Cheech Marin

Cheech Marin
Date of Birth: 13 Jul 1946
Country: USA
Biography: Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin is an American comedian and actor who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s, and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp. Joe Dominguez on Nash Bridges. He has also voiced characters in several Disney movies, including Oliver and Company, The Lion King, Cars and its sequel. Marin's trademark is his character's thickly Mexican-accented voice. This a part of a comic persona, rather than a natural accent...(Wikipedia)
Total Credits at Criticker: 71 (Actor), 2 (Director), 9 (Writer)
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Titles you haven't rated - Actor (71) | Director (2) | Writer (9)
Christmas with the Kranks
Luther Krank decides to skip Christmas and all the surrounding trappings and go on a vacation with his wife Nora instead. But when his daughter decides, at the last minute, to come home for the holidays, he is forced to put christmas back together.
Desperado
Antonio Banderas stars as the Mariachi without a name in this much anticipated follow-up to the critically-acclaimed 1992 hit, El Mariachi. This time the Mariachi (Banderas) plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican druglords, Bucho (De Almeida), showdown. (Sony)
From Dusk Till Dawn
George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino star as the Gecko brothers -- two dangerous outlaws on a wild crime spree. After kidnapping a father (Keitel) and his two kids (Lewis), the Geckos head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety. But when they face the bar's truly notorious clientele, they're forced to team up with their hostages in order to make it out alive. (Dimension)
The Lion King
A Lion cub crown prince is tricked by a treacherous uncle into thinking he caused his father's death and flees into exile in despair, only to learn in adulthood his identity and his responsibilities.
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
A drug lord who pretends to overthrow the Mexican government. A corrupt CIA agent (Johnny Depp) who at that time, demands retribution from his worst enemy to carry out the drug lord's uprising against the government. (imdb)
Spy Kids
Prior to their retirement nine years ago, Gregorio (Banderas) and Ingrid (Gugino) were the two greatest secret agents the world had ever known. Now, as the two are called back to duty, their adventures put them into such danger that the only two people who can rescue them (and maybe the world) are their children! Sometimes the biggest heroes are the smallest ones. (Miramax)
This So-Called Disaster
After appearing in Michael Almereyda's film version of Hamlet (in which he played the ghost), Sam Shepard invited the filmmaker to document the staging of his most recent play, "The Late Henry Moss," when it premiered in San Francisco in the fall of 2000. The resulting documentary is a remarkable group portrait - a vivid look at masterful performers working their way through a process of creative discovery. (IFC Films)
Tin Cup
A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend. (imdb)
After Hours
Paul meets Marcy at a coffee shop after work, and gets her phone number. He calls her, she asks him to come over (imdb)
It Came from Hollywood
Popular comedians watch and give comments about the worst and silliest films from Hollywood. (imdb)
Yellowbeard
Yellowbeard, a pirate's pirate, is allowed to escape from prison to lead the authorities to his treasure... (imdb)
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
The Ferngully rainforest is endangered. Only Chrysta, a little fairy can save this magical world from the evil Hexxus. (imdb)
Cars
This is a fast-paced comedy adventure set inside the world of cars. Fueled with plenty of humor, action, heartfelt drama and amazing new technical feats, Cars is a high octane delight for moviegoers of all ages. (Disney)
a/k/a Tommy Chong
Filmmaker Josh Gilbert follows the tragic and absurd journey of legendary counter-culture comedian Tommy Chong who in 2003 was indicted in an internet drug paraphernalia sting and wound up serving nine months in federal prison. (ThinkFilm)
Born in East L.A.
