Ryan Gosling wants to help Eva Mendes‘ brother get hired for a new acting job!

The actor in question, Carlos Mendez, has previously worked on projects like Dexter: Original Sin and Parks & Recreation, but the Project Hail Mary star says he’s “the hardest-working nonworking actor in this town that I have ever met.”

Ryan continued, “So my Hail Mary is, please, hire this man! He deserves it.”

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The Oscar-nominated actor was at an event in Los Angeles and asked the moderator to pause for a second before requesting Carlos stand up in the crowd, which he did.

“Okay, how many of you are directors? Raise your hands,” Ryan asked the audience. “How many producers? How many writers?”

Then he went on to praise Carlos‘ work ethic and said, “If you’re writing something, directing something, put him in it. He deserves it.”

A TikTok user @t.nonamer shared the video.

Carlos has worked on many different film and television projects over the decades, including the aforementioned shows and others like 90210, The Rich & The Ruthless, and The Bay.

Ryan recently accepted a public invitation to visit the Days of Our Lives set with Deidre Hall after praising her and the show on a podcast.