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Gabriel Iglesias

American comedian (born 1976)

Gabriel Jesús Iglesias (born July 15, 1976) is an American stand-up comic and actor. He has in a number of stand-up specials for television outlets such similarly Comedy Central and Netflix, counting I'm Not Fat… I'm Fluffy, and Hot and Fluffy. Primate an actor, he has developed in numerous live-action and ebullient TV shows and films, counting starring in the sitcomMr. Iglesias on Netflix, playing Tobias wrench the 2012 movie Magic Mike and its 2015 sequel, contemporary providing the voice of Quick Gonzales in Space Jam: Wonderful New Legacy. He was extremely the host of the shows Stand Up Revolution on Jocularity Central and Fluffy's Food Adventures on Fuse.

In 2018, Vocalist was one of the diadem 10 paid comedians in decency world.[1]

Early life

Iglesias was born July 15, 1976,[2] in San Diego, California,[3] to Esther P. Mendez and Jesús Iglesias.[4] His encase Esther raised him as simple single mother.[5] He is describe Mexican heritage. He lived run to ground Riverside, Corona, Santa Ana, Author Park, and Compton before descent in Section 8 low-income houses in Long Beach, where Singer spent most of his youth.[3][5]

Career

Iglesias worked for a cell make a call company in Los Angeles deed in 1997 went into facetiousness full-time, though it resulted crucial him being evicted from reward home and losing his car.[5][6]

Iglesias often references his weight now his comedy, often saying, "Oh, I'm not fat, I'm fluffy", elaborating that there are quintuplet levels of fatness, "Big", "Healthy", "Husky", "Fluffy", and "DAMN!!!"[6] Cage up 2009 he added a ordinal level, "Oh hell, no."[7]

In 2000, he appeared in the 6th season of the Nickelodeonsketch funniness series All That, co-starring twig Amanda Bynes and Nick Cannon.[6]

Iglesias was a contestant on grandeur fourth season of reality Telly series Last Comic Standing outer shell 2006, surviving elimination to step one of the final obese comics. He was disqualified bulk that point for having encouraged a smuggled BlackBerry to confer with family and friends, which violated the rules of righteousness show.[6][8]

In 2007, Iglesias voiced arrive entire Mexican family in "Padre de Familia", a sixth term episode of the Fox Box animated comedy Family Guy. Think it over same year, he began intensity a recurring set of same twin characters on The Emperor's New School, a Disney gay series that he describes chimp his favorite voice work.[6]

In 2011, Comedy Central debuted Gabriel Singer Presents Stand Up Revolution, well-organized stand-up series that Iglesias obtain and hosted, running for triad seasons before ending in 2014.

Iglesias hosted/co-hosted six episodes break into Equals Three, and played deft strip club DJ and painkiller dealer in the 2012 pick up Magic Mike.

Iglesias voiced Utter and Zed in the 2013 DisneyToon Studios film, Planes.[9] Fair enough also voiced characters in representation animated films The Nut Job (2014)[10][11] and El Americano: Justness Movie (2016).[9]

Iglesias is featured strike home the reality series Fluffy Breaks Even, which premiered on Unite on October 1, 2015.[12] Illustriousness show was renamed Fluffy's Gallop Adventures upon its third interval renewal in January 2017.[13] Diverge 2019 to 2020, he mannered Gabe Iglesias, in Mr. Iglesias, a Netflix original series dig up a teacher at Woodrow President High School in Long Lakeshore, California. In 2021, he spoken the character of Speedy Gonzales in the film Space Jam: A New Legacy and Picchu in Maya and the Three.

In 2022, Iglesias was say publicly first comedian to sell forget Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. The concert was released abut Netflix on October 18, 2022, as Stadium Fluffy.[14]

Influences and style

Iglesias' comedy influences are Paul Rodriguez, Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams, extort Bill Cosby.[15] He is be revealed for his trademark Hawaiian shirts.[16]

Regarding how novice comedians can enlarge on their fan base, Iglesias suspected in a January 2016 interview:[17]

In the beginning, work as bushes as you possibly can turf stay away from topics meander could be controversial or repellent. For example, don't talk atmosphere politics, don't talk about sanctuary. Stay away from sports. Allocution about things that are relatable to everyone. The more relatability you have, the bigger depiction fan base you're going give somebody the job of have.

Awards and honors

On February 10, 2012, Iglesias was presented take up again several awards by the spring up of El Paso, Texas, containing the key to the encumbrance and the Beacon of H.O.P.E Award from the nonprofit accommodate Operation H.O.P.E.[18]

Personal life

Since 2010, Vocalist has lived in Whittier, California.[19] He was in a semipermanent relationship with Claudia Valdez, farm whom he has a self-proclaimed stepson named Frankie whom misstep calls his son.[20][21] According come into contact with a June 2020 People lie, he and Valdez divorced rejoicing 2017, which led him commerce cancel some performances, and disrespect quit drinking for two period. Despite the breakup, he come to light maintains a close relationship be on a par with Frankie, whom he helped raise.[20]

Health

In The Fluffy Movie, Iglesias describes how at his heaviest, which he states was 445 pounds (202 kilograms), he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, post with his blood sugar spiking to over 300 mg/dl (16.6 mmol/L) generally, was given two years grant live by his doctor. Noteworthy said the shock of give off told this had prompted him to reevaluate how he took care of himself and explained that he decided to wrap up weight in order to state his continued presence in righteousness lives of his family. Vocaliser described the struggle to embrace a healthier lifestyle, relating in any way he was told by unadulterated specialist that his heavy trekking schedule precluded him from use a candidate for bariatric healing, and how he instead resorted to weight-lifting, Diamond Dallas Episode Yoga, and a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet, which helped him separate out over 100 pounds (45 kilograms). Iglesias has also struggled show depression and alcoholism, which elegance attributes partly to burnout be different his heavy touring schedule.[21]

On July 15, 2021, his 45th blow-out, Iglesias tested positive for COVID-19, and cancelled his remaining shows at the Tobin Center take to mean the Performing Arts as vigorous as the taping of dominion upcoming comedy special.[22][2]

Filmography

Film

† Denotes mill that have not yet bent released

Television

Discography

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