Mario Lopez

Lopez was born on October 10, 1973, in Chula Vista, California, the son of Elvira Soledad Trasviña and Mario Alberto López Pérez.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/mario_lopez|title=Celebrity Central: Mario Lopez|publisher= | work= People.com|access-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160829183236/http://www.people.com/people/mario_lopez|archive-date=August 29, 2016}}{{cite web|title=Mario Lopez Biography |url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/mario-lopez/bio/3000397327/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=TVGuide.com}}Finding Your Roots, February 1, 2022. 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.{{cite news | url=http://www.okmagazine.com/news/ok-exclusive-pic-mario-lopez-his-bundle-joy/ | title = Mario Lopez & His Bundle of Joy ! |work = OK! | date = October 13, 2010 | quote = "I come from a small, fat Mexican Catholic family," Mario tells OK!.|access-date=October 16, 2010|first=Mary Beth|last=Quirk}} 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.{{cite news |title=Mario Lopez flashes back to his disco days with hilarious retro photo |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/mario-lopez-flashes-back-his-disco-days-hilarious-retro-photo-t121418 |work=TODAY.com}} He also did tumbling, karate and wrestling at his local Boys and Girls Club when he was 7 years old.{{cite book |last1=Lopez |first1=Mario |last2=Santagati |first2=Steve |title=Just Between Us |date=2014 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=9780698158870 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ex90AwAAQBAJ |language=en}} He excelled at these as well as other activities in which his mother enrolled him.{{cite web |title=Raising Mario Lopez {{!}} Mom Tells All |website = YouTube| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb7bMMrsFiA |date=August 30, 2017}} During high school at Chula Vista High School,{{Cite web |last=Virchis |first=William A. |date=June 3, 2022 |orig-date=June 3, 2022 |title=Chula Vista native Mario Lopez is receiving a big honor, and it's not related to Hollywood |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2022/06/03/chula-vista-native-mario-lopez-is-receiving-a-big-honor-and-its-not-related-to-hollywood/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Page • • |first=Eric S. |date=2020-12-07 |title=Secret's Out, Chicken Man: Chula Vista's Mario Lopez IS Colonel Sanders |url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/entertainment/secrets-out-chicken-man-chula-vistas-mario-lopez-is-colonel-sanders/2464427/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=NBC 7 San Diego |language=en-US}} he was on the school's wrestling team at the weight class of {{cvt|160|lb}}. He placed 2nd in the San Diego Section competition and 7th in California his senior year. He graduated in 1991.

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.{{cite book |last1=Lopez |first1=Mario |last2=Santagati |first2=Steve |title=Just Between Us |date=2014 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=9780698158870 |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ex90AwAAQBAJ |access-date=September 30, 2018 |language=en| via= Google Books}}

Lopez began acting in 1984 when he appeared as younger brother Tomás in the short-lived ABC comedy series a.k.a. Pablo.{{cite news|url= http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20109196,00.html|title=Saturday's Star|last=Allis|first=Tim |date=November 30, 1992|publisher= | work=People|access-date=February 10, 2009}} 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).{{cite web |title=Mario Lopez |url=https://www.biography.com/people/mario-lopez-20972939 |website=Biography |language=en-us}} 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.{{refn|{{cite magazine|title=Watch a Glorious Saved by the Bell Reunion Courtesy of Jimmy Fallon |url= https://time.com/3696826/jimmy-fallon-saved-by-the-bell-reunion-tonight-show/|magazine=Time|access-date= February 20, 2015}}{{cite web|title=Jimmy Fallon assembled the cast of 'Saved by The Bell' for an epic reunion| url=http://www.businessinsider.com/jimmy-fallon-saved-by-the-bell-reunion-2015-2|website=Business Insider|access-date= February 20, 2015}}{{cite web|title=Jimmy Fallon reunites most of the 'Saved by the Bell' cast| url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-jimmy-fallon-reunites-most-of-the-saved-by-the-bell-cast-20150205-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|date=February 5, 2015|access-date=February 20, 2015}}}} In 2020, Lopez reprised the role of A.C. Slater in Peacock's sequel series, Saved by the Bell.{{cite web|date=September 29, 2020|title=The Saved By the Bell Revival Finally Has a Premiere Date| url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1192949/the-saved-by-the-bell-revival-finally-has-a-premiere-date|access-date=September 29, 2020 |website=E! Online|archive-date=November 15, 2020| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201115203641/https://www.eonline.com/news/1192949/the-saved-by-the-bell-revival-finally-has-a-premiere-date|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite web| url= http://www.soapcentral.com/bb/news/2006/0703-lopez.php|title=Lopez's B&B Stay Over |last=Kroll |first=Dan J.|date=July 2, 2006|publisher=Soapcentral|access-date=February 10, 2009}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Lopez-Reality-Show-1020557.aspx|title=Mario Lopez Gets VH1 Reality Show|publisher= | work=TVGuide.com}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/mario-lopez-stirs-up-a-recipe-for-seduction-as-kfcs-colonel-sanders-in-new-lifetime-mini-movie-1234651880/|title=Mario Lopez Stirs up 'A Recipe for Seduction' as KFC's Colonel Sanders in New Lifetime Mini-Movie|date=December 8, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://global.kfc.com/press-releases/kfc-and-lifetime-heat-up-the-holidays-with-a-first-of-its-kind-lifetime |title=KFC And Lifetime Heat Up The Holidays With A First-of-its-kind Lifetime Original Mini-Movie: A Recipe For Seduction |publisher=Global.kfc.com |date= |accessdate=2022-08-06}} In 2024, Lopez signed a multi-year deal with Great American Media.{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/mario-lopez-joins-great-american-family-8557192|title=Saved by the jingle bell: Mario Lopez joins Great American Christmas in multi-year deal|date=February 6, 2024 | work=Ew.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2839837/great-american-media-signs-deal-mario-lopez/|title=Great American Media signs multiyear deal with Mario Lopez|date=February 6, 2024 | work=Washingtonexaminer.com}}

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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.[https://www.tmz.com/2012/10/02/khloe-kardashian-mario-lopez-x-factor-hosts/ Khloe Kardashian and Mario Lopez will join the payroll of "X Factor"]. TMZ.com. October 2, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2012. In September 2013, Lopez returned to the show as sole host for season 3 after Kardashian was not asked back as co-host.{{cite web| url= https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/khloe-kardashian-gets-axed-x-1850007|title=Khloe Kardashian gets axed by X Factor USA after just one series | first=Emma| last= Ledger|date=April 23, 2013|work=mirror.co.uk |access-date= September 4, 2015}} The X Factor was cancelled on February 7, 2014.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/02/x-factor-cancelled-fox-simon-cowell-679510/|title=Fox's 'The X Factor' Cancelled After Three Seasons – Deadline|author=Nellie Andreeva|work=Deadline|date=February 8, 2014|access-date=September 4, 2015}} From 2002 to 2005, he was the host of the Animal Planet show Pet Star, despite some difficulty with an allergy to cats.{{cite news|title=Mario Lopez's Cat Dilemma|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/mario-lopez.s-cat-dilemma|access-date=October 16, 2013|newspaper=contactmusic.com|date=September 5, 2004}} Lopez hosted the Miss America pageant in 2007, 2009, and 2010.

Lopez has guest co-hosted The Wendy Williams Show,{{cite web |url=http://spoilerville.unrealitytv.com/mario-lopez-showed-off-his-abs-and-sexy-underwear-range-ratedm-on-the-wendy-williams-show-pictures |title=Mario Lopez showed off his abs and sexy underwear range 'RatedM' on The Wendy Williams Show |publisher=Unreality TV |date=February 6, 2012 |access-date=February 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208144243/http://spoilerville.unrealitytv.com/mario-lopez-showed-off-his-abs-and-sexy-underwear-range-ratedm-on-the-wendy-williams-show-pictures/ |archive-date=February 8, 2012 }} and MCed the gala benefit for the 2010 Pageant of the Masters arts festival in Laguna Beach, California.Chang, Richard. [http://www.ocregister.com/articles/gala-264171-laguna-pageant.html Mario Lopez hosts gala for Pageant of the Masters]. Orange County Register. August 29, 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2012.

