Mario Lopez was born on October 10,1973 and is an American actor and television host.
33 Facts About Mario Lopez
2.
Mario Lopez has appeared on several television series, in films, and on Broadway.
3.
Mario Lopez 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.
4.
Mario Lopez has hosted America's Best Dance Crew for MTV.
5.
Mario Lopez's father was born in Culiacan, Sinaloa, and his mother in Tijuana, Territorio Norte de Baja California.
6.
Mario Lopez did tumbling, karate and wrestling at his local Boys and Girls Club when he was 7 years old.
7.
Mario Lopez excelled at these as well as other activities his mother enrolled him.
8.
Mario Lopez placed 2nd in the San Diego Section competition and 7th in California his senior year.
9.
Mario Lopez was discovered by a talent agent at a dance recital when he was 10 years old.
10.
Mario Lopez initially worked in local advertisements and commercials before making TV appearances.
11.
Mario Lopez was cast in a small part in the film Colors as Felipe's friend.
12.
On February 4,2015, Mario 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.
13.
In 1997, Mario Lopez starred as Olympic diver Greg Louganis in the television film Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story.
14.
In March 2006, Mario Lopez joined the cast of the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful playing the role of Dr Christian Ramirez.
15.
Mario Lopez made an appearance on George Lopez as a police officer in late 2006.
16.
Also in the fall of 2006, Mario 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.
17.
Lopez and Courtney Mazza had a reality show on VH1 called Mario Lopez: Saved by the Baby which premiered on November 1,2010.
18.
Mario Lopez guest-starred as a reporter for Extra Sesame Street in the Sesame Street episode "The Veggie Monster" in 2012.
19.
In December 2020, Mario Lopez starred as Colonel Sanders in A Recipe for Seduction, a short film from Lifetime and KFC.
20.
Mario Lopez hosted the serial tabloid Extra, as well as the MTV reality shows America's Best Dance Crew and MTV's Top Pop Group.
21.
Mario Lopez is both the host and co-executive producer of Si TV's Dating Factory.
22.
In September 2013, Mario Lopez returned to the show as sole host for season 3 after Kardashian was not asked back as co-host.
23.
Mario Lopez hosted the Miss America pageant in 2007,2009, and 2010.
24.
Mario Lopez has guest co-hosted The Wendy Williams Show, and MCed the gala benefit for the 2010 Pageant of the Masters arts festival in Laguna Beach, California.
25.
In July 2019, it was reported that Mario Lopez would be leaving his duties hosting Extra in order to host rival program Access Hollywood.
26.
In November 2019 Mario Lopez was the Grand Marshal of the Hollywood Christmas Parade.
27.
Outside of TV, Mario Lopez made his Broadway debut on April 15,2008 in the revival of the musical A Chorus Line as Zach.
28.
Mario Lopez released a children's book entitled Mario and Baby Gia by Celebra Children's Books, on September 27,2011.
29.
In 2022, it was announced that Mario 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".
30.
Mario Lopez helped revive the band as their new manager, and in 2023, Menudo released their first single under Mario Lopez, named "Mi Amore".
31.
Mario Lopez dated professional dancer Karina Smirnoff, his Dancing with the Stars partner, from 2006 to June 2008.
32.
Mario Lopez has stated that he is Catholic and goes to church every week.
33.
Mario Lopez is a proponent of health and fitness, and was the cover feature for the November 2013 issue of FitnessRX For Men magazine.