American comedian, actor, writer, producer and voice actor, born 15 July 1976 in San Diego, California, USA.
He currently lives in Long Beach, California.
He Has a Chihuahua named Bruno.
Good friends with (singer) Enrique Iglesias.
Mentioned that he loves cake once at a show, and people often bring him cake before and after shows.
(November 2011) Doing his stand up comedy on tour and has a show on Comedy Central called Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution.
He is of Mexican descent.
He has been living with his girlfriend and helping to raise her son for more than ten years.
Is the second most popular stand-up comedian in the Middle East, behind Jeff Dunham.
He relayed the story of his recent weight loss in his feature-length special "The Fluffy Movie". Iglesias was told by his doctor that his blood sugar levels were dangerously high due to Type 2 Diabetes, and estimated that unless he changed his ways, he had two years to live. Weight loss surgery was not advisable due to performing on the road so much, so a combination of an Atkins-like diet, DDP Yoga, and being assisted by his friends on the road to help make sure he stayed on track, allowed him to shed a significant amount of weight, and get his blood sugar under control.
Used to work for a cell phone company before going into stand-up.
I found that laughter was a form of acceptance, and I really enjoyed,that and I just - I crave it.
Connecting with people is not hard. I love the interaction and the,feedback after shows. It does take some time, but the fans appreciate,it which makes it worth it.
When you leave, you basically want to go eat, because I talk a lot about,food in my act. So when you leave, you leave hungry.
I was not the popular kid in school.
In the beginning, when I was doing my shows, I was incorporating a lot,of Spanish, just trying to be a Latino comic instead of just a comic.
