Cheech Marin facts for kids

Marin in September 2012

Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin (born July 13, 1946) is an American comedian, movie, television, stage, voice actor and writer. He was part of the comedy duo Cheech and Chong along with fellow comedian Tommy Chong. He played Ramone in the Disney-Pixar animated movies Cars and Cars 2.

Early life

Marin was born Richard Anthony Marin on July 13, 1946 in Los Angeles, California. Marin was married to Darlene Morley from 1975 until they divorced in 1984. They had one child. He was married to Patti Heid from 1986 until they divorced. They had 2 children. He has been married to Natasha Rubin since 2009. Marin lives in Malibu, California. He is Mexican-American.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Up in Smoke	Pedro de Pacas
1980	Cheech and Chong's Next Movie	Cheech/Dwayne "Red" Mendoza
1981	Nice Dreams	Cheech
1982	Things Are Tough All Over	Cheech/Mr.Slyman/Narrator
1983	Still Smokin'	Cheech
	Yellowbeard	El Segundo
1984	Cannonball Run II	Tire Store Employee
	Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers	Corsican Brother
1985	Get Out of My Room	Cheech/Ian Rotten
	After Hours	Neil
1986	Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment	Elvis Friend & Fan
	Echo Park	Sid
1987	Born in East L.A.	Rudy Robles
	Fatal Beauty	Bartender
1988	Mickey's 60th Birthday	Disney Janitor
	Oliver & Company	Tito the Chihuahua	Voice
1989	Ghostbusters II	Dock Supervisor
	Rude Awakening	Jesus Monteya
	Troop Beverly Hills	Himself
1990	Far Out Man	Cheech
	The Shrimp on the Barbie	Carlos Munoz
	Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme	Carnival Barker
1992	Ferngully: The Last Rainforest	Stump	Voice
1994	Charlie's Ghost Story	Coronado
	The Magic of the Golden Bear: Goldy III	Master Borgia
	A Million to Juan	Shell Shock
	The Lion King	Banzai the Hyena	Voice
1995	Desperado	Short Bartender
1996	Blazing Dragons	Sir George/Guido/Loudmouth Guard	Voice
	From Dusk Till Dawn	Border Guard/Chet Pussy/Carlos
	The Great White Hype	Julio Escobar
	Tin Cup	Romeo Posar
1998	Paulie	Ignacio
	It's Tough to be a Bug!	Chili	Attraction at Disney's Animal Kingdom
1999	The Nuttiest Nutcracker	Mac	Voice
2000	See You in My Dreams	Estaban
	Luminarias	Jesus
	Picking Up the Pieces	Mayor Machado
2001	Spy Kids	Felix Gumm	The Fake Uncle
2002	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Felix Gumm	The Fake Uncle
	Pinocchio	The Fox	Voice
2003	The Ortegas	Henny Ortega
	Masked and Anonymous	Prospero
	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Felix Gumm	The Fake Uncle
	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Belini
	Good Boy!	The Henchmen	Voice
2004	The Lion King 1½	Banzai the Hyena
	Christmas with the Kranks	Officer Salino
2005	Sian Ka'an		Voice
	Fall Down a School	Erick Matthew, 202, 26, 57, 211 Bus Motorists
	Underclassman	Captain Victor Delgado
	Kingdom Hearts II	Banzai the Hyena	Voice; video-game
2006	Cars	Ramone	Voice
	Scarface: The World is Yours	Gaspar Gomez
	Mater and the Ghostlight	Ramone	Voice
2007	The Union: The Business Behind Getting High	Himself
	Grindhouse	Padre Benicio Del Toro
2008	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Manuel	Voice
2009	Expecting a Miracle	Father Arturo	Television film
	Race to Witch Mountain	Eddie Cortez The Auto Mechanic
2010	The Perfect Game	Padre Esteban
	Tales from Earthsea	Hare	Voice; US version only
	Machete	Padre Benicio Del Toro	Cheech also makes an appearance as the Padre in the (then) fictitious Machete trailer for the 2007 Grindhouse double feature. The trailer appears in the DVD for the Planet Terror portion of Grindhouse.
2011	Cars 2	Ramone	Voice
	Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil	Mad Hog
2012	El Santos vs. La Tetona Mendoza	Narrator, El Charro	Voice (Spanish-language Mexican animated film)
	Seven Psychopaths	The Dog, Erick Matthew	Voice
2013	Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie	Cheech/Pedro de Pacas
2014	The Book of Life	Pancho Rodriguez
2016	El Americano: The Movie	Martin	Voice
2017	Cars 3	Ramone	Voice
	Coco	Corrections Officer	Voice
	The War with Grandpa	Danny