Carlos Mencia was born on October 22, 1967, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, as Ned Arnel Mencia. He grew raised in East Los Angeles, California, in a Roman Catholic family as the second-youngest of 18 children. Carlos was born in Mexico to Magdalena Menca and Roberto Holness but was raised by his aunt and uncle, Consuelo and Pablo Mencia. Mencia went to Garfield High School and, at the age of 19, he sold narcotics and burglarized a residence. Carlos enrolled at California State University to study electrical engineering after graduating from high school, but he left out to pursue a comedic career following a successful open mic performance at The Laugh Factory.
Personal Life
Carlos married Amy in December 2003, and the pair welcomed their first child, Lucas, on December 14, 2006. Joe Rogan openly accused Mencia of copying jokes from various comics in 2005, and in February 2007, he confronted Carlos on stage at West Hollywood’s legendary Comedy Store. George Lopez said that Mencia stole 13 minutes of his stuff for one of his HBO specials, and he told Howard Stern that he once punched Carlos over it. Mencia has also been accused of stealing a Bill Cosby performance for his “No Strings Attached” special, although Carlos claimed that he had never watched “Bill Cosby: Himself,” the film in which the routine was included.
Mencia stated in 2011 that he sought counselling as a result of the plagiarism allegations. He was supposed to march in the New Orleans Mardi Gras parade in 2009, however, he was dropped due to “certain remarks Mr. Carlos Mencia has made in regards to New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina.”
Carlos and Amy spent $4.3 million for a property in Los Angeles’ Encino neighbourhood in October 2009. Eddie Cibrian, the actor, was the seller. The 9,000-square-foot mansion has eight bedrooms and five bathrooms, as well as a home theatre, wet bar and six-car garage.
Career
Mencia used the stage name Carlos in 1988 when Comedy Store owner Mitzi Shore advised he change his first name to appeal to Mexican audiences. He made his television debut in 1990 with an uncredited performance on “In Living Colour,” and he has since appeared on “An Evening at the Improv,” “Comic Relief VI,” and “HBO Comedy Half-Hour.” Carlos was crowned “International Comedy Grand Champion” when competing in the talent show “Buscando Estrellas.” He hosted “Loco Slam” in 1994 and “Funny is Funny!” in 1998, as well as appearing on “Just for Laughs” (1997), “The Roseanne Show” (1998), and the special “Latino Laugh Festival” (1997).
Mencia provided the voice for the animated series “Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child” in 1995 and 1997, and he appeared as a guest star on “Moesha” in 1999. Carlos joined Pablo Francisco and Freddy Soto on “The Three Amigos” tour in 2001, guest-starred on two episodes of “The Bernie Mac Show,” and published his debut comedy CD, “Take a Joke America.” From 2001 through 2005, he played Felix Boulevardez on “The Proud Family,” and he reprised the character in “The Proud Family Movie” in 2005.
In 2002, Mencia participated in the films “Outta Time” and “29 Palms,” hosted his own “Comedy Central Presents” special, and released the album “America Rules,” followed by “Unmerciful” in 2003. From 2005 to 2008, he appeared in the four-season drama “Mind of Mencia,” for which he received an Imagen Foundation Award. Carlos appeared on “Opie and Anthony’s Travelling Virus Comedy Tour” in 2006, and the same year he voiced the King of Mexico in “Drawn Together” and Juan Sanchez in “Farce of the Penguins.”
He co-starred in “The Heartbreak Kid” with Ben Stiller, Malin Akerman, and Michelle Monaghan in 2007, and he played Miguel Ramirez in “Our Family Wedding” with America Ferrera, Regina King, and Forest Whitaker. Mencia has participated in films such as “Make ‘Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America” (2009), “I Am Comic” (2010), and “Phunny Business: A Black Comedy” (2011), and he started presenting the podcast “The Journey” in 2017. Carlos was also a co-founder of the Maggie Rita’s restaurant chain, which operated in New Orleans, Houston, and Galveston.
Mencia had three Imagen Foundation Award nominations, winning Best Actor – Television for “Mind of Mencia” in 2008; he was also nominated in the same category in 2007, and he got the Best Actor – Film nomination for “Our Family Wedding” in 2010. His performance in “Mind of Mencia” has got him two ALMA Award nominations for Outstanding Male Performance in a Comedy Television Series and a NAMIC Vision Award nomination for Best Comedy Performance.
Net Worth
Carlos Mencia is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer of Honduran descent with an estimated net worth of $8 million. Mencia is well known for his stand-up comedy and his Comedy Central show “Mind of Mencia,” which ran from 2005 to 2008. Carlos’ rapid success at comedy clubs such as The Comedy Store led to guest appearances on “The Arsenio Hall Show” and “Buscando Estrellas,” and he was selected as the host of HBO’s “Loco Slam,” a Latino comedy showcase, in 1994.
Mencia has since published additional stand-up comedy specials, including “Not for the Easily Offended” (2005), “No Strings Attached” (2006), and “New Territory” (2011), as well as producing “Mind of Mencia” and several of his specials. Carlos has also appeared in films such as “The Heartbreak Kid” (2007) and “Our Family Wedding” (2010), as well as television shows such as “In Living Colour” (1990), “Moesha” (1999), and “The Bernie Mac Show” (2001).
Facts
| Net Worth | $8 Million |
| Date of Birth | Oct 22, 1967 (55 years old) |
| Place of Birth | San Pedro Sula |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.72 m) |
| Profession | Comedian, Actor, Screenwriter, Television producer, Voice Actor |
| Nationality | United States of America |
