Cheech Marin

Also known as Richard Anthony Marin

Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin é um comediante e ator americano. Ele ganhou reconhecimento como parte do ato cômico Cheech & Chong durante os anos 1970 e início dos anos 1980 com Tommy Chong, e como parceiro de Don Johnson, Insp. Joe Dominguez, em Nash Bridges. Marin também dublou personagens em vários filmes da Disney, incluindo Oliver & Company, The Lion King, The Lion King 1½, a franquia Cars, Coco e Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

Occupation: actor, art collector, writer, screenwriter
Citizenship: United States
Born: July 13, 1946
Website: http://www.cheechandchong.com
Net worth: $30 million (reported)

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The surname Marin is of Spanish language origin. In Spanish, it is spelled Marín, with an acute accent on the í. Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin (born July 13, 1946) is a Mexican American comedian, actor, musician, and activist. He gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s with Tommy Chong and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp. Joe Dominguez, on Nash Bridges. He has also voiced characters in several Disney films, including Oliver & Company, The Lion King, the Cars series, Coco and Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Marin's trademark is his characters' strong Chicano accents, although Marin himself is not fluent in Spanish. Early life Marin was born on July 13, 1946, in South Los Angeles, California, to Mexican parents Elsa (née Meza) (1923–2010), a secretary, and Oscar Marin (1922–2015), a police officer for the LAPD. Marin was born with a cleft lip, which was surgically repaired. Marin identifies as Chicano; he speaks some Spanish and often uses it in his movies, but he is not fluent.

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Also known as Richard Anthony Marin

Notable quotes

“Right when I was born. I was born and my uncle looked in the crib and I was this curled-up little baby and he says, "Oh, he looks like a little chicharron." The chicharron is a deep-fried pig skin, you know? And I looked like this little curlycue, like a curly fry. And he said, "Oh, he looks like a little chicharron." So that became my family name, Chicharron. And that got shortened to Cheech…”
— On how he earned the name “Cheech” in “CHEECH MARIN” in The Comedy Couch (2006 Jul 10)
“It is very much like Chicano art..It is sophisticated and primitive simultaneously. The scenes would play out and ... the comedy would be absorbed rather than having it jammed down [your throat].”
— On how he views his work in the duo Cheech & Chong in “Cheech Marin On How His Famed Comic Collaboration Was Like Chicano Art” in NPR (2017 Mar 13)

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