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Mencia comes from a humble background, born in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the 17th of 18 children. His parents sent him to the United States when he was about three months old, where he was raised in Maravilla Projects in Los Angeles, California by his aunt and uncle. In his early teens, Mencia moved back to Honduras because his family wanted him to avoid the destructive gang culture of East Los Angeles. When Mencia later returned to Los Angeles, he showed such educational prowess that he was immediately promoted to the tenth grade. Soon after, he successfully graduated from Garfield High School.
Mencia began his career doing stand-up on amateur night at the comedy club, Laugh Factory. He later showcased at The Comedy Store and became a regular, performing nightly. After he found success on the L.A comedy circuit, Mencia was named "International Comedy Grand Champion" from Buscando Estrellas (the Latino version of Star Search). This led to appearances on "In Living Color," "The Arsenio Hall Show," "Moesha" and "An Evening at the Improv." In 1994, he hosted the HBO comedy series "Loco Slam" and in 1998 he hosted "Funny is Funny!" on Galavision. Mencia released a comedy album in 2000 called "Take a Joke, America" that showcased his brand of humor.
Mencia continued his journey up the comedy ladder by headlining "The Three Amigos" tour with Freddy Soto and Pablo Francisco in 2002, which sold out in record time around the United States. He was also featured in the independent films, "Outta Time" and "29 Palms" and starred in guest spots on "The Shield" and "The Bernie Mac Show," among others. In 2002, he received a CableACE Award nomination for Best Stand-Up Comedy Special for his HBO special. That same year, Mencia was featured on "Comedy Central Presents." Mencia remained busy and after the success of his solo DVD, "Carlos Mencia: Not For The Easily Offended," "Mind of Mencia" went into development. The show was an instant hit and after the first season, Comedy Central signed Mencia back for his own original stand-up special, "Carlos Mencia: No Strings Attached." The special was the first Comedy Central Stand-up Special DVD to achieve Platinum sales status.
"Mind of Mencia" debuted on Comedy Central in early 2005. It became one of the strongest shows in the network's history, averaging about 1.5 million total viewers. "Mind of Mencia" was executive produced by Carlos Mencia and Robert Morton ("Late Night with David Letterman").
In the summer of 2007, Mencia starred opposite Ben Stiller and Michelle Monaghan in the Farrelly Brothers' hit feature film, "The Heartbreak Kid" (DreamWorks). In the fall of that year Mencia headlined a nationwide comedy tour titled "Carlos Mencia Live Presented by Bud Light." The highly anticipated tour brought Mencia face-to-face with his fans from September 2007 through December 2007. Shortly thereafter, Mencia taped a new comedy special for Comedy Central, "Carlos Mencia: Performance Enhanced," that aired in May 2008.
Since 2007, every holiday season Mencia has embarked on a USO Tour to the Persian Gulf to entertain the troops serving overseas. For his 2008 trip, Mencia visited Kuwait to host "Operation MySpace," an exclusive concert for American Troops in the Middle East alongside Jessica Simpson and The Pussycat Dolls. The special aired on FX in April 2008. Mencia's 2009 USO tour had stops in Turkey, Kirkuk, Baghdad, Qatar, Afghanistan, and many other countries.
In July 2008, Mencia began his tour, "At Close Range" at Red Rock Amphitheatre in Colorado. The tour was sponsored by Bud Light and co-promoted by Icon Entertainment and Live Nation. Larger than all of his previous tours, Mencia performed in 80 cities across the country. In the summer of 2009, he kicked off a nationwide comedy tour entitled "The Administration of Laughter" which brought him to excited audiences all around the country.
Mencia starred in the family comedy "Our Family Wedding" (FOX Searchlight) alongside America Ferrara and Forrest Whitaker. The film was released to theaters nationwide on March 12th, 2010.
In the last couple years, Mencia chose to go back to his comedic roots, allowing him to share his newest material with smaller and more intimate audiences. In addition to touring, Mencia is continuously writing material for television pilots and upcoming comedy specials.
Carlos Mencia presently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their son.
Career got derailed by his joke thievery.- Actress
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Anita Leeman Torres was born on 31 May 1983 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. She was an actress and producer, known for After We Leave (2019), Prettyface (2016) and Speed Kills (2018). She died on 6 August 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Conrad Faraj is a Honduran/American filmmaker based out of Cleveland, OH whose past credits include the NBC/Universal competition winning film "Wedding Runner" and the feature film "Fighting the Sky." His passion for filmmaking started during his early teens, and since then he has worked diligently to create his own unique voice in cinema. Most recently, he created a Harry Potter fan based series for YouTube titled Mudblood, whose advertisements/promos have been seen by over 60 million people worldwide across all social media.- Emilio Mejia is a Honduran Actor, raised in Mexico City he quickly adapted himself to the theater scene in the city. Appearing in multiple school/local productions, he got his debut TV appearance as Puerto Rican music superstar Marc Anthony. Since then he has been in commercials, university plays, and some big productions outside of student life.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
Born in San Pedro Sula, Honduras - a native Spanish speaker. Raised by his mother and moved the United States at the age of 12 and only child. His professional background includes Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, and Information Technology. A very tech savvy and detailed person. Appreciates the diversity of many cultures and their customs which lead to his learning of French and Japanese.- Editorial Department
- Editor
- Camera and Electrical Department
Gabriel Diaz was born on 17 October 1983 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. He is an editor, known for Fool's Gold (2008), The Forgotten (2004) and Interstellar (2014).- Jose David Yacaman was born on 10 September 1981 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. He is a producer, known for Second Coming (2009).
- Carlos Gastel was born on 21 March 1914 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. He was a producer, known for The Nat King Cole Show (1956) and This Is Your Life (1950). He was married to Joan Gastel. He died on 13 November 1970 in Santa Clara, California, USA.
- Jorge Marcos was born on 4 October 1972 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. He is an actor, known for The Revolution (2006), The Doctor from Hell (2018) and Cymbeline (2014).
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- Director
Ricardo Zavala is an actor, producer, writer and director. He was born in Honduras, but he has lived most of his life in the Dominican Republic, where he began his film career. He currently lives in Santander, a city in the north of Spain, where he is studying to improve his cinematographic skills.- born in January 7, 2000 is an American Internet personality and actor. Jan Doblado started out as a child actor on Filming "Tess". in 2004. At the age of 16, Doblado started uploading singing covers by his favorite singer such as Demi Lovato, Sia, etc.. He's very known by his twitter and Instagram account. Becoming an instant Internet personality.
He has four younger brothers and one sister, his parents are named Lila and Santiago. - Producer
- Writer
- Executive
Luis F. Lima was born on 14 January 1974 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. He is a producer and writer, known for Paths to Freedom and Bed of Fear.- Antonio J. Chavez was born on 6 August 1992 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. He is an actor, known for 4 catrachos en apuros (2017).
- Writer
- Composer
- Music Department
Raul Matute was born in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Graduated from The Center of Cinematography Arts & TV (Miami, Fl). As a writer these are some of his novels: En el Jardin de mi madre, Deliciosa Angustia, Hablando con Cain, Etc. Now in the film industry he's working as a Writer, Director & Composer for Ramhaus Pictures. Also founder of Revolver TV & 836 Radio