However, 2020 was a tough year for the Born in East L.A. actor for reasons that seemingly have nothing to do with the COVID-19 pandemic. He’s reportedly facing money troubles and is now suing his accountant of 30 years for mismanagement.

Last October the funnyman announced that he was taking a break from Hollywood to farm lemons in the San Joaquin Valley–he calls the city of Fresno home and owns an orchard in the region. Even while farming, the actor hopes to start a theatre company in the Valley, a sign Rodriguez is not ready to give up his very long acting career. 

Rodriguez started as a comedian in the 1980s and rose to rule Latin comedy that decade and the next. He was ranked 74 on Comedy Central’s 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of all Time. After landing a few minor roles in a couple of movies and tv shows, Rodriguez starred his very own comedy series a.k.a. Pablo on ABC, becoming only the second Latino to do so (Freddy Prinze was the first). Many more TV projects would follow, including the TV series Fixing Paco, Univison’s El Show de Paul Rodriguez from 1990 through 1994, and MTV Tr3’s Mis Videos Locos.

He has appeared in films like Tortilla Soup and Rat Race and done voice over in the animated series King of the Hill and Dora the Explorer and animated film Beverly Hills Chihuahuas. Rodriguez also produced and starred on The Original Latin Kings of Comedy.

Rodriguez is a recipient of the National Council of La Raza Bravo Award and was nominated twice to the American Latino Media Arts or ALMA Awards.

More recently, he starred in Tom Musca’s comedy Chateau Vato about a working-class family who moves into a mansion after discovering the death of its wealthy owner. Mistaken identity and a rag to riches comedy of errors ensue.  He also just wrapped the indie dark comedy The Immortalist by Vladislav Kozlov. 

Currently he is executive producing the indie film American Superman. Also, expect to hear his voice in the upcoming animated live-action, computer-animated film Clifford the Big Red Dog and see him in the comedies Way Out of Bounds, Wanda’s Place, and Michael Jai White’s The Outlaw Johnny Black.

—Cesar Arredondo

Check out this video featuring Paul Rodriguez in The Original Latin Kings of Comedy:

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The second half of the 1970s saw Lynda Carter conquer America and the world in the title role of the TV live-action superheroine Wonder Woman series. Born Linda Jean Cordova Carter, the actress inspired young girls and women as one of few heroes with super powers on television and conquered the hearts of all with her signature look: dark brown, wavy hair, piercing blue eyes and voluptuous figure.

Now the actress who made Wonder Woman a household name makes a cameo as the Amazon named Asteria in the new film Wonder Woman 1984, starring Gal Gadot and now playing in theaters and streaming online.

After Wonder Woman the TV series ended in 1979, Carter went on to star in many movies for television, including a biopic about Rita Hayworth, and appear in various roles in TV series like Smallville and Supergirl. In the latter, Carter stills plays the recurring occasional role of President Olivia Marsdin. She has also lent her  voice to video games.

The Phoenix, Arizona native, who is of Mexican and European descent, also has a music career, recording  several jazz and blues albums. After all, music was her first passion, which led her to perform once in Las Vegas when she was still under 21 years of age. Her most recent album Red Rock N’ Blues came out in 2018. That same year she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring her television career.

In addition to sporadically playing the US president in Supergirl, Carter could soon be seen in the film The Cleaner, starring opposite Luke Wilson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Stargirl) and Shelley Long (Cheers, Modern Family). The drama about a middle-age house cleaner who gets caught up in a violent crime is in post-production.

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