Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin was born in South Los Angeles, California, United States, on July 13, 1946, is an American actor. Young Cheech Marin first started performing in clubs. He made his big screen debut in buddy comedy film Up in Smoke (1978) in role as Pedro de Pacas. He got his television debut in Fox variety show The Tracey Ullman Show (1987). Cheech's breakthrough performance came as a part of comedy duo Cheech & Chong. He landed his directorial debut with comedy film Born in East L.A. (1987), also starred as Rudy Robles.
Cheech Marin height is 5' 6" іn fееt аnd іnсhеѕ or 167.6 іn cеntіmеtrеѕ, his weight is 165 іn pоunds or 75 іn kіlоgrаmѕ. He is 78 years old. His net worth is around 30 million dollars.
Cheech Marin
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Birth Date:
July 13, 1946
Age:
78 years old
Nationality:
United States
Sun Sign:
Cancer
Natural hair color:
Black
Eye Color:
Dark Brown
Height:
5 ft 6 in | 167.6 cm
Net Worth:
$30 Million
Weight:
75 kg | 165 lbs
Shoe Size:
Not available
He played Felix Gumm The Fake Uncle in Spy Kids film series Spy Kids (2001), Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002) and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003).
He was nominated for the American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his role as Romeo Posar in romantic comedy sports movie Tin Cup (1996).
He was nominated for the ALMA Award for Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film for his role as Ignacio in adventure fantasy comedy film Paulie (1998).
He was nominated for the ALMA Award for Actor in Film for his role as Eddie Cortez The Auto Mechanic in science fiction adventure thriller film Race to Witch Mountain (2009).
He won the Oregon Independent Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Ricardo in thriller film Dark Harvest (2016).
Yellowbeard (1983) - El Segundo
Still Smokin' (1983) - Cheech
Desperado (1995) - Short Bartender
Machete (2010) - Padre Benicio Del Toro
The War with Grandpa (2020) - Danny
Shotgun Wedding (2023) - Robert
Voice roles
Cars (2006), Cars 2 (2011) and Cars 3 (2017) - Ramone
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) - Manuel
Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie (2013) - Cheech / Pedro de Pacas
The Book of Life (2014) - Pancho Rodriguez
El Americano: The Movie (2016) - Martin
Coco (2018) - Corrections Officer
He was nominated for four ALMA Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Inspector Joe Dominguez in CBS police procedural television series Nash Bridges (1996–2001).
Judging Amy (2004–2005) CBS - Ignacio Messina
Off the Map (2011) ABC - Papa
Psych (2012) USA Network - Deacon Jones
Anger Management (2014) FX- Hector
Jane the Virgin (2015) The CW - Edward
Lodge 49 (2018) AMC - El Confidente
Graduated from Bishop Alemany High School.
Graduated from San Fernando Valley State College (now California State University, Northridge) (1968).
He released two children's music albums: My Name is Cheech, the School Bus Driver (1992) and My Name is Cheech, The School Bus Driver "Coast to Coast" (1997).
He is an avid collector of Chicano art.
He is an avid golfer.
He won the ALMA Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Career Achievement in 2012.
He won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording for album "Los Cochinos" (1973).
He voiced Banzai in video games Animated Storybook: The Lion King (1994) and Kingdom Hearts II (2006).
He voiced Ramone in video games:
Cars (2006)
Cars Mater-National Championship (2007)
Cars Race-O-Rama (2009)
Cars 2 (2011)
Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure (2012)
Disney Infinity (2013)
Cars: Fast as Lightning (2014)
Lives in Malibu, California.
He was married to:
Patti Heid (1986-2009), they have two children
Darlene Morley (1975-1984), they have one child
He married Russian pianist Natasha Rubin in 2009.