Mario Lopez

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Mario Lopez
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Lopez in 2023
Born (1973-10-10) October 10, 1973 (age 50)
Chula Vista, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • television host
Years active1984–present
Spouses
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(m. 2004;ann. 2004)​
Courtney Mazza
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(m. 2012)​
Children3
Relatives Kailee Wong (brother-in-law)

Mario Lopez (born October 10, 1973 [1] ) is an American actor and television host. He has appeared on several television series, in films, and on Broadway. He is known for his portrayal of A.C. Slater on Saved by the Bell , Saved by the Bell: The College Years , and the 2020 sequel series. He has appeared in numerous projects since, including the third season of Dancing with the Stars and as host for the syndicated entertainment news magazine shows Extra and Access Hollywood . He has also hosted America's Best Dance Crew for MTV. In 2012, he co-hosted the second season of the American version of The X Factor with Khloé Kardashian, and was the sole host for the third and final season.

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Early life, family and education

Lopez was born on October 10, 1973, in Chula Vista, California, the son of Elvira Soledad Trasviña and Mario Alberto López Pérez. [1] [2] [3] Lopez was raised in a Catholic family. His parents are both emigrants from Mexico. His father was born in Culiacán, Sinaloa, and his mother in Tijuana, Baja California. [3] [4] His younger sister, Marissa, is married to former NFL Minnesota Vikings and Houston Texans linebacker Kailee Wong.

Lopez started dance education at age three, training in tap and jazz. [5] He also did tumbling, karate and wrestling at his local Boys and Girls Club when he was 7 years old. [6] He excelled at these as well as other activities in which his mother enrolled him. [7] During high school at Chula Vista High School, he was on the school's wrestling team at the weight class of 160 lb (73 kg). He placed 2nd in the San Diego Section competition and 7th in California his senior year. He graduated in 1991.

Career

Lopez was discovered by a talent agent at a dance recital when he was 10 years old. He initially worked in local advertisements and commercials before making TV appearances. [8]

Acting

Lopez began acting in 1984 when he appeared as younger brother Tomás in the short-lived ABC comedy series a.k.a. Pablo . [9] That same year, he was cast as a drummer and dancer on Kids Incorporated ; he performed on three seasons. In March 1987, he was cast as a guest star on the sitcom The Golden Girls as a Latino boy named Mario who faces deportation. He was cast in a small part in the film Colors (1988) as Felipe's friend.

Lopez was cast in 1989 as A.C. Slater in the television Saturday-morning series sitcom Saved by the Bell (1989–1993), and its spinoff Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993–1994), a role which lasted five years. [10] On February 4, 2015, Lopez reunited with Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Elizabeth Berkley, Dennis Haskins, and Tiffani Thiessen on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , where they appeared in a Saved by the Bell sketch with Fallon. [14] In 2020, Lopez reprised the role of A.C. Slater in Peacock's sequel series, Saved by the Bell . [15]

In 1997, Lopez starred as Olympic diver Greg Louganis in the television film Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story . The following year, he was cast as Bobby Cruz in the USA Network series Pacific Blue for two seasons before it was canceled after the fifth season; he then went on to guest star on Resurrection Blvd. , Eve , and The Bad Girl's Guide . In March 2006, Lopez joined the cast of the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful playing the role of Dr. Christian Ramirez. On July 18, 2006, he was released from his B&B contract. [16] Later that year, Mario guest-starred as a plastic surgeon who drives Christian Troy to jealousy when he sees him naked in the shower in an episode of FX Network's Nip/Tuck during the show's fourth season, which began in autumn 2006. He also made an appearance on George Lopez as a police officer in late 2006.

Also in the fall of 2006, Lopez signed on as a contestant on the third season of Dancing with the Stars on ABC with professional partner and then-girlfriend Karina Smirnoff who was making her series debut. They finished in second place, losing to the team of Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke.

