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George Lopez

Biography

George Lopez is a comedian and actor who was among a small number of Latinos to star in an American television comedy. After years on the stand-up circuit, Sandra Bullock approached him in 2000 to produce and star in a comedy, and ABC's George Lopez aired from 2002 to 2007. It was canceled after six seasons but later succeeded in syndication. His film work includes Bread and Roses (2000) and Real Women Have Curves (2002), which won the Audience Award at Sundance. He voiced Papi in Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) and Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011), played the villain Glaze in The Spy Next Door (2010), and voiced Rafael in Rio (2011). Later credits include Blue Beetle (2023). He hosted Lopez Tonight on TBS, starred in the FX sitcom Saint George, and his autobiography Why You Crying reached the New York Times bestsellers top twenty. He also twice hosted the Latin Grammy Awards.

65years old

Turns 66 on April 23in 164 days

  • Born Mission Hills
  • Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
  • Also credited as George Edward Lopez

Movie Career

Films
35
Career span
35 years1990 to 2025

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  1. A change of course

    Carnival Cruises brought Lopez on in 2011 to serve as its creative director for comedy. He advised on choosing and hiring comedians for the Punchliner Comedy Clubs across the fleet, and the arrangement ended in 2016 after 5 years.

  2. A change of course

    For the 2003-04 football season, Lopez served on HBO's hit sports show Inside the NFL as both a cast member and a commentator.

  3. Behind the camera

    Lopez's autobiography Why You Crying, co-written with Armen Keteyian, came out through the Touchstone/Fireside division of Simon & Schuster and reached the top twenty of The New York Times bestsellers.

George Lopez movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Rio2011 Adventure, Animation, Comedyas Rafaelvoice

    IMDb rating 6.9278K votes

  2. Rio 22014 Adventure, Animation, Comedyas Rafaelvoice

    IMDb rating 6.3114K votes

  3. Balls of Fury2007as Rodriguez

    IMDb rating 5.448K votes

  4. Meet the Blacks2016as The President

    IMDb rating 4.839K votes

  5. Blue Beetle2023as Rudy Reyes

    IMDb rating 5.9120K votes

  6. Beverly Hills Chihuahua2008as Papivoice

    IMDb rating 4.028K votes

  7. Beverly Hills Chihuahua 22011as Papivoice

    IMDb rating 4.35.2K votes

  8. Spare Parts2015as Fredi Cameron

    IMDb rating 7.312K votes

Most often with

Carlos Saldanha directed two of these films, Sean McNamara two. Mike Epps appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What George Lopez's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$2.0 billion

20 of the 35 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 35 films: 20 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.

  • 20Worldwide figure
  • 4US gross only
  • 5Never in cinemas
  • 6Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 88% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Rio 22014as Rafael (voice)
    $499M24.4% of the total
  2. 2
    Rio2011as Rafael (voice)
    $484M23.7% of the total
  3. 3
    Valentine's Day2010as Alphonso
    $217M10.6% of the total
  4. 4
    $163M8.0% of the total
  5. 5
    Beverly Hills Chihuahua2008as Papi (voice)
    $149M7.3% of the total
  6. 6
    Blue Beetle2023as Rudy Reyes
    $131M6.4% of the total
  7. 7
    Marmaduke2010as Carlos (voice)
    $84M4.1% of the total
  8. 8
    Escape from Planet Earth2013as Thurman (voice)
    $75M3.7% of the total
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (2005), $72.0 millionThe Spy Next Door (2010), $66.2 millionBalls of Fury (2007), $41.1 millionSwing Vote (2008), $17.6 millionGnome Alone (2017), $10.8 millionMeet the Blacks (2016), $9.1 millionSki Patrol (1990), $8.5 millionReal Women Have Curves (2002), $7.7 millionCats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite (2020), $4.2 millionHenry Poole Is Here (2008), $1.8 millionThe Tax Collector (2020), $942,666Bread and Roses (2000), $706,876

$241 millionfrom the other 12 films with a worldwide figure, 12% of the total