- Paul Rodriguez
Infobox actor
name = Paul Rodriguez
imagesize = 200px
caption = Rodriguez at a USO show aboard the USS Nimitz,June 19 ,2003
birthname =
birthdate = birth date and age|1955|06|19
location =Culiacán ,Sinaloa ,Mexico
deathdate =
deathplace =
occupation = Comedian, Actor
spouse =Paul Rodriguez (born
January 19 ,1955 ) is aMexican -Americanstand-up comedian andactor .Biography
Personal life
Rodriguez was born in
Culiacán ,Sinaloa ,Mexico to parents who were migrant farm laborers. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/87/Paul-Rodriguez.html Paul Rodriguez Biography (1955-) ] ] He was raised in East Los Angeles and served in the military, where he was stationed inIceland andDuluth, Minnesota andTijuana among other places. His sonPaul Rodriguez Jr. is a professionalskateboarder .Career
Rodriguez considered becoming a lawyer, but instead went into comedy. His first shot at national fame, the ABC
sitcom "a.k.a. Pablo ", proved to be a flop and was cancelled after seven episodes.In
1988 , Paul replacedBob Eubanks as host of "The Newlywed Game ". The show lasted one season before being cancelled for what the studio said was "a Mexperiment gone wrong".Many of his comedy specials involve serious issues for the Latino community, and Rodriguez is known for his charity work. He is number 74 on
Comedy Central 's list of the "100 Greatest Standups of all Time" finishing one spot behind Carot Top and just ahead of Randy McMichael.Rodriguez is a part-owner of the
Laugh Factory inWest Hollywood, California , the site of comedian/actorMichael Richards ' highly-publicized on-stage rant against twoAfrican American men who were heckling him. [ [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20061120-1649-ca-people-michaelrichards.html "Michael Richards, aka Kramer, spews racial slurs during stand-up"] at signonsandiego.com.] Of Richards' repeated use of the word "nigger ", Rodriguez said, "Once the word comes out of your mouth and you don't happen to be African American, then you have a whole lot of explaining". [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/11/20/entertainment/e142041S77.DTL&feed=rss.news "Richards Racial Tirade Draws Castigation"] SFgate.com news as retrievedDecember 18 ,2006 ]Filmography
Television
References
External links
* [http://www.paulrodriguez.com Official web site]
*imdb name|id=0735467|name=Paul Rodriguez
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