Cheech Marin
Cheech Marin (* 13. July 1946 as Richard Anthony Marin in Los Angeles , California ) is an American comedian and actor of Mexican origin.
Life
Marin became known along with Tommy Chong as a member of the comedian duo Cheech and Chong . In 1978, Much Smoke for Nothing ( Up'n Smoke ) came out, their first full-length feature film, which shows the two of them as bon vivants and stoners. After several films that span the adventures of the two characters, the duo split and Marin continued his career alone. In 2010, Marin and Chong announced a sequel to Up in Smoke in which they are back in front of the camera together.
In addition to a variety of film roles (including a triple role in Robert Rodriguez ' From Dusk Till Dawn ), he played in the television series Nash Bridges (1996-2001) on the side of Don Johnson a police officer in San Francisco . He also played landscape architect Ignacio Messina at Tyne Daly's side in the series For All Cases Amy .
He also lent his voice to characters in cartoons such as The Lion King and The Great Crawling . In the German television Cheech Marin was u. a. Chuy Castillos was seen as a hotel employee in Golden Palace (1992–1993), the follow-up series to Golden Girls .
Cheech Marin is also politically active: As a self-confessed cannabis consumer , he has been campaigning for the legalization of cannabis in the USA with public appearances and in social networks on the Internet for decades .
Filmography (selection)
Cheech and Chong:
- 1978: Much Smoke About Nothing (Up in Smoke)
- 1980: More Smoke About Nothing (Cheech & Chong's Next Movie)
- 1981: Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams
- 1982: Cheech & Chong under constant stress (Things Are Tough All Over)
- 1983: Cheech & Chong - Now nothing smokes at all (Still Smokin)
- 1983: Dotterbart (Yellowbeard)
- 1984: Now it's smoking again (Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers)
- 1985: Cheech & Chong - Now it's all gone! ( Cheech and Chong: Get Out of My Room )
- 1990: Cheech without Chong - Now New Zealand is smoking
Other:
- 1985: The time after midnight (After Hours)
- 1986: Echo Park
- 1987: Born in East LA
- 1989: Rude Awakening
- 1989: Ghostbusters II
- 1990: Kangaroo Carlos (The shrimp on the Barbie)
- 1992: The Ring of the Musketeers
- 1994: FernGully - Christa and Zak's Adventures in the Rainforest (FernGully: The Last Rainforest)
- 1995: The Last Adventure of the Great Conqueror (Charlie's Ghost Story)
- 1995: Desperado
- 1996: Great White Hype (The Great White Hype)
- 1996: From Dusk Till Dawn
- 1996: Tin Cup
- 1998: Paulie - A chatterbox makes its way (Paulie)
- 2000: I only took apart my wife (Picking Up the Pieces)
- 2001: Spy Kids
- 2002: Spy Kids 2: The Return of the Super Spies (Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams)
- 2003: Mission 3D (Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over)
- 2003: Sometime in Mexico (Once Upon a Time in Mexico)
- 2003: Masked and Anonymous
- 2003: On a Mission of Animals (Good Boy ! , voice)
- 2004: Christmas with the Kranks (Christmas with the Kranks)
- 2005: Teen Cop (Underclassman)
- 2006: Cars (voice)
- 2007: Grindhouse / Planet Terror
- 2010: machete
- 2014: Manolo and the Book of Life (voice of Pancho Rodriguez )
- 2017: Coco - more alive than life! ( Coco , voice)
Series:
- 1987–1997: A Terribly Nice Family (voice of the dog Buck)
- 1992: The Ring of the Musketeers
- 1992-1993: Golden Palace
- 1996-2001: Nash Bridges
- 2000: Family Guy (episode 2x20)
- 1999–2005: Just in case, Amy
- 2007-2009: Lost
- 2008: Grey's Anatomy
- 2012: Psych (episode The Seer Under the Appendices )
- 2012: Rob
- 2014: Anger Management
Individual evidence
Web links
- Cheech Marin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marin, Cheech |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marin, Richard Anthony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | los Angeles |