![]() Education: California State University, Northridge, BA, English.Ĭareer: City Works Improvisational Group, Vancouver, BC, Canada, late 1960s formed comedy duo Cheech and Chong with Tommy Chong, c. īorn Richard Anthony Marin on July 13, 1946, in Los Angeles, CA son of Oscar (a police officer) and Elsa (a secretary maiden name, Meza) Marin married Rikki Morley (a homemaker and actor), Novem(divorced) married Patti Heid (a computer artist), 1984 children: (from first marriage) Carmine, (from second marriage) Joe, Jasmine. During his years there, he worked full-time in a factory that made kitchen units for aircraft. I came from a very funny family everyone's very bright and funny, but I knew at a very early age that show business was going to be my life." He briefly detoured from that plan with a stint at California State University at Northridge, from which he earned an English degree. ![]() "I was a singer from a very early age, and music occupied my life. "I was always a musician," he told Austin American-Statesman columnist Anne Hornaday. He possessed few artistic skills of the visual kind himself, however. ![]() "It was like moving from Nigeria to Knotts Berry Farm," Marin said in a San Francisco Chronicle interview with Jesse Hamlin.Īs a teen, Marin earned top grades in school, and was increasingly drawn to art and art history. His parents then relocated to the San Fernando Valley area, settling in Granada Hills. "By the time I was 7, I had seen three murders," he told People magazine. Marin and his three sisters grew up first in the South-Central area of Los Angeles, a rough section of the city. The "Cheech" nickname came from an uncle, who peered at the infant in his crib and declared he resembled a chicharron, the Mexican deep-fried pork skin treat. His father was a Los Angeles police officer, and an uncle on the force was the LAPD's highest-ranking detective of Hispanic heritage for a number of years. English was his first language, and the accent he later used in the Cheech and Chong routines was wholly fabricated. The actor was born Richard Anthony Marin on July 13, 1946, in Los Angeles, the third generation in a Mexican-American family. "I personify all the changes our generation went through, in the extreme," he joked with a People interviewer in 1998. Marin has also become a renowned patron of Chicano art, and is thought to own the largest collection of such in private hands. To the surprise of many, he has even played a police detective, and in 1992 released an album of children's songs. Once half of the stoner-hippie comedy team Cheech and Chong, he enjoyed immense success in the 1970s, but went on to tackle a far wider range of roles. Fort Special Effects Diana Dru Botsford Special Effects Douglas Aarniokoski First Assistant Director Elaine J.Actor Cheech Marin is one of Hollywood's most recognizable Hispanic stars. George Clooney Seth Gecko Harvey Keitel Jacob Fuller Quentin Tarantino Richard Gecko, Screenwriter, Executive Producer Juliette Lewis Kate Fuller Cheech Marin Border Guard, Carlos, Chet Pussy Cheech Marin Border Guard, Carlos, Chet Pussy Cheech Marin Border Guard, Carlos, Chet Pussy Fred Williamson Frost Salma Hayek Santanico Pandemonium Marc Lawrence Old Timer Michael Parks Texas Ranger Earl McGraw Kelly Preston Newscaster Kelly Houge Tom Savini Sex Machine John Saxon FBI Agent Stanley Chase Danny Trejo Razor Charlie Ernest Liu Scott Fuller John Hawkes Pete Bottoms Heidi McNeal Blonde Hostage Aimee Graham Blonde Hostage Brenda Hillhouse Hostage Gloria Tito Larriva Titty Twister Guitarist & Vocalist Mike Moroff Manny Veena Bidasha Bar Dancer Maria Diaz Bar Dancer Chad Dowdell Man at Bar (uncredited) Robert Rodriguez Director, Editor, Executive Producer, Screen Story Berger EFX Group Makeup Special Effects Cecilia Montiel Production Designer Colin de Rouin Set Designer Daniel A.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |