Cheech Marin

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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

Coco

Corrections Officer (voice)

The Lion King

Banzai (voice)

Cars

Ramone (voice)

Grey's Anatomy

Otis Sharon

The Simpsons

Cheech Marin (voice)

Cars 2

Ramone (voice)

From Dusk Till Dawn

Border Guard / Chet Pussy / Carlos

Cars 3

Ramone (voice)

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Campeón Gabacho MOVIE	Self
2025	Radiator Springs Racers \| Disneyland Resort MOVIE	Ramone (voice)
2025	Cheech & Chong's Last Movie MOVIE	Self
2025	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip MOVIE	Gil Morales
2024	LEGO Pixar: BrickToons TV	Ramone (voice)
2024	Primos TV	Pop Ramirez (voice)
2024	The Long Game MOVIE	Pollo
2023	The Muppets Mayhem TV	Cheech Marin
2023	Champions MOVIE	Julio
2022	Shotgun Wedding MOVIE	Robert Rivera
2022	Angry Neighbors MOVIE	Hector (voice)
2022	Cars on the Road TV	Ramone (voice)
2022	Chibiverse TV	Pop Ramirez (voice)
2022	Generation Gap TV	Self - Celebrity Guest
2022	Cypress Hill: Insane in the Brain MOVIE	Self
2022	The Legend of Vox Machina TV	Trinket (voice)
2021	Nash Bridges MOVIE	Joe Dominguez
2021	Maya and the Three TV	Hura/Can (voice)
2021	A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings MOVIE	Self
2021	Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out! MOVIE	Self
2021	Home Economics TV	Roberto
2021	Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2020	The War with Grandpa MOVIE	Danny
2020	AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star MOVIE	Self
2020	The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault MOVIE	(archive footage)
2019	Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo MOVIE	Self
2019	Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire MOVIE	Self
2018	Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy TV	Condor de Bogota
2018	Lodge 49 TV	Self
2017	Coco MOVIE	Corrections Officer (voice)
2017	Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins MOVIE	Quita Moz (voice)
2017	Cars 3 MOVIE	Ramone (voice)
2016	Good Fortune MOVIE	Self
2016	Dark Harvest MOVIE	Ricardo
2016	Americano MOVIE	Martin (voice)
2015	The Latin Explosion: A New America MOVIE	Self
2014	Jane the Virgin TV	Edward
2014	The Book of Life MOVIE	Pancho Rodriguez (voice)
2014	The Radiator Springs 500½ MOVIE	Ramone (voice)
2013	Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie! MOVIE	(voices)
2013	Spinning MOVIE	Ramone (voice)
2012	El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza MOVIE	Narrador / El Charro (voice)
2012	Gotham Comedy Live TV	Self - Host
2012	George Lopez: It's Not Me, It's You MOVIE	Self
2012	Anger Management TV	Hector
2012	Inside Comedy TV	Self
2012	¡Rob! TV	Fernando
2011	Cars 2 MOVIE	Ramone (voice)
2011	Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil MOVIE	Mad Hog (voice)
2011	Bubble Guppies TV	Fogzilla (voice)
2011	Off the Map TV	Papa Ucumari
2010	Pure Country 2: The Gift MOVIE	Angel Pedro
2010	Machete MOVIE	Padre Cortez
2010	Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch This MOVIE	Self
2009	The Perfect Game MOVIE	Padre Estaban
2009	Waking Sleeping Beauty MOVIE	Tito (voice) (archive footage)
2009	Race to Witch Mountain MOVIE	Eddie
2009	Expecting a Miracle MOVIE	Father Arturo
2008	Cheech & Chong Roasted MOVIE	Self
2008	Beverly Hills Chihuahua MOVIE	Manuel (voice)
2008	Free Radio TV	Cheech Marin
2007	Bloodsucking Cinema MOVIE	Self
2007	Uncle P MOVIE	Juan
2007	Grindhouse MOVIE	Padre (segment "Planet Terror")
2007	Planet Terror MOVIE	Priest
2006	Geared-Up MOVIE	Self
2006	Mater and the Ghostlight MOVIE	Ramone (voice)
2006	Psych TV	Deacon Jones
2006	AKA Tommy Chong MOVIE	Himself
2006	Cars MOVIE	Ramone (voice)
2006	Cheech Marin & Friends: Live from South Beach MOVIE	Self - Host
2006	Dizzy & Bop's Big Adventure: The Great Music Caper MOVIE	Dr. Hammer (voice)
2005	Underclassman MOVIE	Captain Victor Delgado
2005	The Princes of Malibu TV	Self
2005	Mind of Mencia TV	Self
2005	Grey's Anatomy TV	Otis Sharon
2005	American Dad! TV	Horatio (voice)
2004	Christmas with the Kranks MOVIE	Officer Salino
2004	The Lion King 1½ MOVIE	Banzai (voice)
2004	Lost TV	David Reyes
2004	See You in My Dreams MOVIE	Esteban
2004	Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5 MOVIE	Banzai (voice) (archive sound)