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.{{cite web |url=https://people.com/tv/mario-lopez-joins-access-hollywood/ |title=Mario Lopez Named New Host of Access Hollywood After Exit from Extra |website=People |date=July 17, 2019 |access-date=July 23, 2019}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Novak |first=Lauren |date=2023-11-13 |title=Mario Lopez to Host New Game Show 'Blank Slate' Coming to GSN |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1111423/blank-slate-mario-lopez-game-show-network/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=TV Insider |language=en-US}}

Outside of TV, Lopez made his Broadway debut on April 15, 2008, in the revival of the musical A Chorus Line as Zach.{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119844.html |title=PHOTO CALL: Mario Lopez Honored with Painting at Tony's Di Napoli |publisher= | website= Playbill.com |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080802010059/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119844.html |archive-date=August 2, 2008 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=25696 |title=Mario Lopez Joins 'A Chorus Line' on April 15 |publisher= | website= BroadwayWorld.com |access-date=May 21, 2010}}

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).{{cite web|title=Jeff O'Connell| url=http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/authors/jeff-oconnell/#about|publisher=hachette book group|access-date=October 9, 2013}} His book Extra Lean followed in early 2010 and became a New York Times bestseller.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2010-06-06/hardcover-advice/list.html |title=Bestseller New York Times – Hardcover Advice & Misc. |date=June 6, 2010 |access-date=February 8, 2011 |work=The New York Times |first=Jennifer |last= Schuessler}} Extra Lean Family was published in May 2012.{{cite book|title=Extra Lean Family: Get Lean and Achieve Your Family's Best Health Ever|date=May 2012|url=https://www.amazon.com/Extra-Lean-Family-Achieve-Familys/dp/B00C01H1GI|publisher=Amazon|access-date=October 9, 2013}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.inquisitr.com/125086/mario-lopez-to-release-childrens-book-in-september/| title= Mario Lopez To Release Children's Book In September| publisher= | website= inquisitr.com| date= July 10, 2011| access-date=July 10, 2011}}{{cite news|title=Mario Lopez Uses Baby Gia As Inspiration For New Book| url= http://www.celebritybabyscoop.com/2011/07/10/mario-lopez-uses-baby-gia-as-inspiration-for-new-book|access-date=October 9, 2013 |work=celebritybabyscoop.com|date=July 10, 2011}}

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".{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/veronicavillafane/2022/07/07/mario-lopez-teams-up-with-menudo-productions-for-talent-search-and-revival-of-menudo/?sh=5c63297663e3 | title=Mario Lopez Teams up with Menudo Productions for Talent Search and Revival of Menudo | website=Forbes }} Lopez helped revive the band as their new manager, and in 2023, Menudo released their first single under Lopez, named "Mi Amore".{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9P7uoHls0|title=MENUDO at Universal Citywalk Hollywood #MENUDO 2023 @menudo_official|date=March 28, 2023 |via=www.youtube.com}}

According to Lopez, Fergie was his first kiss, and the two were involved briefly while they were both on the show Kids Incorporated.{{Cite web|url=https://latina.com/|title=Latina – Latino & Latin American News, Culture, Heritage, Food, Entertainment|website=Latina}}

In 1993, Lopez was accused of date rape,{{cite news|title=Woman, 18, Accuses TV Actor of Rape|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-11-mn-33836-story.html|access-date=October 16, 2013|newspaper=latimes.com|date=May 11, 1993}} but prosecutors found no evidence to support the allegation, and multiple witnesses "contradicted the woman's account of her encounter" with Lopez.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-06-18-mn-4425-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|title=CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF: SAN DIEGO: Rape Claims Called Unfounded|date=June 18, 1993}}

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,{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,636482,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320014321/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,636482,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 20, 2008|title=Landry, Lopez Split After 2-Week Marriage|publisher=People|date=May 12, 2004|access-date=September 12, 2010|first=Ulrica Wihlborg|last=Mark Armstrong}} but their marriage was annulled two weeks later. 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-body/news/mario-lopez-i-cheated-on-ex-ali-landry-days-before-wedding-2011112|title=Mario Lopez: I Cheated on Ex Ali Landry Days Before Wedding|publisher=Us Weekly|date=February 11, 2011|access-date=December 2, 2012}} Lopez dated professional dancer Karina Smirnoff, his Dancing with the Stars partner, from 2006 to June 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20423595,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001175508/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20423595,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 1, 2010 |title=Mario Lopez and Karina Smirnoff Split|publisher=People |date=June 5, 2008 |access-date=July 12, 2013}}