Lopez and Courtney Mazza had a reality show on VH1 called Mario Lopez: Saved by the Baby which premiered on November 1, 2010. [17] Lopez guest-starred as a reporter for Extra Sesame Street in the Sesame Street episode "The Veggie Monster" in 2012.

In December 2020, Lopez starred as Colonel Sanders in A Recipe for Seduction , a short film from Lifetime and KFC. [18] [19] In 2024, Lopez signed a multi-year deal with Great American Media. [20] [21]

Hosting duties

Lopez at the 81st Academy Awards, February 20, 2009 MarioLopezAAFeb09.jpg
Lopez at the 81st Academy Awards, February 20, 2009

In 1992, he hosted his first series on NBC, called Name Your Adventure . He hosted the serial tabloid Extra , as well as the MTV reality shows America's Best Dance Crew and MTV's Top Pop Group . In the 1995–96 season, he hosted the second season of Masters of the Maze on what was then The Family Channel. Lopez is both the host (with Carmen Palumbo) and co-executive producer of Sí TV's Dating Factory. From October to December 2012, he co-hosted the Fox singing competition The X Factor along with Khloe Kardashian. [22] In September 2013, Lopez returned to the show as sole host for season 3 after Kardashian was not asked back as co-host. [23] The X Factor was cancelled on February 7, 2014. [24] From 2002 to 2005, he was the host of the Animal Planet show Pet Star, despite some difficulty with an allergy to cats. [25] Lopez hosted the Miss America pageant in 2007, 2009, and 2010.

Lopez has guest co-hosted The Wendy Williams Show , [26] and MCed the gala benefit for the 2010 Pageant of the Masters arts festival in Laguna Beach, California. [27]

Starting in 2012, Lopez began hosting his own nationally syndicated radio show, ON With Mario Lopez , for Premiere Radio. It streams online daily on iHeartRadio and airs on selected CHR and Hot AC stations (particularly on KBIG-FM/Los Angeles) throughout the U.S.

In August 2014, Lopez began hosting the Hot AC edition of the iHeartRadio Countdown.

In July 2019, it was reported that Lopez would be leaving his duties hosting Extra in order to host rival program Access Hollywood . [28] In November 2019 Lopez was the Grand Marshal of the Hollywood Christmas Parade.

In 2024, Lopez began hosting the Game Show Network series Blank Slate. [29]

Stage career

Outside of TV, Lopez made his Broadway debut on April 15, 2008, in the revival of the musical A Chorus Line as Zach. [30] [31]

Books

Lopez has published three non-fiction books. The first, Mario Lopez Knockout Fitness, was published in 2008 and written together with Jeff O'Connell (who had previously written a fitness book with LL Cool J). [32] His book Extra Lean followed in early 2010 and became a New York Times bestseller. [33] Extra Lean Family was published in May 2012. [34] He released a children's book entitled Mario and Baby Gia by Celebra Children's Books (a division of Penguin Books), on September 27, 2011. The book is about Lopez and his daughter. [35] [36]

Musical

In 2022, it was announced that Lopez is involved in an effort to revive the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo, as he oversaw auditions that took place, in a project named "Menudo: A New Beginning". [37] Lopez helped revive the band as their new manager, and in 2023, Menudo released their first single under Lopez, named "Mi Amore". [38]

Personal life

According to Lopez, Fergie was his first kiss and the two were involved briefly while they were both on the show Kids Incorporated . [39]

In 1993, Lopez was accused of date rape, [40] but prosecutors found no evidence to support the allegation, and multiple witnesses "contradicted the woman's account of her encounter" with Lopez. [41]

After six years of dating, Lopez married actress Ali Landry on April 24, 2004, in a Catholic ceremony at the Las Alamandas resort outside Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, [42] but their marriage was annulled two weeks later. [42] In a 2011 interview, Lopez admitted that the parting transpired after Landry discovered Lopez was unfaithful to her days before the wedding at his bachelor party. [43] Lopez dated professional dancer Karina Smirnoff, his Dancing with the Stars partner, from 2006 to June 2008. [44]

