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DOMINGUEZ TITLE=CHEECH IS TAKING THE HIGH ROAD ACCESS-DATE=21 JANUARY 2021 DATE=APRIL 16, 1998 PAGE=49, | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.Film, Stand-up comedy>stand-up, televisionMARIN>FIRST=RICHARD URL=HTTPS://THEMOTH.ORG/RADIO-HOUR/THE-CALL WORK=THE MOTH, Character comedy, Comedy music>musical comedy, political satire, sketch comedy, stoner comedy| subject = Latin American culture, drug culture, everyday life, recreational drug use| active = 1971–present

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}}| children = 3}}Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin (born July 13, 1946) is an 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 franchise, Coco and Beverly Hills Chihuahua. He also played as Padre Esteban in the 2009 film The Perfect Game. 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.NEWS, Candace A., Wedlan, May 10, 1999, Whatever Works / CHEECH MARIN; A Comic Axed by His Own Club,weblink Los Angeles Times,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170314152154weblink">weblink Southern California Living section, PART-E, page 1, March 13, 2017, March 14, 2017, {{subscription required}} 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.WEB,weblink What is a Chicano?, May 3, 2012, Cheech Marin, WEB,weblink Sophisticated and Naive: A Conversation with Cheech Marin {{pipe, The Bend Magazine|website=www.thebendmag.com|date=January 11, 2018 }}Marin's nickname "Cheech" is short for "chicharron", fried pork rind, which is a popular snack and ingredient in Latin American cuisine.WEB,weblink The Comedy Couch – Cheech Marin Interview, The Comedy Couch, July 10, 2006, March 13, 2017, In a 2017 NPR interview, Marin attributed the nickname to his uncle: "I came home from the hospital, I was like a couple of days old or something, my uncle came over and he looked in the crib and he said [in Spanish], 'Ay, parece un chicharrón.' Looks like a little chicharrón, you know?"WEB,weblink Cheech Marin On How His Famed Comic Collaboration Was Like Chicano Art, National Public Radio - Morning Edition, March 13, 2017, March 13, 2017, In 1955, Marin and his family moved to Granada Hills, California, and he attended primary school at St. John Baptist de la Salle Catholic School. Marin then went to high school at Bishop Alemany High School, during which he started to attend folk music events at the Ash Grove on Melrose Avenue as a teenager. Afterwards, he studied at California State University, Northridge (then known as San Fernando Valley State College), where he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.WEB,weblink Alum "Cheech" Marin and CSUN's Harry Gamboa Featured in French Art Exhibit, June 30, 2014, CSUN Today, en-US, January 28, 2020, During his second semester at CSUN, he worked almost full-time at Nordskog Industries in Van Nuys, while enrolled more than full-time as a college student. It was also during this time that he was socially introduced to marijuana through his fraternity, a key feature in his later film career, in addition to becoming acquainted with Timothy Leary at a Students for a Democratic Society campus event, who would become a lifelong friend. Graduating CSUN as an English major in 1968, soon after he auditioned to sing for Frank Zappa's band, The Mothers of Invention. Not being offered the gig during his audition, a day later Marin moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, in order to evade the draft during the Vietnam War.AV MEDIA NOTES, Greasy Love Songs, Greasy Love Songs, Frank Zappa, 2009, Cheech, Marin, Zappa Records, Marin met his future comedic partner, Tommy Chong, in Calgary, Alberta.NEWS, Eric, Volmers, January 24, 2016, Tommy Chong Talks Comedy, Pot, Politics and His Days as a Calgary Herald Paperboy,weblink Calgary Herald, March 13, 2017,

Career

Comedy albums and films

As a part of the highly successful comedy duo Cheech & Chong, Marin participated in a number of comedy albums and feature film comedies in the 1970s and 1980s. Tommy Chong directed four of their films while co-writing and starring in all seven with Marin.File:CheechChong1979.jpg|left|thumb|Cheech Marin and Tommy ChongTommy Chong

