Cheech Marin Net Worth 2024

What is Cheech Marin’s Net Worth and Salary?

Cheech Marin is an American comedian, actor, and author who has a net worth of $30 million. Marin is finest identified for his work within the comedy duo Cheech & Chong, alongside Tommy Chong. The duo launched 11 albums (together with stand-up comedy, soundtracks, and compilations), successful a Grammy for 1974’s “Los Cochinos,” and so they starred in a number of movies collectively, similar to “Up in Smoke” (1978), “Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie” (1980), and “Still Smokin” (1983).

Cheech has greater than 140 appearing credit to his title, together with “Born in East L.A.” (1987), “Tin Cup” (1996), “Once Upon a Time in Mexico” (2003), and the “Spy Kids” franchise (2001–2003). He performed Inspector Joe Dominguez on “Nash Bridges” (1996–2001) and Ignacio Messina on “Judging Amy” (2004–2005) and has lent his voice to the Disney movies “Oliver & Company” (1988), “The Lion King” (2004), “Cars” (2006), “Cars 2” (2011), and “Cars 3” (2017). Marin printed the memoir “Cheech Is Not My Real Name…But Don’t Call Me Chong!” in 2017, and he has written the youngsters’s books “Cheech the School Bus Driver” (2007), “Captain Cheech” (2008), and “Cheech and the Spooky Ghost Bus” (2009). Marin additionally has his personal enterprise, Cheech’s Stash, which sells hashish and CBD merchandise, similar to tinctures and physique lotions.

Early Life

Cheech Marin was born Richard Anthony Marin on July 13, 1946, in South Los Angeles, California. His mom, Elsa, was a secretary, and his father, Oscar, was a police officer with the LAPD. Both of Cheech’s dad and mom had been Mexican-American, and he identifies as Chicano. As a baby, he underwent surgical procedure to restore a cleft lip, and he bought the nickname “Cheech” as a child when his uncle stated he seemed like a chicharrón (fried pork rind). Marin attended Bishop Alemany High School, then enrolled at San Fernando Valley State College (now often known as California State University, Northridge), the place he studied English and joined the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. Cheech moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, within the late Nineteen Sixties to keep away from being drafted in the course of the Vietnam War.

Cheech and Chong

Marin met Tommy Chong in Vancouver, and the 2 started performing collectively in an improv troupe, then teamed up as a stand-up comedy duo. They launched their debut comedy album, “Cheech and Chong,” in 1971, and it went Gold within the U.S., as did 1972’s “Big Bambu,” 1973’s “Los Cochinos,” and 1974’s “Cheech & Chong’s Wedding Album.” Cheech & Chong made their first characteristic movie, “Up in Smoke,” in 1978, and it grossed $44.3 million on the field workplace (which, in line with a 2018 “Forbes” article, equals roughly $151 million after adjusting for inflation). Beginning with 1980’s “Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie,” the pair launched one movie per 12 months till the mid-Eighties, starring in “Nice Dreams,” “Things Are Tough All Over,” Still Smokin,” “Cheech & Chong’s The Corsican Brothers,” and “Get Out of My Room.” Cheech and Chong break up up in 1985, however sporadically labored collectively within the Nineteen Nineties and early 2000s, doing voice appearing within the 1992 movie “FernGully: The Last Rainforest” and a 2000 episode of “South Park,” and Chong guest-starred on “Nash Bridges” in 1997. In 2008, they reunited for the “Light Up America” comedy tour, and so they had been roasted by fellow comedians and actors on the TBS particular “Cheech & Chong: Roasted.” They voiced themselves on “The Simpsons” in 2011, and so they co-starred in “Cheech & Chong’s Animated Movie!” in 2013.

