Being a Chicano in Hollywood, my experience is that you're not given credit for any sophistication... You're just kind of some guy that just crossed the border, you know, on the back of a truck and that's it.

In recent years he has been active in playing supporting roles in films and performing voice overs for animated features.

Joe Dominguez on Nash Bridges. Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin (born July 13 1946) is a Mexican American comedian actor and writer who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s with Tommy Chong and early 1980s and as Don Johnson's partner Insp. Marin's trademark is his characters' strong Mexican-accent; this is part of a comic persona rather than a natural accent since Marin was born and raised in the United States.