Álvarez turned out to be his character's complete antithesis. Imagine my surprise, then, when Agustín actor Frankie J. But as the third member of the show's core trio, Agustín is the sarcastic, prickly one who's hard to like when he's constantly lashing out at others to mask his own insecurity surrounding his unfulfilled artistic life and his shaky relationship with his boyfriend. Older, mustachioed Dom is quietly approachable, possessing a relatable aura of arrested development by actor Murray Bartlett. It's easy to love goofy protagonist Patrick, played by Jonathan Groff with an affable naiveté.
To say that Agustín was the most divisive character of Season 1 of HBO's comedy Looking would be an understatement.