Later films and television work

After Cheech & Chong disbanded in 1985, Marin starred in a number of films as a solo actor, most notably Born in East L.A., which was also his directorial debut, The Shrimp on the Barbie, Tin Cup, and Once Upon a Time in Mexico. He made a cameo appearance as a dockworker in Ghostbusters II. In 2004, he made his second appearance as a policeman, as "Officer Salino" in the film adaptation of John Grisham's holiday novel Skipping Christmas, under the title Christmas with the Kranks, starring Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis. In 2009, Marin appeared as an auto mechanic in Race to Witch Mountain. In 2017, he played the voice of a Corrections Officer in the Pixar film Coco.Marin appeared in the Fox sitcom Married... with Children as the voice of the Bundy's Briard dog, Buck; he voiced the character in three episodes: Look Who's Barking, Change for a Buck and Assault and Batteries. He made the transition to full-time television work when he co-starred on the short-lived The Golden Girls spin-off The Golden Palace (1992–1993), and later with Don Johnson, Jaime P. Gomez, and Yasmine Bleeth in the police show Nash Bridges (1996–2001), in which they played San Francisco police-detective partners. A movie of this series was rebooted in 2021.WEB, Starr, Michael, 2021-11-23, Don Johnson back after 20 years for 'Nash Bridges' reunion movie,weblinkweblink November 29, 2022, 2024-02-27, en-US, In recent years he has been active in playing supporting roles in films and performing voice overs for animated features. After appearing in a supporting role in Judging Amy, playing an independently wealthy landscape designer, Marin starred in the CBS sitcom Rob, with Rob Schneider.Marin is a frequent collaborator of the director Robert Rodriguez, who has worked with Marin seven times; the last two installments of the Mexico trilogy, the Spy Kids trilogy, From Dusk Till Dawn and Machete. He provided his voice for several Disney animated films, most notably Tito the Chihuahua in Oliver & Company (1988), Banzai the hyena in The Lion King (1994), Ramone in Cars (2006) and its sequels Cars 2 (2011) and Cars 3 (2017). He also voiced Manuel in Disney's live-action-animated comedy film Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008). Marin also played Pancho in The Cisco Kid (1994), and reprised the Banzai role in the video game Kingdom Hearts II. File:Cheech Marin - Your Actions Save Lives.ogg|thumb|Marin encouraging people to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemicCOVID-19 pandemicCheech appears in several episodes of AMC's Lodge 49 as El Confidente, a member of Lodge 55 in Mexico.Lodge 49MAGAZINE, Sepinwall, Alan, 2019-08-09, 'Lodge 49' Season 2 Review: And Now Our Moment of Zen,weblinkweblink May 7, 2023, 2024-02-27, Rolling Stone, en-US,

Children's music albums and related works

Marin has released two best-selling albums in the children's music genre, My Name is Cheech, the School Bus Driver (1992) and My Name is Cheech, The School Bus Driver "Coast to Coast" (1997). Both albums were released bilingually. In July 2007, the book Cheech the School Bus Driver was released, written by Marin, illustrated by Orlando L. Ramirez, and published by HarperCollins.In 2005, Marin lent his voice to the animated children's series Dora the Explorer.Nickelodeon. IMDb, A Crown for King Bobo. Aired October 23, 2005 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314171417weblink |date=March 14, 2014 }} Retrieved May 29, 2013 He appeared in the episode "A Crown for King Juan el Bobo", as the Puerto Rican folk hero Juan Bobo.IMDb, A Crown for King Bobo Retrieved May 29, 2013.

Additional television appearances

In late 2006, Marin participated in Simon Cowell's Celebrity Duets, having sung with Peter Frampton, Randy Travis, Clint Black, Aaron Neville, and Al Jarreau. He was the fourth to be eliminated.Marin had a recurring role in the hit television series Lost, playing David Reyes, Hurley's father.He was a co-host for WWE Raw on March 1, 2010, with his comedy partner Tommy Chong, in Oklahoma City.Marin also sings on the hidden track "Earache My Eye" on Korn's album Follow the Leader. It is a cover of an original song by Cheech and Chong. The song is performed by a fictional singer named Alice Bowie, played by Marin, whose appearance consists of a tutu, a Disney mouse ear hat, nipple tassels, an eye mask and dress socks. This character is featured on the cover of Cheech and Chong's Wedding Album and the end of the duo's first film, Up In Smoke.In 2009, he appeared in the Hallmark Channel movie Expecting a Miracle.On March 18, 2010, Marin beat journalist Anderson Cooper and actress Aisha Tyler on Celebrity Jeopardy!'s Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational. Cooper admitted he was "crushed" by Marin.WEB,weblink Another CNN Anchor Fails At Celebrity Jeopardy, Steve Krakauer, March 19, 2010, Marin also won his semifinal round early May but lost in the May 6–7 final to Michael McKean. He had previously won the first Celebrity Jeopardy! tournament in 1992.WEB,weblink Cheech Marin Donates Jeopardy! Winnings to Charity, May 9, 2010, Looktothestars.org, November 5, 2015, In January 2012, he was one of eight celebrities participating in the Food Network reality series (Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off). He was eliminated in the third week of the competition.WEB,weblink Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off: New Show Premieres This Winter, Blog.foodnetwork.com, July 29, 2011, November 5, 2015,