In the fall of 2008, Lopez met Broadway dancer, actress, and producer Courtney Mazza on A Chorus Line on Broadway in New York.{{cite web |title=The Story of How We Met and Fell in Love {{!}} Mario and Courtney Lopez |website = YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIbRQEUbc2g |date=April 26, 2017}} They married in Punta Mita, Mexico, on December 1, 2012.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/mario-lopez-marries-courtney-mazza/ |title=Mario Lopez Weds Courtney Mazza|publisher=People |date=December 1, 2012 |access-date=December 2, 2012}} They have a daughter Gia (b. 2010){{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20425204,00.html |title=It's a Girl for Mario Lopez & Courtney Mazza |publisher=People |date=September 12, 2010 |access-date=September 12, 2010 |archive-date=August 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829202022/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20425204,00.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2010/09/mario_lopez_and_courtney_mazza_welcome_a_baby_girl.php |title=Mario Lopez and Courtney Mazza Welcome a Baby Girl!|publisher=ExtraTV.com |date=September 12, 2010 |access-date=September 12, 2010}} and two sons Santiago & Dominic (b. 2013 and 2019).{{cite web|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2013/09/10/mario-lopez-courtney-lopez-welcome-son-dominic/ |title=Mario and Courtney Lopez Welcome Son Dominic|work=People |date=September 10, 2013 |access-date=September 10, 2013}}{{cite journal |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/mario-lopez-courtney-mazza-welcome-3rd-child-together/ |title=Baby No. 3! Mario Lopez's Wife Courtney Mazza Gives Birth |journal=Us Weekly |date=July 8, 2019 |access-date=July 8, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Michelle |title=Mario Lopez Shares Before-and-After Photos of His 'Busted' Eye from Jiu-Jitsu Injury: 'Makeup Magic' |url=https://people.com/mario-lopez-shares-before-and-after-photos-of-busted-eye-makeup-transformation-8411473 |website=People |publisher=Dotdash Meredith |access-date=2 June 2024 |ref=People}}

Lopez has stated that he is Catholic and goes to church every week.{{cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/pop-vox/2009/10/14/q-amp-a-mario-lopez-suits-up-in-women-s-lingerie.html|title=Q&A: Mario Lopez Suits Up in Women's Lingerie|work=Newsweek|date=October 14, 2019|quote = Do you go to church? "Every week. Nice Catholic boy."|access-date=September 12, 2010}} In March 2018, he underwent baptism by immersion at the Jordan River, which was administered by a Catholic priest.{{cite news|last1=Parke|first1=Caleb|title='Hallelujah': Mario Lopez gets baptized in the same river as Jesus|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/hallelujah-mario-lopez-gets-baptized-in-the-same-river-as-jesus/|work=Fox News|date=March 27, 2018|access-date=March 28, 2018}}

He is a proponent of health and fitness, and was the cover feature for the November 2013 issue of FitnessRX For Men magazine.{{cite web|title=Get Leaner, Stronger and Faster!|url=http://fitnessrxformen.com/lifestyle/in-this-issue/get-leaner-stronger-and-faster/|website=Fitness Rx|date=October 2013|access-date=January 21, 2015}} To complement his fitness regime, Lopez is an amateur boxer and a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu; he began training in early 2017{{cite web | url = https://jiujitsutimes.com/mario-lopez-brazilian-jiu-jitsu/ | title = Mario Lopez Does Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | date = February 13, 2017 | publisher = Jiu-Jitsu Times | access-date = February 25, 2018}} and received his blue belt in February 2018 under Professor Robert Hill of Gracie Barra Glendale.{{cite web | url = https://jiujitsutimes.com/actor-host-mario-lopez-now-blue-belt-now-brazilian-jiu-jitsu/| title = Actor And Host Mario Lopez Is Now A Blue Belt In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | date = February 17, 2018 | publisher = Jiu-Jitsu Times | access-date = February 25, 2018}} He received his purple belt in November 2022.{{cite web | url = https://grapplinginsider.com/mario-lopez-promoted-to-purple-belt/| title = Mario Lopez Promoted to Purple Belt | date = November 14, 2022 | publisher = Grappling Insider | access-date = November 14, 2022}}

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