George Lopez

Biography: George Lopez

Arguably the preeminent Hispanic comedian of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and one of the most influential Latino entertainers of all time, George Lopez broke new ground for Mexican-Americans by scoring many firsts. Most significantly, he clocked in as the first Hispanic comic since Freddie Prinze Sr. (whom he idolized) to headline his own blockbuster sitcom, thus providing Latinos with a much-needed television voice and role model to boot. Born in 1961 in Mission Hills, CA, Lopez was abandoned by his father at two months old; not long after his tenth birthday, his mother delivered him permanently into the hands of his working-class grandparents, a couple singularly lacking in parental skills, affection, and financial resources. Ingeniously, Lopez took the angst, desperation, impoverishment, and overwhelming dysfunction of these preadolescent and adolescent years and spun it into behind-the-mike fodder -- in other words, using his hard-hitting experiences as building blocks for exceptionally droll, inventive standup routines. Lopez foresaw standup comedy as his only desired option after high school, and thus reportedly worked the club circuit for almost two decades -- his exclusive gig until the late '80s and early '90s. At that point, Lopez tackled a few bit roles in junky comedies such as Ski Patrol (1989) and Fatal Instinct (1993), but turned a much-needed corner, and upped the prestige quotient, by signing on to work for the esteemed Ken Loach in that director's Bread and Roses (2000), a muckraking drama about Hispanic-American janitors. The finished film divided critics but unveiled new dimensions in the actor's ability. Lopez's eponymous sitcom commenced in 2002, with the schtickmeister cast as a variant of himself, George Lopez, who worked in an airplane-parts factory. The ABC program maintained high ratings well into its sixth season. In the meantime, Lopez branched out into feature-film roles -- this time with a more respectable cinematic pedigree -- in such pictures as The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl (2005), Yours, Mine & Ours (2005), Balls of Fury (2007), and Tortilla Heaven (2007). ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide less

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The Spy Next Door (2010)
Cast: Jackie Chan David Newman Brian Levant Billy Ray Cyrus George Lopez
Tags: Action Comedy Comedy
Length: 92min
Reminiscent of Kindergarten Cop, with a dash of Spy Kids, The Spy Next Door blends together an entertaining mixture of family fun and martial-arts comedy styling to form a familiar story that once again reminds us that even hardened action heroes have...
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Mr. Troop Mom (2009)
Cast: Jane Lynch Thomas Ian Griffith William Dear Daniela Bobadilla Julia Anderson
Tags: Family Family-Oriented Comedy
Length: 84min
A widower attempting to be both father and mother to his nine year old daughter volunteers to be the chaperone at the Go Girls Jamboree at Running Pines Camp without realizing that he'll be the only guy in a sea of screeching pre-teen girls. Eddie...
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Swing Vote (2008)
Cast: Dennis Hopper Kevin Costner Stanley Tucci Nathan Lane Kelsey Grammer
Tags: Political Satire Comedy
Length: 119min
When the mischievous antics of a precocious 12-year-old girl result in the outcome of the United States presidential election hinging on the vote of her apathetic, likable loser of a father, the man who thought that life had long since passed him by...
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
Cast: Drew Barrymore Jamie Lee Curtis Andy Garcia Edward James Olmos Raja Gosnell
Tags: Animal Picture Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy Adventure Comedy
Length: 91min
A pampered Chihuahua accustomed to the living the good life in glamorous Beverly Hills must rein in her heiress instincts and rely on the kindness of strangers in order to find her way back home after becoming hopelessly lost in Mexico. Chloe (voice...
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Bread and Roses (2000)
Cast: Ken Loach Adrien Brody Haskell Wexler George Fenton Ron Perlman
Tags: Urban Drama Drama Social Problem Film
Length: 110min
Leftist filmmaker Ken Loach directs this grim drama about the plight of seemingly invisible office cleaners in contemporary L.A. who often earn as little as 6 a day without benefits. The film opens as Maya (Pilar Padilla), a young Mexican lass, is...
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The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl (2005)
Cast: David Arquette Kristin Davis Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein Robert Rodriguez
Tags: Adventure Family Family-Oriented Adventure
Length: 92min
Writer and director Robert Rodriguez returns to the family-friendly adventure of his Spy Kids movies with this three-dimensional action opus. Max (Cayden Boyd) is a ten-year-old boy who doesn't get along with his peers and is constantly bullied at...
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Henry Poole Is Here (2008)
Cast: Richard Benjamin Luke Wilson Jessica Walter Radha Mitchell Cheryl Hines
Tags: Black Comedy Comedy Drama
Length: 101min
Given a grim diagnosis during a routine doctor's checkup, a man who once had it all finds his attempt to disappear into a working-class suburb and spend his remaining days subsisting on vodka and junk food hopelessly disrupted when he falls for the...
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Balls of Fury (2007)
Cast: Christopher Walken James Hong Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa David Koechner Robert Patrick
Tags: Comedy Sports Comedy
Length: 90min
A disgraced former ping pong champion is drawn back into the world of high-stakes table tennis to carry out a top-secret mission in the feature directorial debut of Reno 911! writer/director Ben Garant. Far removed from the rigidly regulated world of...
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Tortilla Heaven (2007)
Cast: Olivia Hussey Lupe Ontiveros Judy Hecht Dumontet George Lopez Miguel Sandoval
Tags: Comedy Drama Religious Comedy
Length: 97min
A tightly-knit New Mexico community devoted to God, family, and fresh Mexican food is unexpectedly thrust into the national spotlight when the face of Jesus Christ appears on a tasty tortilla as the owner and head cook prepares for the Sunday lunch...
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Real Women Have Curves (2002)
Cast: Patricia Cardoso Lupe Ontiveros America Ferrera George Lopez Ingrid Oliu
Tags: Comedy Drama Family Drama Coming-of-Age Urban Drama
Length: 93min
In this independent drama, Ana (America Ferrera) is a bright and ambitious 18-year-old Latina who has just graduated from high school in East Los Angeles. Ana wants to broaden her horizons and go on to college, but her mother Carmen (Lupe Ontiveros)...
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