Results: Cheech Marin

Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin (born July 13, 1946) is an American comedian, actor, musician, and activist. Marin was born on July 13, 1946, in South Los Angeles, CA. Marin moved to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1968, in order to evade the draft during the Vietnam War. Did you know he evade the draft?

As a part of the highly successful comedy duo Cheech & Chong, Marin participated in a number of comedy albums and feature film comedies in the 1970s and 1980s. Tommy Chong directed four of their films while co-writing and starring in all seven with Marin. Have you seen one of their movies?

On March 18, 2010, Marin beat journalist Anderson Cooper and actress Aisha Tyler on Celebrity Jeopardy!'s Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational. Cooper admitted he was "crushed" by Marin. Marin also won his semifinal round, but lost in the final to Michael McKean. He had previously won the first Celebrity Jeopardy! tournament in 1992. Do you find that impressive?

Marin established The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture & Industry, in Riverside, CA, which opened June 18, 2022. Marin will be donating his collection of over 700 pieces of Chicano art, the largest collection of such art in the world. The center will provide a location for the presentation and study of Chicano art. Did you know he was an avid collector of Chicano art?