Cheech Marin
A popular comedian who made the successful transition to dramatic actor, Cheech Marin earned his greatest fame as one-half of the stoned comedy duo, Cheech and Chong. Rising out of the counterculture of the late 1960s, Cheech and Chong went on to become one of the top comedy the 1970s and early 1980s, thanks to their cheeky humor centered on a never-ending quest to score good marijuana. Cheech and Chong hit their stride with a string of hit comedy albums, including the top-selling Big Bambu (1972) and the Grammy-winning Los Cochinos (1973). They translated their album success into the hit movie, "Up in Smoke" (1978), which spawned five sequels and earned new fans with each successive generation. Marin went his own way with "Born in East L.A." (1987) and eventually segued over to television drama with a scene-stealing run on "Nash Bridges" (CBS, 1996-2001). He also had a highly successful second career as a voiceover actor with performances in "The Lion King" (1994) and "Cars" (2006), while serving as director Robert Rodriguez's go-to character actor in such films as "From Dusk Till Dawn" (1996), "Spy Kids" (2003) and "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" (2003). By 2008, after years of speculation, Marin reunited with Tommy Chong for a sold-out tour, proving that both actors were still enormously attractive to a generation born decades after they made their first impact on popular culture.
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Cheech Marin
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheech & Chong's Last Movie | Self | - | 2024 |
82% |
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The Long Game | Unknown (Character) | $3.0M | 2023 |
59% |
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Champions | Julio (Character) | $16.3M | 2023 |
44% |
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Shotgun Wedding | Robert Rivera (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip | Gil (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet |
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Angry Neighbors | Hector (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet |
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Nash Bridges | Joe Dominguez (Character) | - | 2021 |
29% |
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The War With Grandpa | Danny (Character) | $21.3M | 2020 |
100% |
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Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo | Self | - | 2019 |
97% |
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Coco | Corrections Officer (Voice) | $210.5M | 2017 |
69% |
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Cars 3 | Ramone (Voice) | $152.9M | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Dark Harvest | Ricardo (Character) | - | 2016 |
75% |
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Good Fortune | Self | - | 2016 |
40% |
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El Americano: The Movie | Martin (Voice) | - | 2016 |
83% |
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The Book of Life | Pancho Rodriguez (Voice) | $50.1M | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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El Santos vs. the Zombie Menace |
El Narrador/ |
- | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Tad, the Lost Explorer | Freddy (Voice) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie |
Himself (Voice), Screenwriter |
- | 2012 |
39% |
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Cars 2 | Ramone (Voice) | - | 2011 |
11% |
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Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil | Mad Hog (Voice) | $10.1M | 2011 |
70% |
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Machete | Padre (Character) | $26.6M | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch This |
Self/ Writer, Producer |
- | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Expecting a Miracle | Father Arturo (Character) | - | 2009 |
42% |
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Race to Witch Mountain | Eddie (Character) | $67.1M | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great Music Caper | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2008 |
60% |
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The Perfect Game | Padre Esteban (Character) | $1.1M | 2008 |
41% |
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Manuel (Voice) | $94.5M | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Uncle P | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Mater and the Ghostlight | Ramone (Voice) | - | 2006 |
37% |
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Tales From Earthsea | Hare (Voice) | - | 2006 |
74% |
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Cars | Ramone (Voice) | - | 2006 |
6% |
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Underclassman | Captain Victor Delgado (Character) | $5.7M | 2005 |
76% |
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The Lion King 1 1/2 | Banzai (Voice) | - | 2004 |
5% |
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Christmas With the Kranks | Officer Salino (Character) | $73.7M | 2004 |
89% |
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This So-Called Disaster | Caesar (Character) | $45.2K | 2003 |
25% |
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Masked and Anonymous | Prospero (Character) | $533.3K | 2003 |
44% |
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Good Boy! | The Henchman (Voice) | $37.6M | 2003 |
66% |
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Belini (Character) | $55.8M | 2003 |
45% |
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Spy Kids 3: Game Over | Uncle Felix (Character) | $111.8M | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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The Original Latin Kings of Comedy | Self | - | 2002 |
75% |
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Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams | Felix Gumm (Character) | $85.6M | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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See You In My Dreams | Esteban (Character) | - | 2002 |
92% |
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Spy Kids | Felix Gumm (Character) | $112.7M | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Picking Up the Pieces | Mayor Machado (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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The Nuttiest Nutcracker | Mac (Voice) | - | 1999 |
69% |
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Luminarias | Jesus (Character) | $428.5K | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Venice Project | Self | - | 1999 |