The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture & Industry

Marin is an avid collector of Chicano art and started his collection in the 1980s. Two national touring exhibitions have featured works from his private collection. He feels that it's important to "use his celebrity status to call attention to what he saw as an under-appreciated and under-represented style of art".NEWS,weblink In collection, W&L talk, Cheech Marin champions Chicano art, Allen, Mike, April 21, 2013, The Roanoke Times, February 26, 2015, In collaboration with the city of Riverside, California, and the Riverside Art Museum, Marin established The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture & Industry, in the City of Riverside, which opened June 18, 2022. Marin will be donating his collection of over 700 pieces of Chicano art, the largest collection of such art in the world.WEB, Biography.com, Cheech Marin Biography,weblink The Biography.com website, A&E Television Networks, 13 July 2020,weblink 7 July 2020, The center will provide a location for the presentation and study of Chicano art, and is expected to draw international attention.NEWS, Miranda, Carolina A., Cheech Marin teams up with city of Riverside and Riverside Art Museum to develop Chicano art center,weblink June 9, 2020, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, May 1, 2017,weblink June 9, 2020, NEWS, Bank of America Invests $750,000 to Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art,weblink June 10, 2020, Inland Empire Community News, IECN, December 22, 2019, Colton, California,

Other interests

He is an avid golfer, although he initially disliked the sport until he co-starredWEB, Tin Cup,weblink cheechmarin.com, August 6, 1996, November 18, 2020, in the golf-themed comedy Tin Cup. Marin also practices horse archery on a special course built on his private land. On April 19, 2018, Cheech (as part of GLE Brands Inc) signed an agreement with Heritage Cannabis Holdings Corporation (CSE: CANN) to have exclusive rights to use cannabis and cannabis-related products utilizing the Private Stash brand throughout Canada for a period of 2 years, with the agreement automatically renewing for an additional year upon achieving various milestones.In 2019, he was featured in (The Little Mermaid (1989 film)#Live presentations|The Little Mermaid: An Immersive Live-to-Film Concert Experience) playing the role of Chef Louis at the Hollywood Bowl.

Personal life

Marin was married in 1975 to Darlene Morley, who co-produced Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers and also played minor roles in earlier Cheech & Chong films under the name Rikki Marin. The couple had one child and divorced in 1984. Marin married artist Patti Heid in 1986; they had two children and have since divorced. Marin married his longtime girlfriend, Russian pianist Natasha Marin, on August 8, 2009, in a sunset ceremony at their home.Marin resides in Malibu, California.NEWS, Limelight Listing – Cheech Marin's Malibu home,weblink SFGate, June 3, 2011, September 6, 2011, He is a fan of both the Los Angeles RamsWEB,weblink Los Angeles Rams Release Strangely Awesome NFL Draft Hype Video Featuring Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Diplo & Cheech, April 25, 2023, of the NFL, and the Los Angeles Dodgers of the MLB.WEB,weblink CHEECH MARIN: BASEBALL GURU, August 5, 2008,