In the fall of 2008, Lopez met Broadway dancer, actress, and producer Courtney Mazza on A Chorus Line on Broadway in New York. [45] They married in Punta Mita, Mexico, on December 1, 2012. [46] They have a daughter (b. 2010) [47] [48] and two sons (b. 2013 and 2019). [49] [50]

Lopez has stated that he is Catholic and goes to church every week. [51] In March 2018, he underwent baptism by immersion at the Jordan River, which was administered by a Catholic priest. [52]

He is a proponent of health and fitness, and was the cover feature for the November 2013 issue of FitnessRX For Men magazine. [53] To complement his fitness regime, Lopez is an amateur boxer and a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu; he began training in early 2017 [54] and received his blue belt in February 2018 under Professor Robert Hill of Gracie Barra Glendale. [55] He received his purple belt in November 2022. [56]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986ChartbustersN/ADirect-to-video film
1988 Colors Felipe's Friend
1996DepravedJessie Mata
1996 Fever Lake SteveDirect-to-video film
1996El Cóndor de oroBodyguard 2
1997The Journey: AbsolutionRyan Murphy
1999 Eastside Antonio Lopez
2000 A Crack in the Floor Lehman
2000Big Brother TroubleCoach
2002Outta TimeDavid MoralesAlternative titles: The Courier, Out of Time
2002 King Rikki Juan VallejoAlternative title: The Street King
2005 Aloha, Scooby-Doo! Manu Tuiama/Mainland SurferVoice, direct-to-video
2006 Unaccompanied Minors Substitute Minors watcher
2010 Get Him to the Greek HimselfCameo
2011 Honey 2 Himself
2013 The Smurfs 2 Social SmurfVoice [57]
2014The Dog Who Saved EasterZeus the DogVoice, direct-to-video
2015The Dog Who Saved SummerZeus the DogVoice, direct-to-video
2016 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Himself
2019 Fantastica: A Boonie Bears Adventure BriarVoice, English version

