikTok and Instagram — and his unorthodox approach has seemingly worked to make his show more popular.In one of his viral videos, captioned, “Binge English Teacher on Hulu,” audio from a “Gilmore Girls” episode can be heard.

In the original episode, Kirk (Sean Gunn), tells his girlfriend’s father, “I love your daughter.” When the father asks what he has to offer, Kirk says, “Nothing.Only this,” and then does a strange dance. In Alvarez’s clips, he plays the audio clip of that dialogue — with his own shirtless interpretation.

In one video, he’s shown dancing in an airport.In another video, he’s whips his shirt off by the dairy section in what appears to be a grocery store or bodega. “This is working for me I fear,” one commenter wrote on Alvarez’s airport dance video. His videos have made an impact, racking up over 10 million views.Alvarez told The New York Times earlier this month that he didn’t originally make the dance videos to promote his show.  “People started commenting, ‘Fine, I’m going to start steaming your show.

You convinced me,’” he said. He added, “I started leaning into that, writing ‘Stream English Teacher on Hulu’ in the posts.”The TikTok algorithm “loves dancing and pushes those videos.Then it becomes addictive.

‘Wait a minute: If I just do this dance every day, I’m going to get millions of views?’” Alvarez explained.Alvarez, who has also appeared in the “Will & Grace” revival, said that his dancing isn’t purposefully outrageous. “My whole life I’ve had an expressive form of dancing.

I’m doing it quite earnestly.I don’t think it’s supposed to be as funny as people are finding it.”“English Teacher,” (now streaming on Hulu) is an eight-episode sitcom following Evan Marquez, ...