Al Madrigal

At 53 years old, Al Madrigal has this physical status:

Alessandro Liborio Madrigal (born July 4, 1971) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and producer.

Bill Burr, co-founder of the All Things Comedy podcast network, is a co-founder.

He came to fame on The Daily Show as a regular correspondent for five seasons.

Outside of the comedy world, he is best known for his roles in Showtime's dark comedy I'm Dying Up Here, NBC's About A Boy, as well as CBS sitcoms Gary Unmarried and Welcome to The Captain.

He appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and has also appeared on Conan and Jimmy Kimmel Live! He will appear in the sports drama The Way Back, starring Ben Affleck and directed by Gavin O'Connor, as well as Sony Pictures' Morbius film Morbius starring Jared Leto and directed by Daniel Espinosa.

Early life

Madrigal was born in San Francisco, California. He grew up in San Francisco's Inner Sunset District, where his neighbors included future comedians Mike Pritchard and Margaret Cho. His father is Mexican (from Tijuana) and his mother is Sicilian. He attended Ecole Notre Dame Des Victoires, a private Catholic school in San Francisco that emphasizes French language and culture instruction. He attended St. Ignatius College Preparatory High School in 1989. He then attended the University of San Francisco.

Madrigal worked for ten years in a human resource consulting firm operated by his family, where one of his primary duties was firing people. He used to bring comedies into the workplace. "I was in so many scary situations... by the time I got on stage, I had no stage fright." "Speaking in front of a crowd was nothing." In 1998, he decided to pursue a full-time comedy career.

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Career

Madrigal's stand-up comedy is based on a true story, his family, and the mistrust caused by his multiethnic roots. He was often stereotyped as a "Latino comedian" early in his comedy career. Madrigal claims he has been chastised for not being Latino enough, as well as for not knowing Spanish.

Madrigal began his work in San Francisco's comedy clubs, both as a solo performer and as a member of the sketch group Fresh Robots, which he co-founded. He loved his first major participation in two comedy festivals, SF Sketchfest, and the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal's "New Faces" exhibition.

Madrigal received a jury award for best stand-up comedian at the United States in 2004. In Aspen, Colorado, the comedy Arts Festival takes place. He then signed a talent holding contract with CBS after winning the award.

The comedy Central Presents half-hour special premiered in July 2005. "Why Is The Rabbit Crying?" Madrigal's first one-hour special, "Why Is The Rabbit Crying?" premiered on Comedy Central in April 2013. Both Westword and The Village Voice praised the special for "deconstructing stereotypes rather than enforcing them" and "milking incongruity between aspirations and reality to hilarious effect."

In December 2016, Madrigal taped his latest stand-up comedy, "Shrimpin' Ain't Easy," in the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The special, directed by Neal Brennan, premiered on SHOWTIME in 2017.

Madrigal has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Craig Ferguson appeared on The Late Late Show and The Late Late Show. On July 8, 2009, he appeared on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. On May 10, 2011, he appeared on Conan's TBS Show, Conan.

Madrigal had auditioned for a leading role on Fox Network's The Ortegas comedy series in 2003. At No. 1, the series, which was based on the BBC comedy The Kumars, was no. 10. Madrigal, 42, stars Matt Madrigal as the son of a Mexican American family in California who produces a television talk show from a studio he owns in the backyard of his parents' house. The network has however cancelled the series from its schedule before airing any of its six filmed episodes.

In the CBS comedy Welcome to the Captain, Madrigal was cast as a building attendant named Jes (pronounced "Hey-Soose" in January 2008. After five episodes, the series was cancelled.

He co-starred in the CBS series Gary Unmarried (originally titled Project Gary), which premiered in September 2008.

Madrigal will be seen as Andy, the main character's best friend, on March 14, 2013. He was named Best Supporting Actor by the British Imagen Awards in 2014 for his role as a support actor.

Madrigal appeared on Showtime's I'm Dying Up Here, a series regular. In the late 1970s, Edgar played a stand-up comedian named Edgar in the dark comedy about Los Angeles' legendary stand-up comedy scene. Jim Cary's executive produced the program, which is based on William Knoedelseder's nonfiction book of the same name.

Madrigal will be joined by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show on May 17, 2011. He was often portrayed as the "Senior Latino Corret."

Madrigal auditioned for the show on the recommendation of stand-up comedian Adam Lowitt, one of the show's creators, Madrigal. Madrigal and Lowitt performed a piece on Carolines on Texas Representative Debbie Riddle, who introduced a bill that would have state sanctions for those who "intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly" recruit illegal immigrants except for domestic employees. Jon Stewart, the journalist who had recruited him on the spot, was later interviewed in a reading of the piece.

All Things Comedy was officially launched on October 1, 2012 with eleven podcasts, including Bill Burr's "The Long Shot Podcast" by Eddie Pepitone, and Ari Shaffir's Skeptic Tank. The network had six dozen people and over fifty podcasts by 2014, with six dozen people and over fifty podcasts. On the All Things Comedian website, comedians Al Madrigal and Bill Burr formed the network. Madrigal and Burr emphasize the network's central role in the network's development as an artist-owned cooperative. All Things Records was founded in March 2014 and released three albums in the months after its release, including Believe in Yourself by Sam Tripoli, Live at the Comedy Castle by Brian Scolaro, This Will Make an Outstanding Horcrux by Jackie Kashian. Madrigal sees the network as a way to increase Latin American representation in media. For example, the networks have Leyendas Legendarias and El Dollop, which are Spanish-language podcasts. Patrice O'Neal's story was produced by Comedy Central, as well as three comedy specials.

Bill Burr, a comedian and comedian, founded All Things Comedy, a comedy podcast network and artist cooperative in 2012. Madrigal and Burr began on the network in an effort to assist comedians in retaining complete ownership of their jobs. Over 50 podcasts are available on the network, with over 5 million viewers per month.

Madrigal, Burr, and comedian Doug Benson spoke on "Owning Your Business: The Future of All Things Comedy" panel, where they "discussed the ins and outs of their operation, as well as how comics can forge their own paths in show industry and avoid traditional gatekeepers."

He co-hosted "Minivan Men" with comedians Maz Jobrani, Aaron Aryanpur, and Chris Spencer, in which they addressed marriage, parenting, and domestic problems from 2010 to 2014.

The "All Things Comedy Live Podcast" hosts Madrigal and Burr, which is available on YouTube. Sinbad, Nick Thune, Felipe Esparza, Doug Benson, Pete Holmes, Ian Edwards, and Fred Stoller have all been included in the podcast.

He signed a CBS Studios contract more recently.

Half Like Me, Madrigal's one-hour comedic documentary special, premiered on Fusion on January 22, 2015. Madrigal is on his way to his Mexican roots in Tijuana, Mexico, for a family reunion. Madrigal explores various aspects of Latino culture in the United States during the course of the course of the course of the program. The A.V. When the Los Angeles Times announced the special as a "Critic's Pick," the club called it "solid and thought-provoking." "People are actually reaching out and wanting to teach this in their classrooms," Madrigal said in an interview with LA Weekly.

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