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Rick Najera‌

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Rick Najera

Rick Najera

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Biography

California born Rick Najera started his artistic career as an actor. He is an award-winning actor-writer-director-producer with credits in film, television, theatre and Broadway. Early in his career, he was inspired and mentored by Oscar-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg, Keenen Ivory Wayans and comedian Cheech Marin. Realizing there were few roles for him to play, he took matters into his own hands and started writing his way into Hollywood, and landed his first big writing gig on In Living Color. Rick Najera is one of three Latinos in the history of Broadway to write and star in his own show. Najera made his Broadway debut in 2005 with his award-winning sketch comedy show, Latinologues (TM), the longest running and only showcase of its kind for Latinos in America. Najera penned the holiday film Nothing Like the Holidays starring Debra Messing, Alfred Molina and John Leguizamo, which won him an Alma Award. He was also honored with two WGA nominations for his writing on MADtv. Najera has been honored twice as 100 Most Influential Latinos in America along with several other awards. Rick Najera's fourth book was released in 2013, Almost White: Forced Confessions of a Latino in Hollywood garnering a press tour and five-star reviews on Amazon.com. Rick Najera is the director of the annual CBS Diversity Sketch Comedy Showcase going on 12 years. Rick Najera is a regular contributor to NPR radio and is also a professional speaker (The World Bank, Google, Harvard Law School, Wellesley College, Stanford, CBS, CNN, Al Jazeera, UCLA and more). He is the writer of the multi-Emmy nominated Hulu original series, East Los High and producer of talk show, Latino Thought Makers.

Movie Credits

National Lampoon's TV: The Movie

National Lampoon's TV: The Movie‌
star4.3
calendar 2006

Universal Remote

Universal Remote‌
star4.0
calendar 2007

Floundering

Floundering‌
star4.9
calendar 1994

American Lowrider

American Lowrider‌
star5.6
calendar 2013

A Day Without a Mexican

A Day Without a Mexican‌
star5.8
calendar 2004

Legally Brown

Legally Brown‌
star0.0
calendar 2011

Pledge This!

Pledge This!‌
star2.9
calendar 2006

Red Surf

Red Surf‌
star3.2
calendar 1989

Loco Comedy Jam Volume 1

Loco Comedy Jam Volume 1‌
star0.0
calendar 2008

Habla Men

Habla Men‌
star5.0
calendar 2014

Feliz NaviDAD

Feliz NaviDAD‌
star5.6
calendar 2020

Tv Credits

Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest‌
star5.6
calendar 1981

China Beach

China Beach‌
star7.2
calendar 1988

Bakersfield P.D.

Bakersfield P.D.‌
star10.0
calendar 1993

Spicy City

Spicy City‌
star5.4
calendar 1997

The West Wing

The West Wing‌
star8.3
calendar 1999

Columbo

Columbo‌
star8.1
calendar 1971

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child‌
star6.6
calendar 1995

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child‌
star6.6
calendar 1995

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child‌
star6.6
calendar 1995