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Valente Rodriguez

Valente Rodriguez

12 movies on Netflix

Biography

Valente Rodriguez is an American actor who grew up in Hidalgo County, Texas, and attended the University of Texas-Pan American before moving to Los Angeles in 1988. He landed his first leading film role in Salsa (1988) and went on to appear in Blood In, Blood Out (1993), Ed (1996), Volcano (1997), Erin Brockovich (2000), Suckers and (500) Days of Summer (2009). On television he was a regular on Fox's comedy show Culture Clash and guested on Mad About You, The Golden Girls, Growing Pains, Falcon Crest, Beverly Hills, 90210, Dharma & Greg, Yes, Dear, Gotta Kick It Up! and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. He is best known as Ernesto (Ernie) Cardenas, George's best friend and coworker, on the sitcom George Lopez, a role he played across 120 episodes from 2002 to 2007, and he also starred as Cesar in the sitcom Happily Divorced.

65years old

Turns 66 on February 14in 121 days

  • Born Edcouch
  • Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18

Movie Career

Films
12
Career span
32 years1988 to 2020

Genres

First and latest

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Valente Rodriguez 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. (500) Days of Summer2009 Comedy, Drama, Romanceas Employee #1

    IMDb rating 7.6628K votes

  2. Erin Brockovich2000 Biography, Dramaas Donald

    IMDb rating 7.5250K votes

  3. Deep Blue Sea1999as Helicopter Co-Pilot

    IMDb rating 6.0153K votes

  4. McFarland, USA2015as Principal Camillo

    IMDb rating 7.447K votes

  5. Countdown2019as Father David

    IMDb rating 5.454K votes

  6. Blood In, Blood Out1993as Frankie

    IMDb rating 7.938K votes

  7. Volcano1997as Train Driver

    IMDb rating 5.688K votes

  8. Salsa1988as Chuey

    IMDb rating 4.91.4K votes

Worked with

Valente Rodriguez made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Frank Welker, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Frank WelkerDanny Trejo, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Danny TrejoSamuel L. Jackson, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Samuel L. JacksonKeith David, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Keith DavidVing Rhames, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Ving RhamesTommy Lee Jones, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Tommy Lee JonesMarc WebbDirector, 1 filmSee the 1 film by Marc WebbSteven SoderberghDirector, 1 filmSee the 1 film by Steven SoderberghRenny HarlinDirector, 1 filmSee the 1 film by Renny Harlin

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Box office

What Valente Rodriguez's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$716 million

9 of the 12 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 12 films: 9 worldwide figure; 1 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.

  • 9Worldwide figure
  • 1Never in cinemas
  • 2Figure not found

Top grosser

Erin Brockovich2000as Donald$256 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Erin Brockovich2000as Donald
    $256M35.8% of the total
  2. 2
    Deep Blue Sea1999as Helicopter Co-Pilot
    $165M23.0% of the total
  3. 3
    Volcano1997as Train Driver
    $123M17.2% of the total
  4. 4
    (500) Days of Summer2009as Employee #1
    $61M8.5% of the total
  5. 5
    Countdown2019as Father David
    $48M6.7% of the total
  6. 6
    McFarland, USA2015as Principal Camillo
    $46M6.4% of the total
  7. 7
    Salsa1988as Chuey
    $8.9M1.2% of the total
  8. 8
    Blood In, Blood Out1993as Frankie
    $4.5M0.6% of the total
Ed (1996), $4.4 million

$4.4 millionfrom the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total

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