1. Oscar Nunez is best known for his role as the Dunder Mifflin accountant Oscar Martinez on NBC's The Office.
20 Facts About Oscar Nunez
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Oscar Nunez was a member of The Groundlings and later became a regular cast member on The Office.
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Oscar Nunez created and co-starred in the Comedy Central series Halfway Home in 2007, and in 2014 co-starred in the short-lived USA Network comedy series Benched.
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Oscar Nunez's family moved to Boston when he was two years old and then to Union City, New Jersey, when he was four.
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Oscar Nunez attended various colleges in New York, including the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Parsons School of Design.
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Oscar Nunez became a certified dental technician after studying at the Magna Institute of Dental Technology.
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Oscar Nunez started his comedy career in New York, performing over 300 shows with The Shock of the Funny theater company.
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In 1997, Oscar Nunez graduated from the Warner Brothers Comedy Writer's Workshop.
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Oscar Nunez won the 2007 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Broadband Comedy for The Office: The Accountants.
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Oscar Nunez was the creator and executive producer of the Comedy Central series Halfway Home, in which he co-starred as the character Eulogio Pla.
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In 2009, Oscar Nunez played the role of Ramon, the caterer, stripper, soda jerk, and finally clergy performing the wedding ceremony in The Proposal.
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In 2012, Oscar Nunez played the role of Jose Baez, an attorney in the Lifetime movie Prosecuting Casey Anthony.
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Oscar Nunez appeared as one of eight judges in the 2010 Miss USA Contest, posing a question about the Arizona undocumented immigrant law to Miss Oklahoma USA, Morgan Elizabeth Woolard.
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Oscar Nunez was booed by the audience before finishing the question; however he asked the audience to wait until he finished the question before they reacted.
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In 2014, Oscar Nunez co-starred alongside Eliza Coupe and Jay Harrington in the short-lived USA Network comedy series Benched.
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In 2016, Oscar Nunez appeared as a regular in the TBS comedy series, People of Earth.
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In 2018, Oscar Nunez portrayed State Farm Insurance Agent Cole Perez in a series of commercials.
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In July 2018, Oscar Nunez took on the role of Desi Arnaz, starring in the world premiere production of I Love Lucy: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Sitcom, a behind-the-scenes stage comedy about I Love Lucy by Gregg Oppenheimer.
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From 2019 to 2020, Oscar Nunez portrayed Assistant Principal Carlos Hernandez on the Netflix original comedy series Mr Iglesias.
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Oscar Nunez is married to actress Ursula Whittaker, and they have one child.