Chich Marin: biography, personal life, photo and filmography

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A native of Los Angeles was born on July 13, 1946. Cheech's real name is Richard Anthony Marin. He is best known for the film Stoned, in which he starred with his duet partner. Richard and his friend Tommy started out as stand-up performers and then went on to make their own films, which made them popular.

Family

His parents were far from art. Mother named Elsa held the position of secretary. And father Oscar worked for the good of his country and worked as a policeman. No one could have imagined that the boy in the future would act in films and travel around the country with concerts.

Education and army

As a boy, Richard attended Bishop's High School. After graduating, he entered the University of California, but in the late 1960s he stopped studying.

Richard was not in the mood to join the army because of his pacifist views. So he moved to Vancouver.

The start of the journey

Then an event occurs that will change the entirehis future life - he meets a guy named Tommy Chong. The guys began to communicate well and found a lot in common with each other. Subsequently, by joint efforts, they organized the duet "Chech and Chong". Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong were in the business of making people laugh, and they were good at it. Richard took this nickname for himself only because he considered it consonant with the name of his new friend.

The guys gave their first performances in the stand-up format. They also included funny sketches and humorous songs.

Tommy owned a club in Canada, where the guys performed. The audience who watched their performances told their friends about the duo - this is how Richard and Tommy gained their first popularity and fame.

Until 1972, the duo continued to record humorous songs - and for good reason. After all, this year they were awarded the Grammy, they fell into the category "Best Musical Comedy Album".

Duo work

Recognition and love of the audience motivated the duet to new exploits. So the guys ended up in the movies. Their debut work in the film industry was the film Stoned. The duet members independently wrote the script and played in their creation. True, I had to involve another person, because Tommy could not fully act as an actor and director at the same time. This person, and concurrently the second director, turned out to be Lou Adler. Martin tried his hand at composing for the film.

Their film was critically acclaimedand the audience with a bang. The picture was about two hippies who were lovers of marijuana. After positive reviews, the duo understands that they need to continue to move in this direction and further.

According to the old scheme, they shoot a sequel that appears on the screens already in 1980. Subsequently, the guys every year until 1983 pleased the fans with a continuation of the last series of the picture. All her films were successful, but the theme has become obsolete. But this is not where the duo stops conquering the film industry.

After ending the hippie saga in 1983, the team presents the new film "Yellowbeard" to the audience. A year later, they shoot the comedy film The Corsican Brothers. And already in 1985 they were invited as actors by Martin Scorsese to work on the After Work project.

The same year was marked by a short film "Get out of my room!". This time, the guys changed places a bit, and Cheech Marin did the director's work. The project was created in order to draw attention to the new album of the same name.

This was the last collaboration between Tommy and Richard. Then everyone decides to come to grips with solo work, so the duet breaks up.

Solo career

Richard decided to continue to follow the path of acting. During the period from 1987 to 1995, various series and films were released with his participation. Cheech Marin managed to participate in 57 projects. Richard managed to visit not only the role of an actor. He managed to visit the director again, and he alsotried his hand at voicing another actor for the first time.

The most significant films of that period were the following:

• series "Married with Children", "Tales from the Crypt" and "Like a Movie";
• movies Sudden Awakening, Ghostbusters 2, Desperado and From Dusk Till Dawn.

Then, in the career of actor Chicha Marin, a new promising project appears - "Detective Nash Bridges". The picture received recognition mainly from American viewers. Richard was entrusted with the role of a police inspector named Joe. This character was far from the last place in the film. Cheech justified the trust and regularly performed his role until the closure of the project in 2001.

The next stage in Richard's career can be called a lull, because there were no bright pictures. The only ones that stand out are Spy Kids and Once Upon a Time in Mexico.

Reunion

Then, an event occurred which at the time delighted die-hard fans of the duo Tommy and Richard, as they met on the TV show Biography. It happened in 2003, on the air, the comedians gave an official statement about the readiness of the duo's reunion.

But, unfortunately, the association was thwarted by the authorities. They showed up at Richard's office, raided and charged with selling drug paraphernalia. Thinking, Cheech Marin did not deny his guilt in order to leave his family alone. This resulted in a sentence that Richard served for nine months.

The statement given in the TV show still succeededbe implemented in five years. And in 2008, the duo went on tour to America. The return of the already legendary comedians was a huge success and the approval of the public.

Then, in 2013, the comedians released a sequel to Stoned as a cartoon, where they worked as writers and voice actors. "Non-Children's Cartoon: Stoned" gained fame in narrow circles.

What's today?

In 2018, the actor and comedian managed to work on two series and the film "War with Grandpa".

To date, the filmography of Chicha Marina consists of 118 pictures. Over the past 5 years of his activity in the cinema, the following works of his can be distinguished:

• TV series "Jeff and the Aliens";
• voicing in The Book of Life, Cars 3 and Coco.

Private life

The first wife of Cheech Marina was a girl named Darlene. She once helped the duo in the creation of "Stoned" by playing episodic roles. Their marriage lasted from 1975 to 1984. During this period, Darlene managed to give the comedian a baby.

Two years later, Cheech Marin got a second wife, who turned out to be Patty Haid. She was a professional artist. In the union they had two children. However, their marriage ended in 2009.

In the same year, the nimble comedian married pianist Natasha Rubin. She became the third and last wife of Richard, their marriage continues to this day.

Chicha Marina's photo can be seen in the article.

Interesting facts about"Stoned"

In the first part of the saga, the word "dude" is repeated throughout the whole picture as many as 259 times. With all this, the name of the hero played by Tommy is mentioned only once, at the very beginning of the film, at the time of the quarrel between the guy and his parents.

The track the duo performs live was recorded in 1974.

The registration number of Cheech's hero's car was actually registered to Cheech at that time period.

Tommy appears before the viewer as a supporter of the legalization of marijuana and its use as a medicine. But at the same time, in his notes, he writes that he smokes a little, and after serving his sentence for this in 2003, he will not touch weed until it is legal.