Guillermo Rodriguez (comedian)

Rodriguez began working as a parking-lot security guard for Jimmy Kimmel Live! studio in 2003.^[6] At that time he also had a second full-time job as a hotel room server as well as working a third job during weekends.^[7] After he was caught sleeping in announcer Dicky Barrett's car, Kimmel offered to have him appear on the show.^[8] Due to his shyness at the time, Rodriguez initially turned down the offer to appear on the show in 2003 but was talked into it by one of the producers.^[7][9] His early appearances were with "Uncle Frank" Potenza in a series of bits called "Security Night Live".^[10][11] (Potenza had originally handled security for the show before his role was expanded to appear on screen.)^[11] Rodriguez soon moved to acting in skits on the show, with his first role being Michael Jackson's Spanish cook. His broken English coupled with his affability earned him a high-profile supporting role as a personality on the show, in which he usually plays the Everyman.^[10] Guillermo took over main red-carpet interviewing duties in 2011 after Potenza died.^[5]

Rodriguez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico.^[1] He is married and has a son.^[12] He became a U.S. citizen in 2005.^[13]