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Rick Najera
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Rick Najera
Homepage
http://www.ricknajera.com
Known For
Acting
Birthday
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Gender
Male
Biography
California born Rick Najera started his artistic career as an actor. He is an award-winning actor-writer-director-producer with credits in film, television, theatre and Broadway. Early in his career, he was inspired and mentored by Oscar-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg, Keenen Ivory Wayans and comedian Cheech Marin. Realizing there were few roles for him to play, he took matters into his own hands and started writing his way into Hollywood, and landed his first big writing gig on In Living Color. Rick Najera is one of three Latinos in the history of Broadway to write and star in his own show. Najera made his Broadway debut in 2005 with his award-winning sketch comedy show, Latinologues (TM), the longest running and only showcase of its kind for Latinos in America. Najera penned the holiday film Nothing Like the Holidays starring Debra Messing, Alfred Molina and John Leguizamo, which won him an Alma Award. He was also honored with two WGA nominations for his writing on MADtv. Najera has been honored twice as 100 Most Influential Latinos in America along with several other awards. Rick Najera's fourth book was released in 2013, Almost White: Forced Confessions of a Latino in Hollywood garnering a press tour and five-star reviews on Amazon.com. Rick Najera is the director of the annual CBS Diversity Sketch Comedy Showcase going on 12 years. Rick Najera is a regular contributor to NPR radio and is also a professional speaker (The World Bank, Google, Harvard Law School, Wellesley College, Stanford, CBS, CNN, Al Jazeera, UCLA and more). He is the writer of the multi-Emmy nominated Hulu original series, East Los High and producer of talk show, Latino Thought Makers.

Filmography

National Lampoon's TV: The Movie

4.4

National Lampoon's TV: The Movie
2006-08-06

Universal Remote

3.7

Universal Remote
2007-03-29

4.8

Floundering
1994-11-04

American Lowrider

5

American Lowrider
2013-09-17

A Day Without a Mexican

5.9

A Day Without a Mexican
2004-05-14

0

Legally Brown
2011-05-26

2.9

Pledge This!
2007-02-08

3.2

Red Surf
1989-12-01

Loco Comedy Jam Volume 1

0

Loco Comedy Jam Volume 1
2008-05-06

5

Habla Men
2014-03-18

5.478

Feliz NaviDAD
2020-11-21

5.6

Falcon Crest
1981-12-04

7.4

China Beach
1988-04-26

Bakersfield P.D.

7.7

Bakersfield P.D.
1993-09-14

5.4

Spicy City
1997-07-11

8.273

The West Wing
1999-09-22

8.058

Columbo
1971-09-15

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

6.3

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995-03-12

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

6.3

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995-03-12

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

6.3

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995-03-12

5.4

The Master
1984-01-20