Rudy is an American of Mexican descent who is caught up in an immigration raid on a factory. Deported to Mexico as an illegal immigrant, he has no way of proving that he is in fact an American citizen, and is forced to rely on his cunning to sneak his way back home. (imdb)
The Great White Hype
When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's white. (imdb)
Cheech & Chong\
Two brothers who can feel each others' pain and pleasure mess up the French revolution. (imdb)
Cheech and Chong\
Two stoners unknowingly smuggle a van - made entirely of marijuana - from Mexico to L.A., with incompetent Sgt. Stedenko on their trail. (imdb)
Cheech and Chong\
Disguised as ice cream vendors, Cheech and Chong make--and subsequently lose--millions of dollars selling a batch of marijuana with an unusual side effect. (imdb)
Oliver & Company
Inspired by Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist". A homeless kitten named Oliver, roams the streets of New York, where he is taken in by a gang of homeless mutts who survive by stealing from others. During one of these criminal acts, Oliver meets a wealthy young girl named Jenny Foxworth. This meeting will forever change his life. (imdb)
Paulie
Paulie, an intelligent parrot who actually talks, relates the story of his struggle to a Russian immigrant who works as a janitor at the research institute where he is housed and neglected... (imdb)
Lion King 1½
Lion King 1½ (2004) - Direct-to-Video
Timon and Pumbaa start to watch the original Lion King movie, but Timon keeps insisting to fast forward to when they come in, because they weren't seen in the beginning of the story or anywhere until halfway through. Pumbaa suggests telling the audience their story... (imdb)
Picking Up the Pieces
Woody Allen plays Tex, a kosher butcher. Sharon Stone plays his unfaithful wife Candy. Tex catches Candy in the act and in a fit of rage he kills her. To conceal his crime he cuts up her body and buries it in the desert in New Mexico. However, when her hand surfaces, a blind woman trips over it and it restores her sight... (imdb)
Mater and the Ghostlight
In this short featuring the characters of the movie Cars, Mater is told the story of a Ghostlight, which causes him to be scared. (imdb)
Cheech and Chong: Still Smokin
Cheech & Chong are invited to a celebrity party/festival in Amsterdam. When they get there, however, it turns out that the guy who invited them has taken off with all the money, and the rest of the hosts have a VERY limited budget. They are actually expecting Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, so our heroes gets to be Mr. Burt and Mr. Dolly. We follow them around Amsterdam, at their hotel, (still) smokin' joints and doing shows. (imdb)
Cheech & Chong\
The crazy antics of the stoner duo continue in this first sequel when Cheech has a date, the two need jobs, and Chong neets up with Cheech's cousin.
The Perfect Game
Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.
Uncle P
Rapper/multi-millionaire P. Miller becomes the guardian of his sister's three children - all of whom need a father figure in their lives. (imdb)
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
While on vacation in Mexico, Chloe, a ritzy Beverly Hills chihuahua, finds herself lost and in need of assistance in order to get back home. (imdb)
The Original Latin Kings of Comedy
Mother Goose Rock \
Rhymeland is the home of Mother Goose, inhabited by her and many characters from the nursery rhymes she wrote, but one day Mother Goose vanishes. Her son Gordon, with the help of Little Bo Peep (looking for her sheep, of course), must find her and before all Rhymeland's wacky inhabitants and Rhymeland itself disappear as well.
Things Are Tough All Over
Cheech and Chong work briefly as car wash attendants and musicians before being hired to drive a car from Chicago to Las Vegas. Unbeknownst to them, their employers (themselves in double roles) have concealed five million dollars of dirty money in the upholstery. (imdb)
Get Out of My Room
A mock documentary filmed mostly in and around LA with interviews of Cheech and Chong interspersed between four videos of songs from their last album. Songs include: Get outta my room and Born in East LA. (imdb)
Group Madness
Documentary on the making of "Yellowbeard"
Expecting a Miracle
L.A. engineer Pete Stanhope wants to stop expensive, frustrating IVF treatment with his wife, Donna, and consider adoption but his wife disagrees. In the hopes of defusing the marital tension they go on a romantic holiday to Mexico. Car trouble strands them in tiny Dommatina, a peaceful village where the locals are content. Pete accepts the help of the only car mechanic, Juan Salazar, while aiding the philosophical father Arturo with preparations for the annual fiesta. (imdb)
Far Out Man
A trip to a hypnotherapist inspires a middle-aged hippie (Tommy Chong) to set off on a wild adventure-filled cross-country quest in search of the wife and son whom he hasn't seen since the Woodstock era. Written and directed by Chong himself, this psychedelic comedy also features performances by the funnyman's real-life wife, Shelby Chong, and children Rae Dawn Chong and Paris Chong.
Echo Park
In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everyone is more than they initially seem. May waits tables, raises a son, Henry, and is an aspiring actress. She needs a roommate and takes in a pizza deliverer named Jonathan, an aspiring songwriter. . . May takes a job delivering singing telegrams as a stripper . . . and the friendships, frustrations, and love affairs of everyday life come to a head. (jhailey@hotmail.com)
The Shrimp on the Barbie
Carlos failed in the show-biz and currently works as waiter in a Mexican restaurant. There he meets Alex and dumb footballer Bruce, who celebrate their engagement with her parents. Alex' father is less than thrilled of her fiancée and says he'd rather accept anybody else. Eventually Alex hires Carlos to present him as her new fiancée. But her father sees through the game... (imdb)
Machete
After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.
Cheech & Chong\
A documentary based on Cheech and Chong's "Light Up America" reunion tour.
