Mario Lopez Bio | Wiki
Mario Lopez (Mario Lopez Jr.) is a well-known American actor, television, and radio host. He has been seen on many television series, in films, as well as on Broadway. Mario is known due to his portrayal of A.C. Slater on Saved by the Bell, Saved by the Bell: The College Years, and the 2020 sequel series.
Mario has appeared in various projects since including the third season of Dancing with the Stars and working as a host for the syndicated entertainment news magazine shows Extra and Access Hollywood. In addition, Mario has also hosted America’s Best Dance Crew at MTV. He co-hosted the second season of the American version of The X Factor in 2012, alongside Khloé Kardashian, and also became the sole host for the third and last season.
Mario Lopez Age
Mario was born on October 10, 1973, in Chula Vista, California, in the United States. He is 49 years old. Mario celebrates his birthday on October 10, every year.
Mario Lopez Height
He is a man of above-average stature. Mario stands at a height of 5 ft 10 in (Approx 1.78 m).
Mario Lopez Family
He was born in Chula Vista, California, in the United States to his parents. Mario is the son of Elvira and Mario Lopez Sr. Mario has a younger sister named Marissa, who is married to Kailee Wong an NFL Minnesota Vikings and Houston Texans linebacker. He was also brought up in a large Catholic family of Mexican descent (from Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico). He was a child prodigy and began to dance at age three, training in tap and jazz.
Mario Lopez Wife
Mario once dated his SBTB costar Tiffani Amber prior to breaking up because of his cheating with an extra in his dressing room on set. He was accused of date rape, in 1993 but prosecutors found no evidence to support the allegation, and many witnesses “contradicted the woman’s account of her encounter” with Mario.
Following six years of dating, Mario married his wife actress Ali Landry on April 24, 2004, in a Catholic ceremony at the Las Alamandas resort outside Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, but their marriage became annulled two weeks later. During a 2011 interview, Mario admitted that the parting transpired following Ali discovering Mario was unfaithful to her days before the wedding at his bachelor party. He later dated Karina Smirnoff a professional dancer and his Dancing with the Stars colleague from 2006 to June 2008.
During the fall of 2008, Mario met Broadway dancer, actress, and producer Courtney Mazza on A Chorus Line on Broadway in New York. The two married in Punta Mita, Mexico on December 1, 2012. He and his wife Courtney Mazza have a daughter named Gia Francesca Lopez who was born in 2010 and two sons Dominic Lopez born in 2013 and Santino Rafael Lopez born in 2019.
Mario Lopez Kids | Son | Daughter
He and his wife Courtney Mazza have a daughter named Gia Francesca Lopez who was born in 2010 and two sons Dominic Lopez born in 2013 and Santino Rafael Lopez born in 2019.
Mario Lopez Saved By The Bell
He became cast as A.C. Slater in the television Saturday-morning series sitcom Saved by the Bell from 1989–1993, and its spinoff Saved by the Bell: The College Years from 1993–1994, a position which lasted five years. The Saved by the Bell show is a television sitcom created by Sam Bobrick for NBC. It became broadcast from August 20, 1989, to May 22, 1993. Initially, the show has been classified as educational and informational. It became one of the “20 Best School Shows of all Time” by AOL TV.
Mario Lopez Colonel Sanders
He starred as Colonel Sanders in A Recipe for Seduction, a short film sponsored by KFC and produced by the Lifetime Channel. A Recipe for Seduction began on December 13, 2020, and discusses the story of a young heiress who struggles to choose between a wealthy suitor chosen by her mother, as well as the new house chef Harland Sanders.
Christmas Movie With Mario Lopez
He starred as Tony Ortega in 2021, in his Christmas movie named Holiday in Santa Fe. An example of Lifetime’s new Christmas movies takes place in Santa Fe. A lot of movies film in New Mexico, but Lopez made sure the state stayed in the spotlight for his new Lifetime Christmas flick, “Holiday in Santa Fe.”
Mario Lopez Movies
– Colors (1988) as Felipe’s Friend
– Depraved (1996) as Jessie Mata
– Fever Lake (1996) as Steve
– A Crack in the Floor (2000) as Lehman
– King Rikki (2002) as Juan Vallejo
– Aloha, Scooby-Doo! (2005) as Manu Tuiama
– Unaccompanied Minors (2006) as Substitute Minors watcher
– Get Him to the Greek (2010) as Himself
– The Smurfs 2 (2013) as Social Smurf
– Get Smurfy (2016) as Social Smurf
– Fantastica: A Boonie Bears Adventure (2019) as Briar
Mario Lopez Tv Shows
– a.k.a. Pablo (1984) as Tomas Del Gato
– Kids Incorporated (1984–1986) as himself
– The Deacon Street Deer (1986) as Hector
– The Golden Girls (1987) as Mario
– Saved by the Bell (1989–1993) as A.C. Slater
– Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style (1992) as A.C. Slater
– Masters of the Maze (1995–1996) as himself
– Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1997) as Greg Louganis
– Killing Mr. Griffin (1997) as Dave Ruggles
– The Dog Who Saved Christmas (2009) Zeus the Dog
– The Rookie (2019) as himself
– Access Hollywood (2019-present)
Mario Lopez Colors
Mario became cast in a small part in the movie Colors (1988) as Felipe’s friend. The film colors is a police procedural action crime film starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall and governed by Dennis Hopper. Colors take place in the gang-ridden neighborhoods of Los Angeles: late-1980s South Central Los Angeles, Echo Park, Westlake as well as East Los Angeles. Colors centers on Bob Hodges (Duvall), an experienced Los Angeles Police Department C.R.A.S.H. officer, and his rookie partner, Danny McGavin (Penn), who try to stop the gang violence between the Bloods, the Crips, as well as Hispanic street gangs. It premiered Hopper as a director 19 years following Easy Rider and inspired discussion over its depiction of gang life and gang violence.
Mario Lopez Golden Girls
Mario became cast in March 1987, as a guest star on the sitcom The Golden Girls as a Latino boy named Mario who faces deportation. The series is a sitcom created by Susan Harris that initially aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes, spanning seven seasons. The show earned critical acclaim throughout most of its run and won many awards, such as the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series twice.
Mario Lopez Health
During an interview, Mario claimed that growing up, his stomach was not fully formed, and as a result, his body was unable to digest food. This made him lose half his body weight. He was deadly ill. Mario was almost going to die. Following this mortifying experience, his father took him to Bruja, a Mexican witch doctor, who gave him a concoction of carnation milk, prompting him to make a speedy recovery. He afterward said that it was this experience in his life that turned him into a believer in alternative medicine, and it has become a story he mostly shares with others.
Mario Lopez Net Worth
Mario works as a host for the syndicated entertainment news magazine shows Extra and Access Hollywood. Therefore, Mario has accumulated a decent fortune over the years. Mario’s estimated net worth is $1 million.
How Old Is Mario Lopez
He is a 49-year-old who was born on October 10, 1973, in Chula Vista, California, in the United States.