Paul Rivers

Paul Rivers

Paul Rivers is a Toronto-based actor, known for appearances in Chucky (2021), The Boys (2019), 12 Monkeys (2015), Reign (2013), Hemlock Grove (2013), The Transporter (2012), Murdoch Mysteries (2008), and Suits (2011). Paul's numerous acting credits also span commercial, theatre, and voice-over work. Some of Paul's recent Toronto stage credits include Dark Heart, The Goat, The Baby, The Memo, and Much Ado About Nothing. Paul has an Honours BA in English and Drama from McMaster University and an MFA in Theatre (Directing) from the University of Victoria. He has worked as a director, actor, producer, and dramaturge in regional, fringe, and independent theatres. He has also reviewed new plays and contributed articles for Canadian Theatre Review and served a three-year appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in McMaster University's Theatre and Film Studies program, where he taught directing and acting courses. While at McMaster, Paul also directed several productions there, including An Enemy of the People, Pericles, and Possible Worlds. As Associate Director at Hamilton's Theatre Aquarius, Paul directed Lawrence & Holloman, MindLands, Never Swim Alone and Whole Lotto Love. In 2003, he directed The Long Christmas Dinner at the Shaw Festival as part of the Directors Project. Paul co-founded and served as Artistic Director of two Hamilton-based theatre companies: the Scaffold Theatre Project, where he directed open-air productions of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and As You Like It on the roof of a downtown shopping centre; and the Alchemist Theatre, where selected directing credits included Kvetch, The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine, Othello, and Glengarry Glen Ross.
Paul Rodriguez

Paul Rodriguez

Friendly as all get-out, Latino stand-up comic Paul Rodriguez was born in Mexico but raised in East Los Angeles. After finishing his military service, he went to college on the GI bill with the idea of becoming an attorney, but developed an interest in comedy while taking elective courses. Paul honed his stand-up act at L.A.'s famous The Comedy Store while working as a doorman there, and got his break as an opening act for others at various concerts and universities and as a warm-up comic on Norman Lear's short-lived sitcom Gloria (1982) starring Sally Struthers. Lear was so impressed that he wrote and developed a sitcom specifically for Paul entitled a.k.a. Pablo (1984), which caught the public's eye only briefly. Other comedy series followed, however, including Trial and Error (1988) and Grand Slam (1990), and a few movies also came his way with D.C. Cab (1983) and Born in East L.A. (1987). Sticking to his Latino roots as the basis for his comedy, he has made an appealing crossover hit. The comedian broke through the talk show venue with "El Show de Paul Rodriguez", which had a four-year run, and branched out into directing with the film A Million to Juan (1994), which he also co-wrote and starred in. More recently, he appeared with Paul Hogan in Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001) and had an atypical role in director Clint Eastwood's Blood Work (2002) as an arrogant, smarmy police detective. More recently, he has been visible (good or bad) in A Cinderella Story (2004), The World's Fastest Indian (2005) and Cloud 9 (2006). He also executive-produced and starred in the comedy concert film The Original Latin Kings of Comedy (2002). He has been seen everywhere on cable comedy showcases, including Paul Rodriguez: Behind Bars (1991), Crossing White Lines (1999), Paul Rodriguez Live!: I Need the Couch (1987), Paul Rodriguez: Live in San Quentin (1995), Paul Rodriguez & Friends: Comedy Rehab (2009) and Paul Rodriguez: The Here & Wow (2018)., all of which solidified his reputation as one of the country's best known Hispanic comics in the U.S. Other millennium film credits include a wide variety of roles, including those in Tortilla Soup (2001), Ali (2001), Time Changer (2002), Baadasssss! (2003), Back by Midnight (2004), Lonely Street (2008), I'm Not Like That No More (2010), Mission Air (2014), Pray for Rain (2017), Cholo Zombies (2024). He also provided voices for the animated features Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008), Porndogs: The Adventures of Sadie (2009) and Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010). On TV, he was a regular on the Spanish-speaking comedy Componiendo a Paco (2012) and played the title role in the English-speaking sitcom Fixing Paco (2012). Paul has been recognized for his tireless charity work, which includes strong, avid support for the National Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Farm Aid, Leukemia Telethon, Project Literacy, and Housing Now, among many others.

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