Filmography

Film{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | NotesUp in Smoke >|Cheech and Chong's Next Movie >|Nice Dreams >|Things Are Tough All Over >|1983''Still Smokin (film)'' >|Yellowbeard >|1984Cannonball Run II Tire Store Employee Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers >|1985Get Out of My Room Cheech/Ian Rotten After Hours (film)>After Hours Neil 1986Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment Elvis Friend & Fan Echo Park (1986 film)>Echo Park Sid 1987''Born in East L.A. (film)'' >| Also director and writerFatal Beauty >|1988Mickey's 60th Birthday Disney Janitor Oliver & Company >|1989Ghostbusters II Dock Supervisor Rude Awakening (1989 film)>Rude Awakening Jesus Monteya Troop Beverly Hills >|1990Far Out Man Cheech The Shrimp on the Barbie >|Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme >|(Ferngully: The Last Rainforest) >|1994Charlie's Ghost Story Coronado The Magic of the Golden Bear: Goldy III >|A Million to Juan >|The Lion King >List of The Lion King (franchise) characters#Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed>Banzai (voice) 1995''Desperado (film)'' >|1996''From Dusk till Dawn'' >|The Great White Hype >|Tin Cup >|Paulie >|1999The Nuttiest Nutcracker Mac (voice) Direct-to-video 2000 See You in My Dreams Estaban Luminarias >|Picking Up the Pieces (film)>Picking Up the Pieces Mayor Machado Spy Kids (film)>Spy Kids Felix Gumm The Fake Uncle 2002(Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams) Felix Gumm The Fake Uncle CameoPinocchio (2002 film)>Pinocchio The Fox (voice) 2003 Masked and Anonymous Prospero (Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over) >| CameoOnce Upon a Time in Mexico >|Good Boy! >|2004The Lion King 1½ Banzai (voice) Direct-to-videoChristmas with the Kranks >|2005Sian Ka'an Unknown role (voice) Fall Down a School >|Underclassman >|2006''Cars (film)'' >List of Cars characters#Ramone>Ramone (voice) Mater and the Ghostlight >| Short film2007(The Union: The Business Behind Getting High) Himself Grindhouse (film)>Grindhouse Padre Benicio Del Toro Beverly Hills Chihuahua >|Race to Witch Mountain >|2010The Perfect Game Padre Esteban Tales from Earthsea (film)>Tales from Earthsea Hare (voice) US version only Machete (2010 film)>Machete Padre Benicio Del Toro Cheech also makes an appearance as the Padre in the (then) fictitious Machete trailer for the 2007 Grindhouse double feature. The trailer appears in the DVD for the Planet Terror portion of Grindhouse.2011Cars 2 Ramone (voice) (Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil) >|2012El Santos vs. La Tetona Mendoza Narrator, El Charro (voices) (Spanish-language Mexican animated film)ANIMAWEB >URL=HTTP://SANTOSVSTETONA.COM/PERSONAJES.PHP PUBLISHER=SANTOS VS. TETONA ARCHIVE-DATE=NOVEMBER 20, 2012 URL-STATUS=DEAD, Tad, The Lost Explorer >| US English dub2013Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie Cheech/Pedro de Pacas (voice) 2014''The Book of Life (2014 film)'' >|2016(El Americano: The Movie) Martin (voice) HOPEWELL>FIRST=JOHNURL=HTTPS://VARIETY.COM/2014/FILM/NEWS/EL-AMERICANO-3D-KICKS-OFF-PRE-SALES-AT-CANNES-EXCLUSIVE-1201187135/NEWSPAPER=VARIETY (MAGAZINE), May 20, 2014, Dark Harvest (2016 film)>Dark Harvest RicardoHTTPS://WWW.IMDB.COM/TITLE/TT2939114/>TITLE = DARK HARVESTIMDB, >|2017Cars 3 Ramone (voice) HTTPS://WWW.USATODAY.COM/STORY/LIFE/MOVIES/2016/05/30/SNEAK-PEEK-EXCLUSIVE-CARS-3-NEW-CHARACTER-CRUZ-RAMIREZ/84981778/>TITLE=SNEAK PEEK: 'CARS 3' ZOOMS AHEAD WITH NEW CHARACTER CRUZ RAMIREZ, USA Today, Coco (2017 film)>Coco Corrections Officer (voice) (The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture & Industry#The Cheech film>The Cheech: An American Icon's Crusade for the Chicano Art Movement) Himself A documentary covering Marin's lifelong advocacy for Chicano art, and his efforts to develop The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture and Industry.The War with Grandpa >| 2022Angry Neighbors Hector Voice onlyShotgun Wedding (2022 film)>Shotgun Wedding Robert 2023 ''Champions (2023 film)'' >|The Long Game (film)>The Long Game Pollo ">

