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Cheech Marin

Cheech Marin

Department: Acting

Biography

Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin (born July 13, 1946) is an American comedian and actor. 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. Marin has also voiced characters in several Disney films, including Oliver & Company, The Lion King, The Lion King 1½, the Cars franchise, Coco, and Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Marin's trademark is his characters' strong Chicano accents.

Known For

Cars

Cars

2006

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

2003

Luminarias

Luminarias

2000

From Dusk Till Dawn

From Dusk Till Dawn

1996

Spy Kids

Spy Kids

2001

The Long Game

The Long Game

2024

Tin Cup

Tin Cup

1996

After Hours

After Hours

1985

Nice Dreams

Nice Dreams

1981

Things Are Tough All Over

Things Are Tough All Over

1982

It Came from Hollywood

It Came from Hollywood

1982

Good Boy!

Good Boy!

2003

The Lion King 1½

The Lion King 1½

2004

Up in Smoke

Up in Smoke

1978

Yellowbeard

Yellowbeard

1983

Rude Awakening

Rude Awakening

1989

Get Out of My Room

Get Out of My Room

1985

Desperado

Desperado

1995

Machete

Machete

2010

Masked and Anonymous

Masked and Anonymous

2003

Chato's Kitchen

Chato's Kitchen

1999

The Lion King

The Lion King

1994

Far Out Man

Far Out Man

1990

Oliver & Company

Oliver & Company

1988

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

2003

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

2002

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

1992

The Original Latin Kings of Comedy

The Original Latin Kings of Comedy

2002

Still Smokin

Still Smokin

1983

The Shrimp on the Barbie

The Shrimp on the Barbie

1990

Cheech & Chong's Next Movie

Cheech & Chong's Next Movie

1980

Christmas with the Kranks

Christmas with the Kranks

2004

Race to Witch Mountain

Race to Witch Mountain

2009

Cheech & Chong Roasted

Cheech & Chong Roasted

2008

Mater and the Ghostlight

Mater and the Ghostlight

2006

Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch This

Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch This

2010

Paulie

Paulie

1998

Uncle P

Uncle P

2007

Nash Bridges

Nash Bridges

2021

Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers

Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers

1984

AKA Tommy Chong

AKA Tommy Chong

2006

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip

2025

Cars 2

Cars 2

2011

Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

Underclassman

Underclassman

2005

Born in East L.A.

Born in East L.A.

1987

Champions

Champions

2023

Dizzy & Bop's Big Adventure: The Great Music Caper

Dizzy & Bop's Big Adventure: The Great Music Caper

2006

The Perfect Game

The Perfect Game

2009

Pure Country 2: The Gift

Pure Country 2: The Gift

2010

Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5

Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5

2004

Ghostbusters II

Ghostbusters II

1989

Breakfast with Einstein

Breakfast with Einstein

1998

Basketball Jones

Basketball Jones

1974

The Magic of the Golden Bear: Goldy III

The Magic of the Golden Bear: Goldy III

1994

Charlie's Ghost Story

Charlie's Ghost Story

1995

Return Engagement

Return Engagement

1983

Cheech Marin & Friends: Live from South Beach

Cheech Marin & Friends: Live from South Beach

2006

Bloodsucking Cinema

Bloodsucking Cinema

2007

Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!

Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!

2021

The Nuttiest Nutcracker

The Nuttiest Nutcracker

1999

The Cisco Kid

The Cisco Kid

1994

The Courtyard

The Courtyard

1995

The Book of Life

The Book of Life

2014

A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings

A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings

2021

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

Americano

Americano

2016

Picking Up the Pieces

Picking Up the Pieces

2000

Cypress Hill: Insane in the Brain

Cypress Hill: Insane in the Brain

2022

The Great White Hype

The Great White Hype

1996

George Lopez: It's Not Me, It's You

George Lopez: It's Not Me, It's You

2012

Echo Park

Echo Park

1985

See You in My Dreams

See You in My Dreams

2004

La Pastorela: The Shepherd's Tale

La Pastorela: The Shepherd's Tale

1991

Angry Neighbors

Angry Neighbors

2022

Expecting a Miracle

Expecting a Miracle

2009

Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story

Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story

2003

Geared-Up

Geared-Up

2006

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil

2011

The Latin Explosion: A New America

The Latin Explosion: A New America

2015

Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie!

Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie!

2013

Cars 3

Cars 3

2017

Grindhouse

Grindhouse

2007

Mickey's 60th Birthday

Mickey's 60th Birthday

1988

'Twas the Night Before Bumpy

'Twas the Night Before Bumpy

1995

The War with Grandpa

The War with Grandpa

2020

The Venice Project

The Venice Project

1999

Coco

Coco

2017

The Radiator Springs 500½

The Radiator Springs 500½

2014

Dark Harvest

Dark Harvest

2016

Spinning

Spinning

2013

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

2008

Planet Terror

Planet Terror

2007

Group Madness

Group Madness

1983

Fatal Beauty

Fatal Beauty

1987

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

1990

Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo

Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo

2019

Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians

Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians

2001

Troop Beverly Hills

Troop Beverly Hills

1989

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star

2020

Cannonball Run II

Cannonball Run II

1984

Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire

Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire

2019

Good Fortune

Good Fortune

2016

Shotgun Wedding

Shotgun Wedding

2022

A Million to Juan

A Million to Juan

1994

El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza

El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza

2012

This So-Called Disaster

This So-Called Disaster

2003

Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment

Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment

1986

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

2003

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

2021

Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins

Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins

2017

Grass

Grass

1999

The Brothers Garcia: Mysteries of the Maya

The Brothers Garcia: Mysteries of the Maya

2003

Cheech & Chong's Last Movie

Cheech & Chong's Last Movie

2025

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

2020

Cheech and Chong Perform

Cheech and Chong Perform

1978

Cheech and Chong Perform Again?!

Cheech and Chong Perform Again?!

1978

Coyote

Coyote

La Venganza Rodríguez

La Venganza Rodríguez

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

1993

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade

1992

Campeón Gabacho

Campeón Gabacho

2026

Help Save Planet Earth

Help Save Planet Earth

1990

Radiator Springs Racers | Disneyland Resort

Radiator Springs Racers | Disneyland Resort

2025

Nash Bridges

Nash Bridges

1996

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

Judging Amy

Judging Amy

1999

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

1989

South Park

South Park

1997

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

Mind of Mencia

Mind of Mencia

2005

George Lopez

George Lopez

2002

Inside Comedy

Inside Comedy

2012

The Golden Palace

The Golden Palace

1992

Lost

Lost

2004

Mike's Super Short Show

Mike's Super Short Show

2003

Free Radio

Free Radio

2008

Elvira's Movie Macabre

Elvira's Movie Macabre

1981

Psych

Psych

2006

Jane the Virgin

Jane the Virgin

2014

The Muppets Mayhem

The Muppets Mayhem

2023

Maya and the Three

Maya and the Three

2021

¡Rob!

¡Rob!

2012

The Princes of Malibu

The Princes of Malibu

2005

Generation Gap

Generation Gap

2022

Behind the Music

Behind the Music

1997

Married... with Children

Married... with Children

1987

Gotham Comedy Live

Gotham Comedy Live

2012

MTV Video Music Awards

MTV Video Music Awards

1984

Santo Bugito

Santo Bugito

1995

Rollin' On The River

Rollin' On The River

1971

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

Home Economics

Home Economics

2021

Raw

Raw

1993

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

2005

The View

The View

1997

Classic Albums

Classic Albums

1997

Dream On

Dream On

1990

Cars on the Road

Cars on the Road

2022

American Dad!

American Dad!

2005

The Legend of Vox Machina

The Legend of Vox Machina

2022

Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy

Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy

2018

Ring of the Musketeers

Ring of the Musketeers

1992

Lodge 49

Lodge 49

2018

Primos

Primos

2024

Bubble Guppies

Bubble Guppies

2011

Off the Map

Off the Map

2011

Anger Management

Anger Management

2012

Hollywood Squares

Hollywood Squares

1998

LEGO Pixar: BrickToons

LEGO Pixar: BrickToons

2024

Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003

Chibiverse

Chibiverse

2022

Cars: Lightning Racers

Cars: Lightning Racers

Jeopardy!

Jeopardy!

1984

People's Choice Awards

People's Choice Awards

1975