Gabriel Iglesias

Gabriel Iglesias legal last name is actually Iglecias, he stated, because his "mom was pissed off that my dad was not there for his only son's birth, so to mess with his 'machismo' she changed the spelling of my last name to annoy him." He was born in San Diego but spends much more time in Long Beach. Iglesias, also known as "Fluffy," He is the youngest of 6 children with 4 sisters and a brother. He graduated from Wilson High school in Long Beach. He loves his Hawaiian shirts.

In his comedy, Iglesias tells a mixture of storytelling, parodies, characters, and sound effects that bring his personal issues to life. Known as the "fluffy" comic in a Hawaiian shirt, he often riffs about his weight, talking, for example, about how little dancing it takes for him to work up a sweat at the nightclub, or how hearing his girlfriend coo the words "chocolate cake" over the telephone works like phone sex for him. He also does impersonations of other Latin-American comedians such as Paul Rodriguez, George Lopez, and Carlos Mencia.


In many of Iglesias' performances, he refers to the "Five Levels of Fat." These five levels (now six since the "Oh Hell No!" addition) are used by Iglesias to describe the girth of others and himself. He stated that his mother told him the levels when he called himself fat in front of her. From most lithe to the greatest expansion of the body, the levels are: "Big," "Healthy," "Husky," "Fluffy," "damn!" and "Oh Hell No!" Of these, Gabriel considers himself to match the description of "Fluffy" hence his alias "Fluffy Man."

Gabriel,, was put on the map by the Galavision TV show Que Locos! This highly successful television comedy hour quickly spawned a nationwide tour of sold-out performances across the country. The experience not only helped to develop Gabriel's fan base, but also led to additional film and television roles. He was guest-starred on ABC's My Wife and Kids and Family Guy. His stand-up has been featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late Show, Good Morning America, Showtime at the Apollo and BET'S Comic View. On the big screen, he has been seen in the independent films El Matador and The Surfer King, in which he played the role of Aokee, the manager of a water park Surf and Snack Shack.

Gabriel is noted for winning many awards including the Comedy Central & Comcast Cable's Comedy Special of the year in 2003 and for the next five years was among the top 25 most requested comics in Comedy Central's Standup Showdown.

Iglesias was a contestant on the fourth season of Last Comic Standing in 2006. He progressed far enough in the competition to become one of its final eight comics, but he was disqualified at that point for having used a BlackBerry to communicate with family and friends, which violated the rules of the show.

Gabriel was on the cast of "All That" for the show's sixth season when he was younger. By the end of the season, Gabriel describes (in his "I'm Not Fat; I'm Fluffy" special) how the producers gave him a remote car starter,and how he used it to scare his friends and his mother.