Television{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | NotesThe Tracey Ullman Show >|1 episodeMother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme >|Great Performances >| 1 episodeMarried... with Children >| 3 episodesRing of the MusketeersDer Ring der Musketiere}}'' Burt Aramis The Golden Palace >| 24 episodesTales from the Crypt (TV series)>Tales from the Crypt Dr. Beneloy 1 episode 1994 ''The Cisco Kid (1994 film)'' >|Dream On (TV series)>Dream On Waiter 1 episodeSesame Street >| Episode 3259 1995 Santo Bugito Lencho the Flea Unknown episodesThe Courtyard >|(Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child) >| Episode: "Hansel and Gretel"Latino Laugh Festival >|Tracey Takes On... >| 2 episodesNash Bridges >| Main cast; 120 episodes 2000 Funny Flubs & Screw-Ups V Host 26th People's Choice Awards>The 26th Annual People's Choice Awards Host Resurrection Blvd. >|South Park >| Episode: "Cherokee Hair Tampons" 2003 The Ortegas Henny Ortega Unaired TV seriesTracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales >|George Lopez (TV series)>George Lopez Lalo Episode: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Honey"Judging Amy>| 20 episodesDora the Explorer >Juan Bobo>Juan el Bobo (voice)|Episode: "A Crown for King Juan el Bobo"Storm Hawks >|Lost (2004 TV series)>Lost David Reyes 3 episodesMind of Mencia >|Grey's Anatomy >| Episode: "Where the Wild Things Are"MADtv >|Outnumbered >LAST=ANDREEVA WEBSITE=DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD ACCESS-DATE=JULY 7, 2017, Expecting a Miracle >| Television filmWWE Raw >| 2011 ''Off the Map (TV series)'' >|The Simpsons >|Episode: "A Midsummer's Nice Dream"Lopez Tonight >| 2012 American Dad! Horatio (voice)Episode: "Stanny Tendergrass"Psych >|Rob (TV series)>Rob Fernando (Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off) >|Anger Management (TV series)>Anger Management Hector Jane the Virgin >|Disjointed >|Episode: "The Worst"Elena of Avalor >| Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy >|Lodge 49 >|Broke (2020 TV series)>Broke Don Dominguez Episode: "The Test" 2021 Maya and the Three Hura / Can / Teca (voice)5 episodesBubble Guppies >| Episode: "Fogzilla!"Nash Bridges#Revival TV film>Nash Bridges Joe Dominguez Television film 2022 ''Home Economics (TV series)'' >| Episodes: "Round-Trip Ticket SAN-OAK, $234", "Wedding Bouquet, $125"Cars on the Road >| Episode: "Dino Park" 2023 Lopez vs Lopez CarlosRecurringThe Legend of Vox Machina >||The Eric Andre Show|Himself (guest)|Upcoming episode

Video games

• (Disney's Animated Storybook|Animated Storybook: The Lion King) (1994) - Banzai (voice)
• Blazing Dragons (1996) - Sir George / Guido the Pizza Chef / Loudmouth Guard
• Kingdom Hearts II (2006) - Banzai (voice)
• Cars (2006) - Ramone
• Cars Mater-National Championship (2007) - Ramone
• Cars Race-O-Rama (2009) - Ramone
• Cars 2 (2011) - Ramone
• (Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure) (2012) - Ramone
• Disney Infinity (2013) - Ramone
• (Cars: Fast as Lightning) (2014) - Ramone
• (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023 video game)|Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III) (2024) - Cheech

Theme park attractions

• It's Tough to Be a Bug! (1998) - Chilic
• Radiator Springs Racers (2012) - Ramone

Discography

• Cheech and Chong (1971)
• Big Bambu (1972)
• Los Cochinos (1973), won Best Comedy Recording at the 16th Annual Grammy AwardsWEB,weblink Richard "Cheech" Marin, November 19, 2019, GRAMMY.com, en, January 28, 2020,
• Cheech & Chong's Wedding Album (1974)
• Sleeping Beauty (1976)
• Up in Smoke (1978)
• Let's Make a New Dope Deal (1980)
• Get Out Of My Room (1985)
• My Name Is Cheech the School Bus Driver (Released October 27, 1992)
• Follow the Leader (1998)

Books

• BOOK, Cheech, Marin, John, Hassan, 2017, Cheech Is Not My Real Name...But Don't Call Me Chong!, New York, Grand Central Publishing, 9781455592340, 974034992,

See also

• List of celebrities who own cannabis businesses

References

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External links

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• {{Discogs artist|Cheech Marin}}

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