Gary "Sweeps" Woods

Gary "Sweeps" Woods is a fictional character on the FX Network television series The Bear. Created by Christopher Storer and played by Corey Hendrix since the show's premiere in 2022, Gary was once a professional baseball player (where he swept the Padres but then failed the drug test), and later worked at the Original Beef of Chicagoland sweeping the floors. Sweeps now works front of house as the Bear's sommelier. Wine Enthusiast described the character as a "somm who is sort of figuring it out but has to also embody...swagger and bravado in service." Cinema Blend called Sweeps "one of The Bear's veteran characters who has yet to receive his time in the sun". BuzzFeed wrote that Sweeps is a "minor character who still shines with his minimal screen time."