Paul Rodriguez
Paul Rodriguez
Latino stand-up comedian Paul Rodriguez honed his craft by playing the Improv-Comedy Store-Catch a Rising Star circuit in the early 1980s. After making his first film appearance in DC Cab (1983). Rodriguez starred in the short-running sitcom AKA Pablo (1984), drawing from his own experiences to play the role of up-and-coming nightclub comic Paul (Pablo) Rivera. Though AKA Pablo was far from a hit, Rodriguez continued to be very much in demand for such comedy films as Miracles (1986) and Born in East LA (1987). On TV, he hosted the 1988 syndicated version of The Newlywed Game and was a regular in the 1989 sitcom Trial and Error and the 1990 adventure weekly Grand Slam. In 1994, Paul Rodriguez doubled as star and director of Million to Juan, a comedy-fantasy update of Mark Twain's "The Million Pound Bank Note." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Paul Rodriguez:
- Race with CCH Pounder , Cliff Robertson
- Mambo Café with Danny Aiello
- Made in America with Whoopi Goldberg , Ted Danson , Will Smith , Nia Long , Jennifer Tilly
- Price of Glory with Jimmy Smits , Ron Perlman
- Rat Race with Rowan Atkinson , John Cleese , Whoopi Goldberg , Cuba Jr. Gooding , Seth Green , Jon Lovitz , Dave Thomas
- D.C. Cab with Adam Baldwin , Irene Cara , Gary Busey , Timothy Carey , Leif Erickson , Newton Arnold
- Cloud Nine with Burt Reynolds
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