Other Work

Marin wrote, directed, and starred in 1987’s “Born in East L.A.,” then appeared within the movies “Ghostbusters II” (1989), “Troop Beverly Hills” (1989), and “Far Out Man” (1990). He performed Chuy Castillos on “The Golden Girls” spin-off “The Golden Palace” from 1992 to 1993, and he guest-starred on “Tales from the Crypt” (1993), “Dream On” (1994), and “Sesame Street” (1995). Cheech starred within the 1994 TV film “The Cisco Kid” (1994) and appeared in 1996’s “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Tin Cup,” and “The Great White Hype.” From 1996 to 2001, he co-starred with Don Johnson on the CBS sequence “Nash Bridges,” showing in 120 episodes. Marin performed Felix Gumm The Fake Uncle in 2001’s “Spy Kids” and reprised his position in 2002’s “Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams” and 2003’s “Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over.” He co-starred with Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek in 2003’s “Once Upon a Time in Mexico,” then appeared in “Christmas with the Kranks” (2004), “Grindhouse” (2007), “Race to Witch Mountain” (2009), and “Machete” (2010). From 2007 to 2009, he had a recurring position as David Reyes on the ABC sequence “Lost.”

In latest years, Cheech has voiced characters in “The Book of Life” (2014), “El Americano: The Movie” (2016), and “Coco” (2017), and he appeared within the 2020 movie “The War with Grandpa” and was the topic of the 2019 documentary “The Cheech: An American Icon’s Crusade for the Chicano Art Movement.” He launched the best-selling kids’s albums “My Name is Cheech, the School Bus Driver” (1992) and “My Name is Cheech, the School Bus Driver ‘Coast to Coast'” (1997), and he might be heard in quite a few video video games, together with “Kingdom Hearts II” (2006), “Scarface: The World is Yours” (2006), and “Disney Infinity” (2013). In 2010, Marin defeated actress Aisha Tyler and journalist Anderson Cooper within the “Celebrity Jeopardy” Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational, and he competed on the Food Network’s “Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off” in 2012.

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Personal Life

Cheech married Darlene Morley on November 1, 1975, and so they had one little one earlier than divorcing in 1984. Darlene appeared in a couple of early Cheech & Chong movies below the title Rikki Marin, and she or he co-produced “Cheech & Chong’s The Corsican Brothers.” Marin wed artist Patti Heid on April 1, 1986, and so they had two kids collectively. Cheech and Patti divorced in 2009, and Marin married pianist Natasha Rubin on August eighth of that 12 months. An avid artwork collector for many years, Cheech’s assortment consists of items by Diego Rivera and Ed Ruscha, and he owns dozens of works by a number of different outstanding Chicano artists. In 2017, it was introduced that Marin was establishing The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture & Industry in Riverside, California, which is able to home greater than 700 items from his artwork assortment. Cheech has undergone knee substitute surgical procedure twice and has stated that he managed his post-surgical ache with hashish merchandise.

Awards and Nominations

Cheech & Chong have been nominated for six Grammys, successful Best Comedy Recording for “Los Cochinos” in 1974. The ALMA Awards honored Marin with a Community Service Award in 1999 and a Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Career Achievement in 2012. He additionally earned ALMA Award nominations for his work in “Race to Witch Mountain,” “Funny Flubs & Screw-Ups V,” “Paulie,” “Nash Bridges,” and the “2nd Annual Latino Laugh Festival.” Cheech gained three awards on the 1987 Havana Film Festival for “Born in East L.A.” – Best Screenplay, the Glauber Rocha Award, and Grand Coral – Third Prize. He was named Best Supporting Actor for “Dark Harvest” on the 2016 Oregon Independent Film Festival, and he acquired a Creative Achievement Award on the 2001 Imagen Foundation Awards. Marin additionally earned an American Comedy Award nomination for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for “Tin Cup” and NCLR Bravo Award nominations for “Nash Bridges” (Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series), “Latino Laugh Festival” (Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Variety or Music Series/Special), and “Tin Cup” (Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film).

Real Estate

Over the years, Marin has owned a variety of spectacular houses in Malibu, California. Cheech and second spouse Patti Heid purchased a number of houses within the Nineteen Nineties, earlier than splitting up in 2009. At their peak, their predominant property really consisted of 4 contiguous properties. They started shopping for Malibu properties in 1996, and Patti acquired a minimum of two of the properties of their divorce settlement. Cheech bought a minimum of one of many remaining properties round 2010 for $6 million. He seems to not personal any of the unique 4 properties acquired with Patti and as a substitute owns a unique Malibu dwelling.

Art Collection

An avid artwork collector for many years, Cheech’s assortment as we speak consists of items by Diego Rivera and Ed Ruscha. He owns dozens of works by a number of different outstanding Latino artists.