Carlos Santos

A Puerto Rican comedian and actor, Carlos Santos works in Los Angeles. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, he studied theater at Fresno State University and began performing stand-up locally before moving to Los Angeles, where he trained at Second City and worked as an anchor for LATV. He gained attention as a VJ on MTV Tres's MiTRL in 2006, then in 2009 he shifted to acting and comedy, working regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. On television he appeared in series such as 2 Broke Girls, The Last Man on Earth, and Bajillion Dollar Properties before his breakout as aspiring chef Chris Morales on Netflix's Gentefied. He was a main cast member on Amazon Freevee's Primo. His films include The Valet (2022), There's Something Wrong with the Children (2023), and Vacation Friends. He received Imagen Award nominations for Gentefied and Primo.