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Carlos Mencía
Mencia performing in December 2009
Birth name
Ned Arnel Mencía
Born
(1967-10-22) October 22, 1967 (age 56) San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Years active
1990–present
Genres
Observational comedy, black comedy, insult comedy, physical comedy, satire
Subject(s)
Latin American culture, race relations, family, everyday life, pop culture, human behavior
Spouse
Amy Mencia
(m. 2003)
Children
1
Ned Arnel "Carlos" Mencía (born October 22, 1967) is a Honduran-American comedian, writer, and actor. His style of comedy is often political and involves issues of race relations, Latin American culture, criminal justice, and social class. He is best known for as the host of the Comedy Central show Mind of Mencia (2005–2008). Around the time of the show's cancellation, several comedians accused Mencía of plagiarism and stealing jokes.[1]
^Keller, Joel (November 27, 2011). "A Comedian's Act Is Leaner But Not Meaner". The New York Times. New York City. p. 27. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
Ned Arnel "Carlos" Mencía (born October 22, 1967) is a Honduran-American comedian, writer, and actor. His style of comedy is often political and involves...
Mind of Mencia is an American comedy television series on the cable channel Comedy Central. Hosted by comedian CarlosMencia, it aired over the course...
comedian CarlosMencia of joke thievery, a claim he had made since 1993. The situation culminated in February 2007 when Rogan confronted Mencia on stage...
directed by Rick Famuyiwa. It stars Forest Whitaker, America Ferrera, CarlosMencia, Diana-Maria Riva, Lance Gross, Charlie Murphy and Regina King. The...
guest on the show many times. Redban filmed the confrontation between CarlosMencia and Joe Rogan in 2007. The first episode of the Deathsquad podcast aired...
his own is the surreal phrase "little tiny hairs". Many years later, CarlosMencia performed a bit about athletes and their parents that hearkened back...
spoofed throughout the season, including the Jonas Brothers, Kanye West, CarlosMencia, Paul Watson and Glenn Beck, all of whom publicly responded to their...
Amigos" with CarlosMencia and Freddy Soto. Since then, he has performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, VH1's ILL-ustrated, Mind of Mencia as "The Voiceover...
comedian CarlosMencia was known for using it, and other pejoratives, extensively and used it regularly for comedic effect in his Mind of Mencia program...
Bobby Lee, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Sebastian Maniscalco, Marc Maron, CarlosMencia, Joe Rogan, Garry Shandling, Duncan Trussell, Jerry Seinfeld, Robin...
inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress. CarlosMencia discussed his plagiarism allegations in a May 2010 episode. Maron thought...
two years traveling on a bus with the Honduran-born American comedian CarlosMencia and several other comics. Alonzo ended up leaving the tour. Alonzo then...
regular comedy sets, he received offers to open for both Pauly Shore and CarlosMencia. He then began working regularly at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles...
Macdonald Kathleen Madigan Sebastian Maniscalco Howie Mandel Marc Maron CarlosMencia Dennis Miller Paul Mooney Eddie Murphy Christina Pazsitzky Esther Povitsky...
expression, who enjoys harassing Oscar. Felix Boulevardez (voiced by CarlosMencia) is Oscar's neighbor and best friend. He is the father of LaCienega...
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