Gabriel Iglesias

Gabriel Iglesias
Iglesias in June 2008
Birth name Gabriel Jesus Iglesias[1]
Born (1976-07-15) July 15, 1976
San Diego, California, United States
Medium Stand-up, television
Nationality American
Years active 1997–present
Genres Comedy, satire
Subject(s) Mexican American culture, race relations, obesity jokes, everyday life
Website Official website

Gabriel Jesus Iglesias (born July 15, 1976), known comically as Fluffy, is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer and voice actor. He is known for his shows I'm Not Fat… I'm Fluffy and Hot & Fluffy.

Early life

Iglesias was born Gabriel Jesus Iglesias in San Diego, California,[2] the youngest of six children of Esther P. Mendez and Jesus Iglesias.[3] He was raised by his single mother.[4] He is of Mexican heritage. He grew up in Riverside, Corona, Santa Ana, Baldwin Park, and Compton before settling in Section 8, low-income housing in Long Beach, where Iglesias spent most of his youth.[2][4]

Career

Iglesias worked for a cell phone company in Los Angeles and in 1997 went into comedy full-time, though it resulted in his being evicted from his home and losing his car.[4][5]

Iglesias often references his weight in his comedy, often saying, "Oh, I'm not fat, I'm fluffy".[5]

In 2000, he appeared in season 6 of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That, co-starring with Amanda Bynes and Nick Cannon.[5]

In 2007, Iglesias voiced an entire Mexican family in "Padre de Familia", a sixth season episode of the Fox TV animated comedy Family Guy. That same year, he began voicing a recurring set of identical twin characters on The Emperor's New School, a Disney animated series that he describes as his favorite voice work.[5]

Iglesias was a contestant on the fourth season of reality TV series Last Comic Standing in 2006, surviving elimination to become one of the final eight comics. He was disqualified at that point for having used a smuggled BlackBerry to communicate with family and friends, which violated the rules of the show.[5][6]

In 2011, Comedy Central debuted Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution, a standup showcase series which Iglesias produces and hosts.

Iglesias has hosted/co-hosted six episodes of Equals Three. In 2012 he played a strip club DJ and drug dealer in the 2012 film Magic Mike.

Iglesias voiced Ned and Zed in the 2013 DisneyToon Studios film, Planes.[7] He also voiced characters in the animated films The Nut Job (2014)[8][9] and El Americano: The Movie (2016).[7]

Iglesias is featured in the new reality show Fluffy Breaks Even, which is currently shown on Fuse TV.

Awards and honors

On February 10, 2012, Iglesias was presented with several awards by the city of El Paso, Texas, including the key to the city and the Beacon of H.O.P.E Award from the nonprofit organization Operation H.O.P.E.[10]

Personal life

Iglesias lives in Whittier, California.[11] In The Fluffy Movie, Iglesias describes how at his heaviest, which he states was 445 pounds (202 kilograms), he was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes, and with his blood sugar spiking to over 300 regularly, was given two years to live by his doctor. He said the shock of being told he had two years to live prompted him to reevaluate how he took care of himself, and explained that he decided to lose weight in order to insure his continued presence in the lives of his loved ones. Iglesias described the struggle to incorporate a healthier lifestyle, relating how he was told by a specialist that his heavy touring schedule precluded him from being a candidate for bariatric surgery, and how he resorted instead to weight-lifting, Diamond Dallas Page Yoga, and a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet, which helped him shed over 100 pounds (45 kilograms).

