Rick Najera kelahiran California memulai karir artistiknya sebagai aktor. Dia adalah aktor-penulis-sutradara-produser pemenang penghargaan dengan penghargaan di film, televisi, teater, dan Broadway. Di awal karirnya, ia terinspirasi dan dibimbing oleh aktris pemenang Oscar Whoopi Goldberg, Keenen Ivory Wayans dan komedian Cheech Marin. Menyadari hanya ada sedikit peran yang bisa dia mainkan, dia mengambil tindakan sendiri dan mulai menulis perjalanannya ke Hollywood, dan mendapatkan pekerjaan me...
Rick Najera kelahiran California memulai karir artistiknya sebagai aktor. Dia adalah aktor-penulis-sutradara-produser pemenang penghargaan dengan penghargaan di film, televisi, teater, dan Broadway. Di awal karirnya, ia terinspirasi dan dibimbing oleh aktris pemenang Oscar Whoopi Goldberg, Keenen Ivory Wayans dan komedian Cheech Marin. Menyadari hanya ada sedikit peran yang bisa dia mainkan, dia mengambil tindakan sendiri dan mulai menulis perjalanannya ke Hollywood, dan mendapatkan pekerjaan menulis besar pertamanya di In Living Color. Rick Najera adalah salah satu dari tiga orang Latin dalam sejarah Broadway yang menulis dan membintangi acaranya sendiri. Najera memulai debutnya di Broadway pada tahun 2005 dengan acara komedi sketsa pemenang penghargaannya, Latinologos (TM), pertunjukan terlama dan satu-satunya untuk orang Latin di Amerika. Najera menulis film liburan Nothing Like the Holidays yang dibintangi Debra Messing, Alfred Molina dan John Leguizamo, yang membuatnya memenangkan Penghargaan Alma. Dia juga dianugerahi dua nominasi WGA untuk tulisannya di MADtv. Najera telah mendapat penghargaan dua kali sebagai 100 Orang Latin Paling Berpengaruh di Amerika bersama dengan beberapa penghargaan lainnya. Buku keempat Rick Najera dirilis pada tahun 2013, Almost White: Forced Confessions of a Latino in Hollywood mendapatkan tur pers dan ulasan bintang lima di Amazon.com. Rick Najera adalah direktur Pameran Komedi Sketsa Keanekaragaman CBS tahunan yang berlangsung selama 12 tahun. Rick Najera adalah kontributor tetap radio NPR dan juga pembicara profesional (Bank Dunia, Google, Harvard Law School, Wellesley College, Stanford, CBS, CNN, Al Jazeera, UCLA, dan banyak lagi). Dia adalah penulis serial asli Hulu nominasi multi-Emmy, East Los High dan produser acara bincang-bincang, Latino Thought Makers.
California born Rick Najera started his artistic career as an actor. He is an award-winning actor-writer-director-producer with credits in film, television, theatre and Broadway. Early in his career, he was inspired and mentored by Oscar-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg, Keenen Ivory Wayans and comedian Cheech Marin. Realizing there were few roles for him to play, he took matters into his own hands and started writing his way into Hollywood, and landed his first big writing gig on In Living Color. Rick Najera is one of three Latinos in the history of Broadway to write and star in his own show. Najera made his Broadway debut in 2005 with his award-winning sketch comedy show, Latinologues (TM), the longest running and only showcase of its kind for Latinos in America. Najera penned the holiday film Nothing Like the Holidays starring Debra Messing, Alfred Molina and John Leguizamo, which won him an Alma Award. He was also honored with two WGA nominations for his writing on MADtv. Najera has been honored twice as 100 Most Influential Latinos in America along with several other awards. Rick Najera's fourth book was released in 2013, Almost White: Forced Confessions of a Latino in Hollywood garnering a press tour and five-star reviews on Amazon.com. Rick Najera is the director of the annual CBS Diversity Sketch Comedy Showcase going on 12 years. Rick Najera is a regular contributor to NPR radio and is also a professional speaker (The World Bank, Google, Harvard Law School, Wellesley College, Stanford, CBS, CNN, Al Jazeera, UCLA and more). He is the writer of the multi-Emmy nominated Hulu original series, East Los High and producer of talk show, Latino Thought Makers.
