Cheech Marin

Lent her voice to the live-action comedy "Beverly Hills Chihuahua"

Voiced Ramone in the Pixar animated feature "Cars"

Played Captain Victor Delgado, opposite Nick Cannon in the comedy "Underclassman"

Cast in John Sayles’ political satire "Silver City" starring Chris Cooper, Kris Kristofferson, Daryl Hannah and Richard Dreyfuss

Cast in the holiday comedy "Christmas with the Kranks" directed by Joe Roth

Again teamed with director Robert Rodriguez for "Once Upon A Time In Mexico"

Reunited with Robert Rodriguez in the film "Spy Kids 2: The Island Of Lost Dreams"

Cast as Jesus in the feature "Luminarias"

Appeared in the feature "Paulie: A Parrot's Tale", starring Gena Rowlands

Hosted "Latino Laugh Festival", a pay-per-view production of Showtime Event Television

Cast as a regular on the CBS crime drama "Nash Bridges", co-starring Don Johnson

Provided able support to Kevin Costner and Don Johnson in Ron Shelton's "Tin Cup"

First collaboration as an actor with writer-director Robert Rodriguez, portraying the "Short Bartender" in "Desperado"

Provided the voice of Banzai the Hyena for the blockbuster Disney animated feature "The Lion King"; also performed songs

Debut as a TV series regular, played the recently divorced Mexican chef Chuy Castillos on the sitcom spin-off "The Golden Palace"

Provided the voice of Buck, the family dog, on the hit sitcom "Married. . . With Children" in an episode entitled "Look Who's Barking"

Appeared in a guest shot on HBO's "Dream On" in an episode entitled "The Taking of Pablum 1-2-3"

Reunited with Chong to record roles for the animated feature "FernGully: The Last Rainforest" (released 1992)

First feature assignment as a voice actor, played Tito in the Disney cartoon, "Oliver & Company"

TV producing debut, executive producer of "The Cheech Show", an unsold NBC sitcom pilot (also co-wrote and starred)

Feature directing debut, "Born in East L.A." (also wrote screenplay and lyrics for title song; starred)

Portrayed a singing East Indian shopowner in a sketch on "The Tracey Ullman Show"

Cast in the major supporting role of Jose Mondragon in Robert Redford's production of "The Milagro Beanfield War"; performed the role for the books-on-tape audio version of the John Nichol novel; subsequently lost the film role when Redford changed his mind (date approximate)

Made TV directing debut on first TV special, "Cheech and Chong Get Out of My Room" (also wrote; co-starred and performed songs with Chong); special consisted of four music videos joined by documentary-style footage

Reunited with Chong for a small but pivotal part in Martin Scorsese's "After Hours"

With Chong, discovered Paul Reubens, then performing his Pee-wee Herman at the Groundlings improv group; cast him in "Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams" (1981)

Feature debut as co-screenwriter, songwriter and actor (with Chong), "Up in Smoke"

Recorded comedy album "Cheech & Chong"; nominated for the 1971 Grammy for Best Comedy Recording

With Chong, formed comedy duo Cheech and Chong (date approximate)

Met future partner Tommy Chong; began performing improv (date approximate)

Active in music as a child; performed in bands; reportedly appeared on albums

Began playing Canadian and US clubs; opened for rock bands

Born in South Central Los Angeles and raised in Granada Hills, a suburb of the San Fernando Valley

Boxed in police leagues as a youth

Left Cal State, Northridge eight credits short of a degree in English; fled to Vancouver, British Columbia to evade the draft

Provided the voice of Buck the Dog for two episodes of "Married. . . With Children"

Took first directorial credit (after reportedly co-directing several Cheech & Chong features uncredited) for the music video "Born in East L.A."

With Chong, co-founded City Works, an improv group that combined comedy and music, at a Vancouver nightclub owned by Chong's brother