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Entre vivos y plebeyos Piarta Short film
2003 El Matador Gabe –
2004 Days of Santiago Coquero –
2006 The Surfer King Aokee –
2012 Magic Mike Tobias –
2013 Planes Ned and Zed Voice
2014 The Nut Job Jimmy[12] Voice
2014 A Haunted House 2 Miguel[13] –
2014 The Fluffy Movie Himself[14] Stand-up comedy film
2014 The Book of Life Pepe Rodríguez Voice
2015 Magic Mike XXL Tobias –
2016 Norm of the North Pablo and Stan Voice
2016 El Americano: The Movie García[15][16] Voice
2016 Gabriel Iglesias: I’m Sorry For What I Said While I Was Hungry Himself[17] Stand-up comedy film
2017 Smurfs: The Lost Village Jokey Smurf Voice
2017 The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Jimmy Voice
2017 Coco Head Clerk Voice
2017 The Star Rufus Voice
2017 Ferdinand Cuatro Voice
2018 Show Dogs Sprinkles Voice
2018 Blazing Samurai Chuck Voice

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000 All That Various Characters
2000 Premium Blend Performer Season 3, Episode 8
2002 My Wife and Kids Nabu Season 2, Episode 17
2003 Comedy Central Presents Himself Stand-up special
2006 Last Comic Standing Himself Contestant
2006–2008 The Emperor's New School Guaca
2007 Live at Gotham Himself Host
2007 Hot and Fluffy Himself Stand-up special
2007 Family Guy Mexican No. 5 Voice
Episode: "Padre de Familia"
2009 Just for Laughs Himself Performer
2009 I'm Not Fat... I'm Fluffy Himself Stand-up special
2011–2014 Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution Himself Creator, writer, executive producer
2012 The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange Chicken
Krazy Klaus
Mr. Cash and Smash
Mr. Juicy Fun		 Voice
2013 Aloha Fluffy: Parts 1 and 2 Himself Stand-up special
2014-2015 Cristela Alberto Recurring Role
2015 Fluffy Breaks Even Himself Reality series
2016 WWE SmackDown Himself
2016 WWE Tribute to the Troops Himself
2017 Narcos Fluffy Gangster Season 3, Episode 2
2018 Modern Family Jorge (Gloria's ex) Season 9, Episode 18
2018 Double Dare Himself "Chatty Cheerleaders vs. Showtime Swag" (Season 1, Episode 16)[18]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Iglesias, Gabriel (December 19, 2016). "Gabriel Jesus Iglesias. Yeah my fam was pretty religious". Twitter.
  2. 1 2 "Bio". fluffyguy.com. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Gabriel Iglesias". www.facebook.com.
  4. 1 2 3 "Gabriel Iglesias takes the stage at The Show for three days". Desert Entertainer.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Duck, Allison (July 23, 2009). "Gabriel Iglesias: fabulously fluffy". Las Vegas Weekly
  6. ↑ "NBC's 'Last Comic Standing 4' eliminates three, reveals Top 5 finalists". Reality TV World. July 12, 2006. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
  7. 1 2 Waits, Anne (11 December 2013). "Comedian Gabriel Iglesias ready to bring on the laughs". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  8. ↑ Bickel, Britt (24 January 2014). "Gabriel Iglesias On His New Animated Movie 'The Nut Job'". Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  9. ↑ Rivera, Zayda (16 January 2014). "Gabriel Iglesias is a fluffy furry friend in 'The Nut Job'". Daily News. New York.
  10. ↑ Hinojosa, Alex (February 10, 2012). "Comedian Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias gets key to the city". El Paso Times.
  11. ↑ Gabriel Iglesias. Last Comic Standing. NBC. accessed October 7, 2011. Archived October 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ↑ Deanne, Derrick (November 15, 2013). "Go Nuts for New 'Nut Job' Poster, Trailer Coming Monday". Movies.com.
  13. ↑ "Jaime Pressly, Two Others Enter Wayans' A Haunted House 2". ComingSoon.net. August 24, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Open Road Acquires Gabriel Iglesias Comedy Concert Pic". Deadline Hollywood. February 13, 2014.
  15. ↑ Hopewell, John (20 May 2014). "'El Americano 3D' Kicks Off Pre-Sales at Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety (magazine). Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  16. ↑ Amaya, Mayra (30 April 2014). "'El Americano': The Animated Film You Haven't Heard of… Yet". Rotoscopers. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  17. ↑ "Gabriel Iglesias: Still Fluffy, Still “Hungry,” Not “Sorry” on Netflix". Deadline Hollywood. December 20, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Gabriel Iglesias on Twitter". twitter.com.
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