Al Madrigal Biography
Al Madrigal is an American comedian, writer, actor, and producer who rose to prominence as a regular correspondent on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show for five seasons. He co-founded the All Things Comedy podcast network with Bill Burr.
How old is Al Madrigal? – Age
He is 52 years old as of 4 July 2023. He was born in 1971 in San Francisco, California, United States. His real name is Alessandro Liborio Madrigal.
Al Madrigal Family – Education
Madrigal was born in San Francisco, CA. He grew up in San Francisco’s Inner Sunset District, with future comedians Mike Pritchard and Margaret Cho. His father is a Mexican (from Tijuana), and his mother is Sicilian. He attended Ecole Notre Dame Des Victoires, a private Catholic school in San Francisco that focuses on teaching French language and culture. He attended St. Ignatius College Preparatory High School in 1989. He later attended the University of San Francisco.
Al Madrigal Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $1 million.
Al Madrigal Height
He stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches(1.75m).
Al Madrigal Stand-up
Madrigal’s stand-up parody is story-based, fixating on his own life, family, and the turmoil brought about by his multiethnic foundation. From the get-go in his satire vocation, he was frequently categorized as a “Latino comic.” Madrigal says he has been reprimanded as not being sufficiently latino, for example, for not communicating in Spanish.
Madrigal started his vocation in San Francisco’s satire clubs, both as an independent entertainer and as an individual from the sketch bunch New Robots, which he helped to establish. In 2002, he partook in his most memorable significant openness in two satire celebrations: SF Sketchfest, as a feature of New Robots, and the “New Faces” grandstand of the Only for Chuckles Celebration in Montreal.
In 2004, Madrigal won a jury grant for best professional comic at the U.S. Parody Expressions Celebration in Aspen, Colorado. In the wake of winning the honor, he marked an ability holding manage CBS.
Madrigal’s Fun times TV Presents half-hour extraordinary debuted in July 2005. In April 2013, Madrigal’s initial one-hour unique, “Why Is The Hare Crying?,” additionally debuted on Fun times TV. The unique was named one of the main 10 satire specials of 2013 by the two Westword and The Town Voice and was commended for “dismantling generalizations instead of implementing them” and “draining disjointedness among assumptions and reality to funny impact.”
Madrigal taped his most recent stand-up unique, “Shrimpin’ Ain’t Simple” in that frame of mind in the Masonic Cabin at Hollywood Always Graveyard. Coordinated by Neal Brennan, the unique debuted on Kickoff in 2017. Madrigal has been a visitor on Jimmy Kimmel Live! furthermore, The Late Show with Craig Ferguson. He showed up on The This evening Show with Conan O’Brien on July 8, 2009. He later showed up on Conan’s TBS Show, Conan, on May 10, 2011.
Al Madrigal The Daily Show
On May 17, 2011, it was revealed that Madrigal would be joining Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show. He was commonly referred to as the “Senior Latino Correspondent.”
Madrigal auditioned for the show after being recommended by stand-up comedian Adam Lowitt, who is also one of its producers. Madrigal and Lowitt presented a piece at Carolines on Texas Representative Debbie Riddle, who introduced a bill that would create state penalties for individuals who “intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly” recruited unlawful immigrants, excluding domestic labor. Madrigal later read the poem to Jon Stewart, who hired him on the spot.
Al Madrigal Half Like Me
Fusion presented Madrigal’s one-hour humorous documentary special, Half Like Me, on January 22, 2015. The show follows Madrigal’s effort to reconnect with his Mexican ancestors in preparation for a family reunion in Tijuana, Mexico. Throughout the show, Madrigal discusses many facets of Latino culture in the United States. The A.V. Club rated it “solid and thought-provoking,” while the Los Angeles Times named it a “Critic’s Pick.” In an interview with LA Weekly, Madrigal stated, “People are actually reaching out and wanting to teach this in their classrooms.”
Al Madrigal Movies
♦ 2023 – Air
♦ 2022 – Morbius
♦ 2022 – Unplugging
♦ 2021 – The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
♦ 2021 – Violet
♦ 2021 – Happily
♦ 2020 – The Way Back
♦ 2018 – Night School
♦ 2016 – Punching Henry
♦ 2016 – Snatched
♦ 2015 – Still Punching The Clown
♦ 2015 – Half Like Me
Al Madrigal TV Shows
♦ 2008 – Happy Hour
♦ 2008 – Buddy ‘n’ Andy
♦ 2009 – Los Foley Guys
♦ 2008–2009 – Gary Unmarried
♦ 2009 – The Very Funny Show
♦ 2007–2010 – Wizards of Waverly Place
♦ 2010 – Pretend Time
♦ 2010 – Tax Man
♦ 2010 – 3 Non Juans
♦ 2011–2016 – The Daily Show
♦ 2011–2012 – Free Agents
♦ 2014 – American Dad!
♦ 2014–2015 – About a Boy
♦ 2016 – Lucifer
♦ 2016 – Fresh Off the Boat
♦ 2016 – This Is Not Happening
♦ 2017–2018 – I’m Dying Up Here
♦ 2018 – Single Parents
♦ 2019 – Ball & Tee
♦ 2020 – Broke
♦ 2020 – Muppets Now
♦ 2021 – Physical
♦ 2022–present – Lopez vs Lopez
♦ 2023 – Clone High
♦ 2024 – Barmageddon
