Paul Rodriguez is a Mexican actor,
comedian, director, writer and producer.
Rodriguez was the executive producer and star of
the comedy concert film “The Original Latin Kings
of Comedy”. He honed his craft by playing the
Improv-Comedy Store-Catch a Rising Star circuit in
the early 1980s.
After making his first film appearance in "DC
Cab" (1983) Rodriguez starred in the sitcom "AKA
Pablo" (1984), drawing from his own experiences
to play the role of up-and-coming nightclub comic Paul
(Pablo) Rivera. Rodriguez continued to be very much
in demand for such comedy films as "Miracles" (1986)
and "Born in East LA" (1987).
On TV, Rodriguez hosted the 1988 syndicated version
of "The Newlywed Game" and was a regular
in the 1989 sitcom "Trial and Error" and
the 1990 adventure weekly "Grand Slam." In
1994, Rodriguez doubled as star and director of "Million
to Juan", a comedy-fantasy update of Mark Twain's "The
Million Pound Bank Note". |
