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George Lopez (born April 23, 1961, in Mission
Hills, Los Angeles, California) is an American comedian, actor, and star of the
ABC sitcom, The George Lopez Show.
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Born: April 23, 1961
Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation: Comedian, actor
Spouse: Ana Serrano
Website: http://www.georgelopez.com/
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Early
life and stand-up
He 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. [1] 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.
Personal life
Lopez married Anne Serrano in 1993. Their daughter
Mayan was born in 1995. In April 2005, he received a transplanted kidney from
his wife. [2] An episode of The George Lopez Show was based on this. It is also
mentioned briefly in a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode, where Larry David seeks
inside information from George Lopez about the "kidney consortium."
In a 2005 interview with Howard Stern, Lopez
claimed that he and Carlos Mencia were involved in a physical altercation at a
comedy club. Lopez alleged that Mencia appropriated 13 minutes of Lopez's
material without permission for his HBO comedy special. [3] The altercation was
also mentioned during an Opie and Anthony interview with Jamie Masada - the
owner of the Laugh Factory. [4]
References
1. http://www.georgelopez.com/bio/bioinfo.html
2. http://www.webmd.com/content/article/121/114100.htm
3. http://www.redban.com/audio/lopez.mp3
4. http://www.redban.com/audio/dco.mp3
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