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American comedian, actor (born 1961)

This article is about the actor. For the sitcom he starred in, see George Lopez (TV series). For other uses, and other people named George Lopez, see George Lopez (disambiguation).

George Edward Lopez (born April 23, 1961) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is most known for starring in his self-produced ABC sitcom George Lopez. His stand-up comedy examines race and ethnic relations, including Mexican American culture. Lopez has received several honors for his work and contributions to the Latino community, including the 2003 Imagen Vision Award, the 2003 Latino Spirit Award for Excellence in Television and the National Hispanic Media Coalition Impact Award. He was also named one of "The Top 25 Hispanics in America" by Time magazine in 2005.

Early life

George Edward Lopez was born on April 23, 1961, in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California, the son of Frieda and Anatasio Lopez, a migrant worker. He is of Mexican descent. He was deserted by his father when he was two months old and by his mother when he was 10 years old, and was raised by his maternal grandmother, Benita Gutierrez, a factory worker, and step-grandfather, Refugio Gutierrez, a construction worker. Lopez attended San Fernando High School, graduating in 1979.

Career

Television

See also: George Lopez (TV series), Lopez Tonight, and Lopez (TV series)

In 2000, after several years of performing stand-up comedy, Lopez was approached by actress Sandra Bullock for Lopez to produce and star in a comedy. Bullock was concerned about the lack of Hispanic-oriented sitcoms on American television and pushed to get a sitcom on television that starred Hispanics without being exclusively about the Hispanic American community. Long criticized by Hispanic American groups for lack of Latinos on their television shows, ABC quic

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 Mexican American culture. He was the host of the late-night talk show Lopez Tonight on TBS until its cancellation on August 12, 2011.

George Lopez was born to a Mexican-American family and grew up in the San Fernando Valley near Los Angeles, California. He became a popular stand-up comedian, especially among the Latino community for his satirizing of Mexican-American life and culture in the United States. Much of his humor was drawn from the financial poverty of his upbringing and of the Latino community in general. He has released four albums of recorded stand-up comedy shows, including Right Now Right Now and Team Leader, which was nominated for a 2004 Grammy for Best Comedy Album. He appeared in The Latin Kings of Comedy, where he was special guest along with other top Latino stand-up comedians. Alien Nation in 1996 was his first album released of his stand-up comedy shows. His current stand-up comedy DVD is Why You Crying?. He recently released "El Mas Chingon" in September of 2006.

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Who Is George Lopez?

Actor and comedian George Lopez was born April 23, 1961, in Mission Hills, California. Abandoned by his mother, he used his painful experiences as material for his stand-up routines, leading to a series of Grammy-nominated comedy albums. He began starring in the sitcom George Lopez in 2002, and became the first Latino to host a late-night talk show on an American network with the launch of Lopez Tonight in 2009.

Quick Facts

FULL NAME: George Edward Lopez
BORN: April 23, 1961
BIRTHPLACE: Los Angeles, CA
SPOUSE: Ann Serrano
CHILDREN: Mayan Lopez

Early Life

Born on April 23, 1961, in Mission Hills, California. Lopez has built a successful career by finding the humor in his difficult childhood and in the Mexican-American community in general. Abandoned by his mother, he was raised by his maternal grandmother, who was a factory worker, and her second husband, a construction worker. Lopez's grandparents paid him little attention. Lopez transformed his painful experiences into material for his stand-up comedy act.

Stand-Up Career and Albums

Lopez began his stand-up career in the 1980s. He appeared on shows like Comedy Club and The Arsenio Hall Show. By the late 1980s, Lopez was a successful comedian, playing clubs around the country and appearing on television shows and comedy specials.

He released his first comedy album, Alien Nation, in 1996. A few years later, in 2001, he released his second album, Right Now Right Now. He received Grammy Award nominations for his follow-up albums Team Leader (2003), George Lopez: America's Mexican (2007) and George Lopez: Tall, Dark & Chicano (2009). His 2017 album, The Wall, featured the stand-up performing at the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Lopez also wrote an autobiography entitled Why You Crying? My Long, Hard Look at Life, Love, and Laughter, which was published in 2004.

TV Shows and Films

'George Lopez'

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