2003	Good Boy! MOVIE	The Greater Dane's Henchman (voice)
2003	Once Upon a Time in Mexico MOVIE	Belini
2003	Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales MOVIE	Himself
2003	Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story MOVIE	Narrator
2003	Masked and Anonymous MOVIE	Prospero
2003	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over MOVIE	Felix Gumm
2003	Mike's Super Short Show TV	Self
2003	The Brothers Garcia: Mysteries of the Maya MOVIE	Don Cortez
2003	Real Time with Bill Maher TV	Self
2003	This So-Called Disaster MOVIE	Esteban
2002	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams MOVIE	Felix Gumm
2002	George Lopez TV	Lalo
2002	The Original Latin Kings of Comedy MOVIE	Himself
2001	Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2001	Spy Kids MOVIE	Felix Gumm
2000	Picking Up the Pieces MOVIE	Mayor Machado
2000	Luminarias MOVIE	Self
1999	The Nuttiest Nutcracker MOVIE	Mac (Voice)
1999	Judging Amy TV	Ignacio Messina
1999	Grass MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1999	The Venice Project MOVIE	Cheech Marin
1999	Chato's Kitchen MOVIE	Self
1998	Hollywood Squares TV	Self - Panelist
1998	Breakfast with Einstein MOVIE	Einstein (voice)
1998	Paulie MOVIE	Ignacio
1997	Behind the Music TV	Self
1997	South Park TV	Carlos Ramirez (voice)
1997	The View TV	Self - Guest
1997	Classic Albums TV	Self
1996	E! True Hollywood Story TV	Self
1996	Tin Cup MOVIE	Romeo Posar
1996	The Great White Hype MOVIE	Julio Escobar
1996	Nash Bridges TV	Joe Dominguez
1996	From Dusk Till Dawn MOVIE	Border Guard / Chet Pussy / Carlos
1995	Charlie's Ghost Story MOVIE	Coronado
1995	The Courtyard MOVIE	Angel Steiner
1995	Desperado MOVIE	Short Bartender
1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child TV	Alberto (voice)
1995	'Twas the Night Before Bumpy MOVIE	Juaquin Gusanito Sin Manos (voice)
1995	Santo Bugito TV	Lencho the Flea (voice)
1994	The Magic of the Golden Bear: Goldy III MOVIE	Master Borgia
1994	The Lion King MOVIE	Banzai (voice)
1994	A Million to Juan MOVIE	Shell Shock
1994	The Cisco Kid MOVIE	Pancho
1993	Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration MOVIE	Self (segment "New Way to Walk")
1993	Raw TV	Self
1992	Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade MOVIE	Self
1992	Ring of the Musketeers TV	Burt Aramis
1992	The Golden Palace TV	Chuy Castillos
1992	FernGully: The Last Rainforest MOVIE	Stump (voice)
1991	La Pastorela: The Shepherd's Tale MOVIE	El Cosmico
1990	The Shrimp on the Barbie MOVIE	Carlos
1990	Dream On TV	Waiter
1990	Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme MOVIE	Carnival Barker
1990	Far Out Man MOVIE	Himself
1990	Help Save Planet Earth MOVIE	Self
1989	The Simpsons TV	Cheech Marin (voice)
1989	Rude Awakening MOVIE	Jesús Monteya
1989	Ghostbusters II MOVIE	Dock Supervisor
1989	Tales from the Crypt TV	Dr. Beneloy
1989	Troop Beverly Hills MOVIE	Cheech Marin
1988	Oliver & Company MOVIE	Tito (voice)
1988	Mickey's 60th Birthday MOVIE	Disneyland Janitor
1987	Fatal Beauty MOVIE	Bartender
1987	Born in East L.A. MOVIE	Rudy
1987	Married... with Children TV	Buck the Dog (voice)
1986	Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment MOVIE	Elvis Friend & Fan
1985	Echo Park MOVIE	Syd
1985	Get Out of My Room MOVIE	Cheech
1985	After Hours MOVIE	Neil
1984	MTV Video Music Awards TV	Self
1984	Jeopardy! TV	Self
1984	Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers MOVIE	Corsican Brother
1984	Cannonball Run II MOVIE	Tire Store Employee (uncredited)
1983	Return Engagement MOVIE	Self
1983	Yellowbeard MOVIE	El Segundo
1983	Group Madness MOVIE	Self
1983	Still Smokin MOVIE	Cheech
1982	It Came from Hollywood MOVIE	Self
1982	Things Are Tough All Over MOVIE	Cheech / Mr. Slyman
1981	Elvira's Movie Macabre TV	Devil
1981	Nice Dreams MOVIE	Cheech
1980	Cheech & Chong's Next Movie MOVIE	Cheech / Dwayne "Red" Mendoza
1978	Up in Smoke MOVIE	Pedro
1978	Cheech and Chong Perform MOVIE	Himself
1978	Cheech and Chong Perform Again?! MOVIE	Himself
1975	People's Choice Awards TV	Self - Host
1974	Basketball Jones MOVIE	Self
1971	Rollin' On The River TV	Self
	Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin MOVIE	Dude (voice)
	Coyote MOVIE	Javier
	La Venganza Rodríguez MOVIE	Don Madrazo (voice)
	Cars: Lightning Racers TV	Ramone (voice)

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