Wilmer Valderrama

Tuesday October 20, 2009

 

Filmogrphy and Televison Work

Features:

  • Summer Catch (2001)

  • Party Monster (2003)

  • Clifford's Big Movie (2004)

  • Beauty Shop (2005)

  • The Darwin Awards (2006)

  • Zoom (2006)

  • Fast Food Nation (2006)

  • Unaccompanied Minors (2006)

  • El Muerto (2007)

  • The Condor (2007)

  • Save the Date (2007)

  • Columbus Day (2008)

  • Days of Wrath (2008)

  • CHiPs (2009)

Television Work

  • Four Corners (1998)

  • That '70s Show (1998-2006)

  • MAD TV (2006)

  • Yo Mamma (2006-2008)

  • Handy Manny (2006-present)


 

Wilmer Valderrama: Life and Career

Wilmer Valderrama was born in Miami, Florida on January 30th, 1980 to Sobeida and Balvino Valderrama.  His mother is Columbian and his father is Venezuelan.  His family, including his two sisters, Marilyn and Stephanie, and his brother, Christian, moved to Venezuela when he was three years old and then to Los Angeles when he was thirteen.  Valderrama got his start in acting by performing many plays. He made his professional debut in a Spanish-language Pacific Bell commercial.  He got an agent and immediately was cast in the CBS miniseries Four Corners and in Omba Makamba on the Disney Channel.  Valderamma made his big screen debut starring opposite Freddy Prinze Jr., Brittany Murphy, and Jessica Biel in the film Summer's Catch.  He starred in That '70s Show, playing the role of Fez from 1998-2006.  He also launched his own men's fashion label called "Calavena."  Valderrama made an appearance in Paula DeAnda's music video "Easy," as well as Columbian Singer Fanny Lu's "Tu No Eres Para Mi."  He is currently working on a new sitcom, Earth to Pablo, which he created for Nickelodeon.