Comedian George Lopez, Mexican-American Awards-Grabber

Rarely do Latinos excel in the American entertainment scene. Comedian George Lopez is among the lucky ones, along with JLo.

Comedian George Lopez or GLo grew up in San Francisco Valley near LA where he pulled much of his comedy inspiration often satirizing his difficult Mexican-American life. He never forgot his roots. George Lopez devotes much of his time to the LA community with his The George and Ann (his wife who gave him her kidney and which became the base of one of the George Lopez Show episodes) Lopez-Richie Alarcon CARE Foundation. George was also given a Manny Mota Foundation Community Spirit Award, named Honorary Mayor of LA for supporting the earthquake victims of El Salvador and Guatemala, granted the People for the American Way’s “Spirit of Liberty Award”, presented the 2004 Artist of the Year and Humanitarian Award by Harvard University, and named by Time Magazine as one of the “25 Most Influential Hispanics In America” in 2005.

As for his contributions in comic entertainment, comedian George Lopez is known to make laughs in his starring ABC-sitcom The George Lopez Show executively produced by Bruce Helford of The Drew Carrey Show and Rosanne, and Hollywood star Sandra Bullock. He has also released a total of 4 stand-up albums including his first release Alien Nation, Right Now Right Now, recently-released El Mas Chingon, and 2004 Grammy-nominated for Best Comedy Album Team Leader. He also has a live-comedy DVD-release entitled Why You Crying inspired from an autobiographical book of the same title co-written by Emmy-winning writer Armen Keteyian and which later became a New York Times Best-Sellers Top20. Aside from his successful coast-to-coast stand-up gigs, comedian George Lopez also had the honor of performing for the President at the Ford Theater, Washington DC. Another of his accomplishments is his December2004 attendance record at the Universal Amphitheater-LA. For TV, he appeared in The Latin Kings of Comedy, acclaimed drama Bread and Roses, and HBO’s 2002 Audience Award Real Women Have Curves. His other stints include films Naughty or Nice, a Disney Christmas-movie and The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl.

Comedian George Lopez also hosted a major morning radio for Clear Channel Communications-LA, and became the first Latino to have headlined on an English-language station also in LA-America’s top radio market. He also became a cast-member and commentator for HBO’s “Inside the NFL” in 2003-04, a co-host for the Emmy’s and a two-time host for the Latin Grammy Awards. In 2003, he received the Imagen Vision Award, the Latino Spirit Award for Excellence in TV, and the National Hispanic Media Coalition Impact Award. Lastly, comedian George Lopez and his pro-partner finished 3rd in the 2004 golf-tournament AT&T Pebble-Beach Pro-Am.