George Lopez

George Lopez (born April 23, 1961 in Mission Hills, California) is a Latino American comedian, actor and entertainer and star of a self-titled, ABC sitcom, The George Lopez Show.

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April 23 - 1961 - Mission Hills, California - Latino American - Comedian - ABC - Sitcom - The George Lopez Show

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Lopez grew up in the San Fernando Valley near Los Angeles, California. He became a popular stand-up comedian, especially among the Latino community for his satirizing of Latin-American life and culture in the United States. Much of his humor was drawn from the financial poverty of his upbringing and of the Latino community in general.

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San Fernando Valley - Los Angeles, California - Stand-up comedian

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In 2000, after several years of performing stand-up comedy, Lopez was approached by actress Sandra Bullock for Lopez to produce and star in a comedy. Bullock was concerned about the lack of Latino-oriented sitcoms on American television and pushed to get a sitcom on television that starred Latinos but wasn't exclusively about the Hispanic American community. ABC, who had been criticized by Latin-American groups for lack of Latinos on their television shows quickly picked up the television series, which began airing in 2002, aired in ABC's TGIF lineup in 2003-2004 before moving to ABC at 8:30 (Eastern Time) on Tuesday nights for the 2004-2005 season. For the 2005-2006 season, the show will air on Wednesday nights at 8:00 PM EST.

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2000 - Sandra Bullock - Television - 2002 - TGIF - 2003 - 2004 - Eastern Time - 2005 - 2006

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In addition, Lopez performed in Real Women Have Curves, which was featured in the 2002 Sundance Film Festival (and later aired to much acclaim on HBO), and The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl in 3-D in 2005.

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Real Women Have Curves - Sundance Film Festival - HBO - The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl in 3-D

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Lopez suffers from a genetic defect which causes his kidneys to malfunction. In April of 2005, he received a transplanted kidney from his wife, Ann.

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Kidney - 2005 - Transplant

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Lopez appeared in the July 3 episode of Punk'd after being tricked by Ashton Kutcher while his home is being destroyed because most of the buildings were built without a permit.

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Punk'd - Ashton Kutcher

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