Cheech Marin Biography

Fast Facts

• "Cheech" is short for Chicharron (deep-fried pork skin)
• Apprenticed for a Canadian potter as a youth
• Met Tommy Chong in a Vancouver bar and the two began performing improv routines together soon after
• As the comedy troupe Cheech & Chong, they created skits, albums and movies from 1972 to '85
• Won the first Celebrity Jeopardy! tournament in 1992
• As of 2011, has provided voices for four Disney animated feature films: Tito in Oliver & Company (1988); Banzai in The Lion King (1994); and Ramone in Cars (2006) and Cars 2 (2011)
• Markets his own line of hot sauce
• Hobbies include golf and art collecting