The Courtyard
Architect Jonathan moves into an LA courtyard apartment complex, then one of his neighbors is murdered by mistake.. Jonathan was the intended victim. (imdb)
The Nuttiest Nutcracker
In a sequel of sorts to the children's classic, we follow the further adventures of the Nutcracker Prince as he tries to save the spirit of Christmas. A standout soundtrack and some silly-cute humour compensate for the Toy Story-lite animation. (Apollo Movie Guide)
Rude Awakening
In the late 1960s, two hippies are forced to leave their friends as they are wanted by the FBI, who see them as criminals. They hide in the jungle for 20 years, secluded from the outside war. In the late 1980s, they find out that a secret war is about to start in the US, and decided to return to New York to tell someone about it. (imdb)
Pure Country 2: The Gift
Three angels bestow the gift of song to a young girl, who must follow a series of rules in order hold on to it during her rise to fame and fortune. (imdb)
Cars 2
Owen Wilson once again voices speedy race car Lightning McQueen in this peppy sequel to the animated hit Cars. When he heads off to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix, Lightning also rolls straight into a case of international intrigue.
Ring of the Musketeers
Modern day "Musketeers" attempt to live the lives of protectors of the inocent. While the biking trio rescue kindnapped children, guard witnesses and chase mafia types, they also seek the missing fourth musketeer, who wears the famous musketeers' ring. (imdb)
Chávez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story
tells the story of how a Mexican American community was destroyed to make way for a low-income public housing project. (en.wikipedia.org)
The Cisco Kid
This update of the 1950 western TV series changes Cisco and Pancho from wandering heroes of the old west to somewhat anti-"gringo" Mexican revolutionaries. (imdb)
Cheech & Chong\
CCAM showcases the legendary toker jokers like you've never seen them before - in animation. Catch the buzz as their most outrageous routines and laugh-out-loud lines from their ground breaking Grammy Award-winning albums come to life, including the original Ode recordings of "Dave's not here," "Let's make a dope deal" and more. (rottentomatoes)
The Book of Life
Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart, embarks on an adventure that spans three fantastic worlds where he must face his greatest fears. (imdb)
Nash Bridges
A smart alecky San Francisco cop and his get rich quick scheme of a partner keep tabs on crime and take down the bad guys in the Bay Area. (imdb)
Cheech & Chong Count to 1 Minute
Cheech and Chong can count. (Funny or Die)
Charlie\
A workoholic archeologist finds the place where the famous exsplorer Coronado was trapped at and because of how he takes the bones of the famous exsplorer to a museum it awakens the spirt of the exsplorer and causes him to select the son of the archeologist to help him bury his bones in the proper place.
Cheech & Chong\
The History of 420 as told by Cheech and Chong. (imdb)
Americano
A Mexican parrot named Cuco sets off on an adventure to defend his family. (imdb)
The War with Grandpa
Upset that he has to share the room he loves with his grandfather, Peter decides to declare war in an attempt to get it back. (imdb)
The Golden Palace
Begins where The Golden Girls had ended, in the quartet's now-sold Miami house. With Dorothy having married and left in the previous series finale, the three remaining roommates decide to invest in a Miami hotel. The hotel, however, is revealed to have been stripped of all of its personnel in an effort to appear more profitable, leaving only two staff: Roland Wilson, the hotel's manager, and Chuy Castillos, the hotel's chef. This requires the women to perform all the tasks of the hotel's staff.
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Bumpy hatches a plan to steal Santa's bag of presents and enlists the help of the hapless Squishington. Together, the two put together an entourage that travels to the North Pole, where Bumpy snatches Santa's sack and promptly forgets about everyone else. However, when the bag breaks open on the way home, Bumpy finally learns what Christmas is all about. (imdb)
Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges continues to run San Francisco's SIU in 2020 while confronting a changing city, a new boss, and a world in which police work focuses on modern data-crunching and predictive policing. Although the world around him has changed, Nash hasn't.
Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo
Having spent much of his early life in prison, actor Danny Trejo discusses his career and how he has overcome a life of crime and addiction. (imdb)
Shotgun Wedding
A couple's extravagant destination wedding is hijacked by criminals. In the process of saving their families, they rediscover why they fell in love in the first place. (imdb)
Lopez vs. Lopez - Season 1
Champions
A former minor-league basketball coach is ordered by the court to manage a team of players with intellectual disabilities. He soon realizes that despite his doubts, together, this team can go further than they ever imagined. (imdb)
Machete
Machete (2007) - Short Film
Ex-federale Machete is hired by the U.S. Government to do what he does best in this parody trailer attached to Grindhouse (2007).
Rob
Rob (2012) - TV Series
Centers on solitary guy, Rob, who marries into a huge Mexican-American family. (imdb)
Lopez vs. Lopez - Season 2
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons
Lego Pixar shorts follow beloved characters like Miguel, Merida, Nemo, the Incredibles and Lightning McQueen on whimsical new adventures, from a bear encounter to a race prep with Mater. (imdb)
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip
Alexander and his family's Spring Break vacation to Mexico City goes wrong as they discover a curse (Disney)
Cheech & Chong\
Exploring their 5-decade career performing stand-up, making records, and starring in hit films. It covers their lives, comedy partnership, and lasting influence on pop culture.