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984 a.k.a. Pablo Tomas Del GatoMain role
1984–1986 Kids Incorporated HimselfDancer/Drummer (seasons 1–3)
1986The Deacon Street DeerHectorTelevision film
1987 The Golden Girls MarioEpisode: "Dorothy's Prized Pupil"
1989–1993 Saved by the Bell [58] A.C. Slater Main role
1992 Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style A.C. SlaterTelevision film
1993–1994 Saved by the Bell: The College Years A.C. SlaterMain role
1994 Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas A.C. SlaterTelevision film
1994 Bill Nye the Science Guy Himself Communication cameo
1995–1996 Saved by the Bell: The New Class A.C. SlaterEpisodes: "Goodbye, Bayside Part 2" and "Fire at the Max Part 2"
1995–1996 Masters of the Maze HimselfHost (season 2)
1997 Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story Greg Louganis Television film
1997 Killing Mr. Griffin Dave RugglesTelevision film
1999 Pacific Blue Bobby CruzMain role (seasons 4–5)
2001–2003 The Other Half HimselfHost
2002–2005Pet StarHimselfHost
2004The Soluna ProjectAntonioTelevision film
2006 The Bold and the Beautiful Christian Ramirez Contract role, 46 episodes
2006 Dancing with the Stars HimselfContestant (season 3)
2006–2010 Nip/Tuck Dr. Mike HamouiRecurring role, 8 episodes
2007 George Lopez Police Officer SanchezEpisode: "George Can't Let Sleeping Mexicans Lie"
2007 Holiday in Handcuffs David MartinTelevision film
2007 Miss Universe 2007 HimselfHost
2008 Husband for Hire MarcoTelevision film
2008 MTV's Top Pop Group HimselfHost
2008–2012 America's Best Dance Crew HimselfHost
2008 Robot Chicken A.C SlaterVoice, episode: "Boo Cocky"
2008–2019 Extra HimselfHost
2009 The Dog Who Saved Christmas Zeus the DogVoice, television film
2010–2011 Mario Lopez: Saved by the Baby HimselfLead role
2010 The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation Zeus the DogVoice, television film
2011 H8R HimselfHost
2011–2012 Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade HimselfHost
2012 Sesame Street Himself (reporter)Episode: "The Veggie Monster"
2012 Are You There, Chelsea? HimselfEpisode: "Dee Dee's Pillow"
2012–2013 The X Factor HimselfCo-host (season 2)
2012–2013 The Chica Show StitchesVoice
2015–2016 Nashville HimselfEpisodes: "I've Got Reasons to Hate You" and "The Trouble with the Truth"
2015 Major Crimes HimselfEpisode: "Reality Check"
2015 Dinner at Tiffani's HimselfEpisode: "Come in For Comfort Food"
2016 Grease: Live Vince FontaineTelevision film
2016 Almost Royal Himself1 episode
2016 NCIS: New Orleans NOPD Officer HernandezEpisode: "Man On Fire"
2017 Candy Crush HimselfHost [59]
2017A Very Merry Toy StoreWill DiNovaTelevision film
2018 Elena of Avalor CruzVoice, 7 episodes
2018 Jane the Virgin HimselfEpisode: "Chapter Seventy-Nine"
2018-2019 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle HimselfRecurring voice role
2019 Brooklyn Nine-Nine HimselfEpisode: "Four Movements"
2019 The Rookie HimselfEpisode: "GreenLight”
2019–present Access Hollywood HimselfHost
2020 The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia NicoRecurring role, 5 episodes; also co-creator and executive producer
2020Feliz NaviDADDavidTelevision film
2020–2021 Saved by the Bell A.C. Slater Main role
2020 A Recipe for Seduction Harland SandersShort television film [18] [19]
2020 Miss Universe 2020 HimselfHost
2021Holiday in Santa FeTony OrtegaTelevision film
2022 Family Guy HimselfVoice, episode: "Oscars Guy"
2024-presentBlank SlateHimselfHost

Awards

YearGroupAwardRoleResultRefs
1990 Young Artist Awards Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast Saved by the Bell Nominated
1991 Young Artist Awards Best Young Actor Starring in an Off-Primetime SeriesSaved by the BellNominated
1992 Young Artist Awards Best Young Actor Starring in an Off-Primetime or Cable SeriesSaved by the BellNominated
1993 Young Artist Awards Outstanding Hosts for a Youth Magazine, News or Game Show Name Your Adventure Won
1993 Young Artist Awards Best Young Actor in an Off-Primetime SeriesSaved by the BellWon
1994 Young Artist Awards Best Youth Actor in a TV Mini-Series, M.O.W. or Special CBS Schoolbreak Special Nominated
1994 Young Artist Awards Outstanding Youth Host in a TV Magazine, News or Variety ShowName Your AdventureWon
1998 ALMA Awards Outstanding Individual Performance in a Made-for-Television Movie or Mini-Series in a Crossover Role Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story Nominated
1999 ALMA Awards Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Pacific Blue Nominated
2006 Imagen Foundation Awards Best Supporting Actor The Bold and the Beautiful Nominated
2009 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Personality Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew Nominated
2010 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV PersonalityHimselfNominated
2011 ALMA Awards Favorite TV Reality, Variety, or Comedy Personality or Act Mario Lopez: Saved By the Baby Nominated
2011 Young Artist Awards Mickey Rooney AwardHimselfWon

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Dancing with the Stars (U.S.) runner up
Season 3 (Fall 2006 with Karina Smirnoff)		Succeeded by
Media offices
Preceded by Host of Masters of the Maze
1995–1996		Succeeded by
series cancelled
Preceded by Hosts of Miss Universe with Vanessa Minnillo
2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Hosts of Miss Universe with Olivia Culpo
2020 		Succeeded by
Steve Harvey
Preceded by Host of Miss America
2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Host of Miss America
2009–2010 		Succeeded by
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