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Joey Medina, a Puerto Rican who was born and raised in the Bronx,
New York, is one of the freshest and funniest comedians around
today. Once a professional boxer, who fought for the world title
and a former police officer, Joey now has his hold on the comedy
world. Latin Heat magazine calls him the “New Freddie Prinze”
while Latin Style magazine says “Joey is the one to watch.”
Joey Medina
is one of the few comedians that can bridge together urban with
mainstream comedy to make his style a hit throughout the country.
From headlining at New York City's famous Caroline's Comedy Club
to performing at San Jose's 20,000 plus capacity Shoreline Amphitheater,
Joey commands the stage.
Along with
headlining almost every major comedy club in the country, Joey
has performed throughout the world from Bosnia to Egypt for the
US. Military.
Joey is a
veteran of 13 television shows, including A&E’s Evening
at the Improv to the Roseanne Show.
In 1996 Joey
won the “Masters Video, Comedian of the Year Award.”
And in 1998, released his award winning comedy album, “Below
the Belt.” Then in 2000, Joey Medina wrote, produced and
directed his first feature film entitled “El Matador.”
The film swept the 2002 8th Annual East Los Angeles Chicano Film
Festival, winning Best Film, Best Director and Best Acting awards.
Joey was also
hand picked by fellow comedian Paul Rodriguez to join his national
comedy tour. Joey Medina has performed to nearly 100,000 people
in the year 2000 alone. He can also be seen starring in the soon
to be released Paramount Pictures movie “The Latin Kings
of Comedy,” with Cheech Marin, Paul Rodriguez and George
Lopez.
Joey is also
ranked the #6 Latin Comedian in the country by LatinoComedy.com.
Joey is already showing signs of success behind as well as in
front of the camera. He has finished his second screenplay
and has started his third. Joey has also developed a sitcom based
on his life with which is now in preproduction.
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