![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Screenwriter, Actor Born: January 19, 1955 in Mazatlan, Mexico Biography: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
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