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Felipe Esparza

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Felipe de Jesus Esparza
BornSinaloa, Mexico
MediumStand-up
Years active1994–present[1]
Spouse
Lesa O'Daniel Esparza
(m. 2012)
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Children4
Websitefelipesworld.com

Felipe de Jesus Esparza is a Mexican-born American stand-up comedian and actor. He began performing stand-up in 1994. He won Last Comic Standing in 2010. Felipe is currently on tour for his comedy show, "At My Leisure". In addition, Felipe hosts a weekly popular youtube podcast named "What's up Fool?"

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Early life and education

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Felipe Esparza was born in Sinaloa, Mexico. He lived on his mother's family's ranch in Sinaloa before moving with his family to live with his aunt in Tijuana, where they lived for about two years. His father had left the family to go to the United States alone. Eventually, before President Reagan's amnesty law, Esparza, his two brothers, and his mother illegally immigrated to the United States, traveling in the car of a "coyote" smuggler. During the trip, they were stopped at a checkpoint in San Clemente, California, and he was held in a holding cell with his brothers, separate from their mother, for a short period of time. The family was deported. They attempted the trip again, but they were stopped and deported again. They tried a third time, using the passports of cousins who lived in California. They changed cars twice and were driven to Carson, California. They were then moved to the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, where his father was living.[4] Esparza was raised in the Aliso Village housing projects of Boyle Heights.[5] He attended Theodore Roosevelt High School.[6]

Career

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Esparza began performing stand-up in 1994 after a stint in drug rehab.[1] He won Last Comic Standing in 2010. He is currently on tour featuring his unique and relatable comedy which includes his witty and quirky style of storytelling deriving from his own personal life experienes. He has two Netflix comedy specials which are in English and Spanish, "Felipe Esparza: Bad Decisions". Felipe is currently working on upcoming projects as well. [3]

Personal life

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Esparza has been married to Lisa Esparza since 2012.[1] Together, they have four children.[citation needed]

He has been vegan since 2011.[7]

Works

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Comedy specials

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Year Title Distributor
2012 They're Not Gonna Laugh at You Showtime
2017 Translate This HBO
2020 Bad Decisions Netflix

Two Netflix comedy specials, "Felipe Esparza: Bad Decisions" which are in English and Spanish

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role
2003 El matador Pablo[8]
2009 The Deported Fernando
2010 I'm Not Like That No More Felipe Valenzuela
2015 The Fix Pablo
2016 She's Allergic to Cats Tow Truck Driver
2018 Taco Shop Mugres
2020 The Opening Act Cabbie Steve
2023 Blue Beetle Security Tech #3

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2014-2015, 2020–present The Eric Andre Show Himself/Hannibal's co-co-host/Co-host 6 episodes
2015 The Shop Felipe 7 episodes
2016 Campus Law Alan 2 episodes
2016-2018 Superstore Cody 5 episodes
2020 Gentefied Crazy Dave Recurring role
2023 Royal Crackers Mexican Officer (voice) Episode: "Casa de Darby"

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Sager, Rebekah (September 12, 2017). "'Translate This': Comedian Felipe Esparza Finds the Funny in His Latino Identity". NBC News. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "Basically how it happened... Happy 7th anniversary to my wife (& partner for the last 15 years) @lesainla. Let's keep going!". instagram.com.
  3. ^ a b Fulton, Robert (October 11, 2010). "'Last Comic Standing' winner Felipe Esparza headlines Improv". Washington Examiner. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  4. ^ Rogan, Joe (July 31, 2018). "JRE #1150 - Felipe Esparza". The Joe Rogan Experience (Podcast). Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  5. ^ "Ep 94 – Author Paul Hunt". felipesworld.com. March 18, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  6. ^ Lee, Bobby; Kuhn, Khalyla (October 10, 2018). "Episode 163: Felipe Esparza Is Carnage Asada". TigerBelly (Podcast). Event occurs at 00:58:54. Retrieved January 2, 2019.{{cite podcast}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Kelemen, Matt (February 16, 2018). "Q&A: Felipe Esparza". Las Vegas Magazine. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  8. ^ "Felipe Esparza". IMDB. Retrieved January 2, 2019.