| Cheech Marin  AKA Richard Anthony Marin
Born: 13-Jul-1946
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor, Comic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The stoned half of Cheech and Chong Richard "Cheech" Marin is best known as the shorter, rounder half of the dope-addled comedy duo Cheech & Chong. His taller, thinner partner was Tommy Chong. "Cheech" is short for chicharron, a spicy fried pigskin snack that Marin loved as a kid. Though he sang of being "Born in East L.A.", he was actually born in South Central Los Angeles, where his father was a policeman. Marin was a counterculture cut-up who went to college in the 1960s to sidestep the draft, then moved to Canada to escape it. There he met Chong at a strip club in Vancouver, B.C.
They became fast friends, and wrote and performed "modern day burlesque" together, evolving into the stoned comedy act that made them famous. Their 1971 comedy album was beloved by pot-smoking high school and college kids everywhere, and they eventually wrote and starred in such reefer-themed motion pictures as Up In Smoke, Cheech & Chong's Next Movie, and Still Smokin'. While remaining on good terms, Cheech & Chong stopped performing together in 1985.
Sans Chong, Marin wrote, directed, and starred in the deportation comedy Born In East L.A. with Paul Rodriguez and Daniel Stern. He then mellowed into a character actor, playing a cop on Nash Bridges with Don Johnson, and chasing Tyne Daly on Judging Amy. He has appeared in supporting roles in films from Spy Kids to Christmas with the Kranks. He also voiced an evil hyena in Disney's The Lion King.
For all the endless warnings from governmental authorities that marijuana will rot your mind, Marin still has his wits about him. In 1992, he won the first celebrity tournament on Jeopardy, and in his spare time, he volunteers for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund and serves on the Inner City Arts Council. He is also a collector of Hispanic art, and markets his own hot sauce. In 2004, while Chong was imprisoned for selling bongs, Marin accepted an award on Chong's behalf from Comedy Central, for Best Comedian Behind Bars. He then led the crowd in chanting "Free Tommy Chong". Father: Oscar Marin (LAPD officer)
Mother: Elsa Meza Marin
Sister: (3 sisters)
Wife: Darlene Morley ("Ricky Mae", m. 1-Nov-1975, div., one daughter)
Daughter: Carmen (b. 1978)
Wife: Patti Heid (m. 1-Apr-1984, one son, one daughter)
Son: Joey (b. 1985)
Daughter: Jasmine (b. 1992)
University: BA English, California State University Northridge
Cheech and Chong
Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity
Grammy Best Comedy Record, Los Cochinos 1973
Endorsement of Target 2004-05
Mexican Ancestry
Risk Factors: Marijuana
TELEVISION
Nash Bridges Joe Dominguez
Resurrection Blvd Hector Archuletta (2000-2)
Jeopardy! contestant 1992
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Born in East L.A. (21-Aug-1987)
Get Out of My Room (1985)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Cars (14-Mar-2006) [VOICE]
Underclassman (2-Sep-2005)
Christmas with the Kranks (24-Nov-2004)
The Lion King 1½ (10-Feb-2004) [VOICE]
Good Boy! (10-Oct-2003) [VOICE]
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (27-Aug-2003)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (25-Jul-2003)
Masked and Anonymous (22-Jan-2003)
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (7-Aug-2002)
Spy Kids (18-Mar-2001)
Picking Up the Pieces (26-May-2000)
Luminarias (3-May-2000)
Paulie (17-Apr-1998)
Tin Cup (16-Aug-1996)
The Great White Hype (3-May-1996)
From Dusk Till Dawn (19-Jan-1996)
Desperado (May-1995)
Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie (Feb-1995) Himself
The Lion King (15-Jun-1994) [VOICE]
A Million to Juan (15-May-1994)
FernGully: The Last Rainforest (10-Apr-1992) [VOICE]
The Shrimp on the Barbie (31-Aug-1990)
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (19-May-1990)
Far Out Man (11-May-1990)
Rude Awakening (16-Aug-1989)
Ghostbusters II (16-Jun-1989)
Troop Beverly Hills (22-Mar-1989) Himself
Oliver & Company (18-Nov-1988) [VOICE]
Fatal Beauty (30-Oct-1987)
Born in East L.A. (21-Aug-1987)
Echo Park (1986)
After Hours (13-Sep-1985)
Get Out of My Room (1985)
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (27-Jul-1984)
Cannonball Run II (29-Jun-1984)
Yellowbeard (24-Jun-1983)
Still Smokin' (6-May-1983)
Things Are Tough All Over (9-Apr-1982)
It Came from Hollywood (1982) Himself
Nice Dreams (24-Jul-1981)
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (25-Jul-1980)
Up In Smoke (15-Sep-1978)
Official Website:
http://www.thecheech.com/
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