62% |
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Paulie | Ignacio (Character) | $27.0M | 1998 |
64% |
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From Dusk Till Dawn |
Border Guard/ |
$24.4M | 1996 |
74% |
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Tin Cup | Romeo Posar (Character) | $53.9M | 1996 |
42% |
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The Great White Hype | Julio Escobar (Character) | $7.8M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Courtyard | Angel Steiner (Character) | - | 1995 |
70% |
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Desperado | Short Bartender (Character) | $24.9M | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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The Cisco Kid | Pancho (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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The Magic of the Golden Bear: Goldy III | Master Borgia (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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A Million to Juan | Shell Shock (Character) | $1.2M | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Charlie's Ghost Story | Coronado (Character) | - | 1994 |
93% |
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The Lion King | Banzai the Hyena (Voice) | $95.6M | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Ring of the Musketeers | Burt Aramis (Character) | - | 1994 |
67% |
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FernGully ... the Last Rainforest | Stump (Voice) | $20.9M | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Far Out Man | Self | $71.4K | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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The Shrimp on the Barbie | Carlos (Character) | $402.1K | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme | Unknown (Character) | - | 1990 |
55% |
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Ghostbusters II | Dock Supervisor (Character) | $110.4M | 1989 |
19% |
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Rude Awakening |
Jesus Montea (Character), Casting |
$2.4M | 1989 |
53% |
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Oliver & Company | Tito (Voice) | - | 1988 |
20% |
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Fatal Beauty | Bartender (Character) | $10.8M | 1987 |
40% |
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Born in East L.A. |
Rudy (Character), Director, Writer |
$14.5M | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Get Out of My Room |
Unknown (Character), Director |
- | 1985 |
90% |
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After Hours | Neil (Character) | $10.9M | 1985 |
78% |
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Echo Park | Syd (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet |
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Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers | Corsican Brother (Character) | - | 1984 |
22% |
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Yellowbeard | El Segundo (Character) | - | 1983 |
10% |
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Cheech & Chong Still Smokin' |
Cheech (Character), Screenwriter |
- | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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Things Are Tough All Over |
Cheech/ |
- | 1982 |
No Score Yet |
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It Came From Hollywood | Unknown (Character) | - | 1982 |
50% |
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Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams |
Cheech (Character), Writer, Original Music |
- | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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Cheech & Chong's Next Movie |
Cheech/ Screenwriter |
- | 1980 |
47% |
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Up in Smoke |
Pedro De Pacas (Character), Screenwriter |
- | 1978 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lopez vs Lopez | Carlos (Guest Star) | 2023-2024 |
No Score Yet | 12% | Generation Gap | Guest | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2012 2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | 11% | The View | Guest | 2022 |
100% | 90% | Maya and the Three | God of Wind & Storm (Voice) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Classic Albums | Self | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Elena of Avalor | Quitz Moz (Guest Voice) | 2017-2018 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jeopardy! | Contestant | 2020 |
67% | 33% | Broke | Don Dominguez (Guest Star) | 2020 |
94% | 89% | Lodge 49 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Snoop Dogg Presents The Joker's Wild | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The History of Comedy | Self | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2014 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chew | Guest | 2017 |
100% | 86% | Jane The Virgin | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
23% | 55% | Anger Management | Hector (Guest Star) | 2014 |
89% | 94% | Psych | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
11% | 20% | Rob | Fernando (Character) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 90% | American Dad! | Horatio (Guest Voice) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off | Contestant | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lopez Tonight | Guest | 2010-2011 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Cheech (Guest Voice) | 2011 |
18% | 67% | Off the Map | Papa Ucumari (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Free Radio | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | MADtv | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | La Plaza -- Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One | Guest | 2009 |
86% | 89% | Lost | David Reyes (Guest Star) | 2007 2009 |
84% | 72% | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judging Amy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004-2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Brothers Garcia | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 81% | George Lopez | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nash Bridges | Insp. Joe Dominguez (Character) | 1996-2001 |
80% | 87% | South Park | Carlos Ramirez (Guest Voice) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sesame Street | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Unknown (Voice) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 97% | Married ... With Children | Buck (Guest Voice) | 1991 1993-1994 |
82% | 90% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1993 |
78% | No Score Yet | The Golden Palace | Unknown (Character) | 1992-1993 |