Guillermo Rodriguez (born January 27, 1971) is a

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talk show personality and comedian best known as the sidekick to

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on the American late night talk show ''

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''. He rose to fame while working as a parking lot security guard at the

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studios. He continues in character and title as the show's security guard.

Career

Rodriguez began working as a parking-lot security guard for ''

'' studio in 2003. 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. After he was caught sleeping in announcer Dicky Barrett’s car, Kimmel offered to have him appear on the show. 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. His early appearances were with "Uncle Frank" Potenza in a series of bits called "Security Night Live". (Potenza had originally handled security for the show before his role was expanded to appear on screen.) Rodriguez soon moved to acting in skits on the show with his first role being

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'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

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. Guillermo took over main red-carpet interviewing duties in 2011 after Potenza died.

Personal life

Rodriguez was born in

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, Mexico. He is married and has a son named Benji. He became a

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in 2005.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Guillermo 1971 births Living people Mexican television personalities Mexican emigrants to the United States Security guards American television personalities of Mexican descent Naturalized citizens of the United States Mexican male comedians Jimmy Kimmel Live! Hispanic and Latino American male comedians American male comedians