George Lopez a comedy man

 

George Lopez (born April 23, 1961) is an American comedian actor, and talk show host. He is mostly known for starring in his self-produced ABC sitcom George Lopez. His stand-up comedy examines race and ethnic relations, including the Mexican American culture.

Born in 1961 in Mission Hills, CA, Lopez was abandoned by his father at two months old; not long after his tenth birthday, his mother delivered him permanently into the hands of his working-class grandparents, a couple singularly lacking in parental skills, affection, and financial resources. Ingeniously, Lopez took the angst, desperation, impoverishment, and overwhelming dysfunction of these preadolescent and adolescent years and spun it into behind-the-mike fodder -- in other words, using his hard-hitting experiences as building blocks for exceptionally droll, inventive standup routines. Lopez foresaw standup comedy as his only desired option after high school, and thus reportedly worked the club circuit for almost two decades -- his exclusive gig until the late '80s and early '90s.

At that point, Lopez tackled a few bit roles in junky comedies such as Ski Patrol (1989) and Fatal Instinct (1993), but turned a much-needed corner, and upped the prestige quotient, by signing on to work for the esteemed Ken Loach in that director's Bread and Roses (2000), a muckraking drama about Hispanic-American janitors. The finished film divided critics but unveiled new dimensions in the actor's ability. Lopez's eponymous sitcom commenced in 2002, with the schtickmeister cast as a variant of himself, George Lopez, who worked in an airplane-parts factory. The ABC program maintained high ratings well into its sixth season. In the meantime, Lopez branched out into feature-film roles -- this time with a more respectable cinematic pedigree -- in such pictures as The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl (2005), Yours, Mine & Ours (2005), Balls of Fury (2007), and Tortilla Heaven (2007).

Lopez wrote an autobiography entitled Why You Crying, which was released on the Touchstone/Fireside division of Simon & Schuster and entered in the New York Times Bestsellers top twenty. The book is co-written by Emmy Award winning writer and sportscaster Armen Keteyian.

On December 21, 2010, Lopez announce that he would run for Mayor of Los Angeles in about 8 years on Good Day LA.

Filmography  

   

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1990	Ski Patrol	Eddie Martinez
1993	Fatal Instinct	Murder Investigator
2001	Bread and Roses	Perez
2002	Real Women Have Curves	Mr. Guzman
2005	The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl	Mr. Electricidad/ Mr. Electric/Tobor
2006	Balls of Fury	Ernie Rodriguez
	Tortilla Heaven	Everardo
2008	Swing Vote	John Sweeney
	Henry Poole Is Here	Father Salizar
	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Papi	voice only
2009	Shannon's Rainbow	Captain Martin
	Mr. Troop Mom	Eddie Serrano
2010	The Spy Next Door	Glaze
	Valentine's Day	Alfonso
	Marmaduke	Carlos	voice
2011	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2	Papi	voice only
	The Smurfs	Grouchy Smurf	voice only
	Rio	Rafael	voice only
Television
Year(s)	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Fidel	Chucho Osorio
	The Brothers García	Mr. Fender	Episode "The Student Buddy"
	Curb your Enthusiasm	Himself
2002–2007	George Lopez	George Lopez	119 episodes
2004	Naughty or Nice	Henry Ramiro
2006	Freddie	George	"Freddie Gets Cross Over "
2007–2008	The Naked Brothers Band	Himself	3 episodes
2008	Reno 911	Mayor of Reno	3 episodes
2009–present	Lopez Tonight	Himself (Host)
Stand up
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Alien Nation	Himself
2001	Right Now, Right Now	Himself
2002	Team Leader	Himself
2006	Why You Crying?	Himself
	El Mas Chingon?	Himself
2007	America's Mexican	Himself	HBO Special
2009	Tall, Dark, & Chicano	Himself	HBO Special