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Biography
For|Rodriguez's son, the professional skateboarder|Paul Rodriguez (skateboarder)Infobox person| name = Paul Rodriguez| image = Paul Rodriguez USO.jpg| imagesize = 200px| caption = Rodriguez at a United Service Organizations|USO show aboard the USS Nimitz (CVN-68)|USS Nimitz , June 19, 2003| birthname =| birth_date = birth date and age|1955|01|19| birth_place = Culiacán , Sinaloa , Mexico | death_date =| death_place =| occupation = Actor/Comedian| yearsactive = 1983–present| spouse = Paul Rodriguez (born January 19, 1955) is a Mexican-American stand-up comedian and actor .
Personal life
Rodriguez was born in Culiacán , Sinaloa , México to Mexican agriculture ranchers.. http://www.filmreference.com/film/87/Paul-Rodriguez.html Paul Rodriguez Biography (1995-) His family migrated to East Los Angeles (region)|East Los Angeles , where he enlisted in the military; he was stationed in Iceland and Duluth, Minnesota . His son, Paul Rodriguez (skateboarder)|Paul Rodriguez Jr. , is a professional skateboarder nicknamed P-Rod.
Career
Rodriguez considered becoming a lawyer, but instead went into comedy. His first shot at national fame, the American Broadcasting Company|ABC sitcom a.k.a. Pablo , was canceled after seven episodes.
In 1988 , Rodriguez replaced Bob Eubanks as host of The Newlywed Game . The show lasted one season before being canceled, During his Tenure as host of the Newlywed Game, The show began using the 1958 hit record Book of Love by The Monotones as the theme song.
Rodriguez has starred in several feature films including, D.C. Cab , Born in East L.A. , Tortilla Soup , Rat Race (2001 film)|Rat Race , and Ali (film)|Ali . He directed and starred in the film A Million to Juan . Rodriguez has also performed voice-over roles on King of the Hill , Dora the Explorer and Beverly Hills Chihuahua .
Many of his comedy specials involve serious issues for the Latino community, and Rodriguez is known for his charity work. He has performed on several Comic Relief charity specials. In 1995, he performed a comedy television special live at San Quentin State Prison . He produced and was featured on the 2002 comedy special titled The Original Latin Kings of Comedy . In 2004, Comedy Central ranked him 74th on its list of the 100 Greatest Stand-up comedy|Standups of all Time .IMDb title|429332|Comedy Central Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time
Rodriguez is a part-owner of the Laugh Factory in West Hollywood, California , the site of comedian/actor Michael Richards ' highly-publicized on-stage rant against two African 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 retrieved December 18, 2006
Rodriguez also has an interest in farming with operations in California's Central Valley. He is the chairman of the California Latino Water Coalition, a group trying to draw attention to California's dire water situation. He also had a night show called El Show de Paul Rodriguez on Univision in the early 1990s.
Rodriguez currently stars in the comedy-reality series 'Mis Videos Locos' on MTV Tr3s.
1996: Won , "Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Variety or Music Series/Special" - Latino Laugh Festival
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External links
commons|Paul Rodriguez
Official| http://www.paulrodriguez.com
IMDb name|0735467
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