George Lopez

This beloved, Mexican-American comic played the stand-up circuit for well over a decade before landing his eponymous sitcom in 2002. (It helped that he had movie star Sandra Bullock as his champion an...
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04/22/1961
Mission Hills, CA
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Worked as a DJ on MEGA 92.3 in Los Angeles.
Was discovered when Sandra Bullock approached him to star in a Latino-based TV series she wanted to produce. She has since guest-starred on the show as his accident-prone coworker, Amy.
Stand-up albums include Right Now Right Now, Team Leader and Alien Nation.
Founded the George & Ann Lopez-Richie Alarcon CARE Foundation, which provides resources for education.
Published a 2004 autobiography, Why You Crying?.