Carlos Jaime Alazraqui
(born July 20, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, impressionist and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Deputy James Garcia on the Comedy Central series Reno 911!
. His voice-over work includes the role of Bobbi Fabulous on Phineas and Ferb, Denzel Q. Crocker on The Fairly OddParents!
, Rocko on Rocko's Modern Life
and as Jonathan Weed on Family Guy
.
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Early life
Alazraqui was born in
Yonkers, New York, to
Argentine parents and moved to
Concord, California, at an early age. He later relocated to Sacramento to attend
Cal State Sacramento where he began competing in open mic contests. After winning in his fourth year of competing at the
San Francisco International Comedy Competition, he took his prize money and moved to
Los Angeles.
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Career
Voice work
Alazraqui has since performed several voices for
Nickelodeon cartoons, including
Rocko on
Rocko's Modern Life
, as well as
Denzel Q. Crocker and
Juandissimo Magnifico on
The Fairly OddParents
. He has also voiced the titular protagonist of the
first game in the
Spyro the Dragon
series, the
Taco Bell chihuahua,
[2] Rikochet in the first two seasons of
Mucha Lucha
and
Mr. Weed (the head of the "Happy Go Lucky" toy factory) on
Family Guy
. It is mentioned in the DVD commentary track that Alazraqui was reluctant to leave the
Family Guy
series. In particular,
Seth McFarlane suggests that the untimely death of Alazraqui's character, Mr. Weed, took the actor by surprise.
In 2005, he added the voices for two
Cartoon Network series -
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
where he played Monroe, a guardian
dog with a
Scottish accent and two characters in
Camp Lazlo
:
Lazlo and Clam. In 2006 added Salty Mike from
Squirrel Boy
and Walden in
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
on Nick Jr. to his credits. He played Wisk in Glen Hill's 2000 film version of
L. Frank Baum's
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
. He also provided the voice of Nestor in
Happy Feet
. He played Paz in
The Paz Show
.
Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, a storyboard writer for
Rocko's Modern Life
, described Alazraqui's normal voice as bearing "no accent at all". Marsh describes Alazraqui's "
Scottish accent" as "one of the best" and that he performs his other accents as "all very well". According to Marsh, Alazraqui uses various accents in his
stand-up comedy routines.
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Alazraqui also does work for the
Disney Channel on the
Playhouse Disney show
Handy Manny
. He provides the voice for Felipe, the bilingual Phillips-head screwdriver, and for Abuelito, Manny's grandfather.
He was also the original "voice guy" on the
Stephanie Miller Show
. His replacement was voice actor
Jim Ward, who had previously substituted for him. In January 2008, he returned to fill in for Jim Ward briefly while he recovered from surgery.
Television
Alazraqui is known for his live-action work in the
mockumentary series
Reno 911!
, in which he played Deputy James Garcia for five seasons (2003-2008). He played the same role in the series' spinoff film,
Reno 911! Miami
. As a nod to this role, he also played a "bumbling" Reno cop in the
CSI
episode "
Let it Bleed". He has been a celebrity on the
Tom Bergeron version of
Hollywood Squares
.
Film
Alazraqui has recently written and starred in
The Last White Dishwasher
, a short film co-starring
Tara Strong.
Filmography
Animated series
- Curious George
-The Doorman (Season 2-current)
- WordGirl
- Rocko, Spunky
- What's New Scooby Doo?
- Luis Santiago
- Shorty McShorts' Shorts
- Monte Costmo
- ¡Mucha Lucha!
- Rikochet, Mr. Midcarda, Additional Voices
- My Life as a Teenage Robot
- Juan Zaragoza
- Camp Lazlo
- Lazlo, Clam, Heimlich McMuesli
- CatDog
- Winslow T. Oddfellow, Lube
- El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
- Grandpapi Rivera/Puma
- Family Guy
- Mr. Weed (seasons 1-3)
- Handy Manny
- Abuelito, Felipe
- Out of Jimmy's Head
- Golly Gopher
- The Paz Show
- Paz
- Petz
- Todd
- Rocko's Modern Life
- Rocko, Spunky, Chuck, Crazy Rabbit, Additional Voices
- Shaun the Sheep
- Shaun
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Scooter (Background Character)/Clari
- Squirrel Boy
- Salty Mike
- The Fairly OddParents
- Denzel Q. Crocker, Juandissimo Magnifico, Mayor, Sheldon Dinkelberg
- The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
- Monroe, Michael Lee, Additional Voices
- The Schnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show
- Spanish Bug
- Time Squad
- Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Comic #1, Mahatmi Gandhi
- Stuart Little: The Animated Series
- Monty the Alley-Cat
- The New Woody Woodpecker Show
- Doctor Von Kook
- Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
- Walden, Wubbzy (When he puts on his speak up annater in Wubbzy The Star).
- What's with Andy?
- Craig Benett (2001-2002)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Tho and Due
- Rayman: The Animated Series
- Admiral Razorbeard, Cookie
- Disney's House of Mouse
- Panchito
- Phineas and Ferb
- Bobbi Fabulous, a member of the band Love Handel
- The Angry Beavers
- Additional voices (played minor characters)
- ''The Super Hero Squad Show - Captain Australia, Cyclops, Ringmaster
Live-action roles
- Reno 911!
- James Oswaldo Garcia (2003-2008)
- Reno 911!: Miami
- James Oswaldo Garcia
- Saul of the Mole Men
- Stromulus Guandor (voice)
- Pushing Daisies
- Gordon McSmalls
Movie roles
- Space Chimps
- Houston
- Happy Feet
- Néstor
- Howl's Moving Castle
- Additional Voices
- I Downloaded a Ghost
- Winston Pritchet
- The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
- Wisk
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
- Goofy Goober
- Ben 10: Race Against Time
- Grey Matter
- Dirt Merchant
- Ronny Orlando
- The Last White Dishwasher
- Bobby Ray Jacobs
- The Godson
- Tony flack you muntana
Video game roles
- GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
- Dr. Julius No
- Justice League Heroes
- Key
- Soviet Strike
- Bill Clinton
- Spyro the Dragon
- Spyro
- Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
- Darc
- The Bard's Tale
- additional voices
- Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
- William McCall; additional voices
Commercials
- Taco Bell
commercials - Taco Bell chihuahua
References
- Carlos Alazraqui
- Taco Bell Dog Story
- "Dan Abrams' interview with Jeff "Swampy" Marsh," ''The Rocko's Modern Life FAQ''