Horatio Sanz
Horacio Sanz[1] (born June 4, 1969), better known by his stage name Horatio Sanz, is a Chilean-born American actor and comedian. He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1998 to 2006.
Horatio Sanz | |
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| Born | June 4, 1969 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Relatives | Carlos Sanz (brother) |
Early life
Sanz was born in Santiago, Chile, to Sylvia and Carlos Sanz.[2] He is the youngest of three sons and the younger brother of actor Carlos Sanz. He grew up in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago.[3]
Career
Sanz performed at various theaters in Chicago, including The Court Theater and The Second City, where he was a member of their Chicago ETC theater. While in Chicago, Sanz was also one of the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) sketch comedy and improv troupe. Sanz can still be seen regularly performing with the sketch troupe at their long-running improv show "ASSSSCAT 3000", at both of the UCB's comedy theaters, located in New York City and Los Angeles.
Saturday Night Live
Sanz joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in September 1998 as the first Hispanic cast member. At the beginning of SNL's 31st season, he was the temporary replacement for Tina Fey as Amy Poehler's Weekend Update co-anchor while Fey was on maternity leave until she resumed her duties on October 22, 2005. On September 20, 2006, SNL announced that Sanz would not be returning due to massive budget cuts that called for Lorne Michaels to either produce fewer episodes or reduce expenses, including the paring of long-standing, highly paid cast members such as Sanz.[4][5]
Sanz returned to SNL as a guest on February 3, 2007, appearing as Elton John, and on November 3, as presidential candidate Bill Richardson and again on the December 17, 2011 Christmas show as himself in a musical number ("I Wish It Was Christmas Today") and as a member of Beethoven's orchestra ("Beethoven: Meet The Band").
Characters on SNL
- Aaron Neville as a courtroom judge on City Court, who sang and overused cocoa butter[6]
- Gobi, the pot-loving co-host of Jarret's Room
- Jasper Hahn, a cartoonist whose creations always start out as raunchy drawings of genitals
- Rick, stepfather of Kaitlin (played by Amy Poehler)
- Jeffrey's Clothing Store customer
- Carol, a cheerful and crass woman
- Ferey Mühtar, host of "The Ferey Mühtar Talk Show"
- Manuel Pantalones, bandleader on "Showbiz Grande Explosion"
- Frankie Hilbert, from the Boston Teens
- Vasquez-Gomez-Vasquez
- One of the Telemundo actors from "Besos Y Lagrimas"
- Sammo Hung
- Matt LeBlanc as his character Joey Tribbiani from the TV show Friends
- Elton John
- Billy Joel
- Rosie O'Donnell
- Gene Shalit
After SNL
Sanz was part of the cast of the short-lived ABC sitcom In the Motherhood in 2009, playing the role of Horatio the "manny" (male nanny).[7] In 2010, Sanz and his former SNL castmate Chris Parnell starred together on Big Lake, a Comedy Central sitcom from executive producers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. From 2010 to 2011, Sanz was a writer and producer on the Comedy Central sketch series Nick Swardson's Pretend Time.
In 2015, he started his own podcast called The Hooray Show, which features comedy sketches and interviews with his friends in comedy.
Sanz appeared as a guest on The Big Alakens Big Lake marathon fundraiser episode of The George Lucas Talk Show.
Personal life
In November 2008, Sanz made his first public appearance in almost a year, after having lost 100 pounds (45 kg; 7 st 2 lb). "I've been eating better", Sanz said. "I've been trying to come up with a joke about how I've lost weight and I was going to say, 'I stopped putting nuts in my sundaes.'" He also says, "I never weighed myself when I was at my fattest, because I was scared I might die'." Sanz says he has been working out, too. In June 2009, he appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and said that much of his weight loss was because he had stopped drinking alcoholic beverages.
He became an American citizen on July 25, 2018 in Los Angeles.[8]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Miracle on 34th Street | Orderly | |
| 2000 | Road Trip | French Toast Guy | |
| 2001 | Tomcats | Steve | |
| 2002 | The New Guy | Dance Instructor | |
| 2003 | Boat Trip | Nick Ragoni | |
| 2003 | National Lampoon's Barely Legal | Vic Ramalot | |
| 2005 | Rebound | Mr. Newirth | |
| 2005 | The Man | Santos | Uncredited |
| 2006 | School for Scoundrels | Diego | |
| 2007 | Lucky You | Ready Eddie | |
| 2008 | Step Brothers | Lead Singer | |
| 2009 | Me Time | Sam | Short |
| 2009 | Year One | Enmebaragesi | |
| 2009 | May the Best Man Win | The Mayor | |
| 2010 | Freak Dance | Barrio's Brother | |
| 2011 | Hollywood & Wine | Tony | Video |
| 2011 | High Road | Doctor | |
| 2012 | Bachelorette | Barely Attractive Guy | |
| 2012 | The Dictator | Aide on Balcony | |
| 2012 | Wreck-It Ralph | Duncan | Voice |
| 2013 | G.B.F. | Principal Crowe | |
| 2014 | Search Party | Cabana Man | |
| 2015 | Don Quixote | Sancho Panza | |
| 2016 | Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? | Luis | |
| 2018 | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Duncan | Voice |
| 2019 | Zeroville | Francis Ford Coppola |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–2000 | Upright Citizens Brigade | Various | 3 episodes |
| 1998–2006 | Saturday Night Live | Various | 158 episodes |
| 2002 | Ed | DJ Desmond Peyton | Episode: "The Divorce" |
| 2002–2004 | Fillmore! | Jr. Commissioner 'Dutch' Vallejo | Voice, 24 episodes |
| 2009 | In the Motherhood | Horatio | 7 episodes |
| 2010 | 30 Rock | Maynard | Episode: "Anna Howard Shaw Day" |
| 2010 | Players | Dirk | Episode: "Cumdog Millionaire" |
| 2010 | Big Lake | Glenn Cordoba | 10 episodes |
| 2010 | Nick Swardson's Pretend Time | Future Man | Episode: "Mudslide Junction" |
| 2012 | Are We There Yet? | Mr. Peterson | 5 episodes |
| 2012 | The Life & Times of Tim | Eduardo | Voice, Episode: "Super Gay Eduardo/The Pros and Cons of Killing Tim" |
| 2012 | Girls | Terry Lavoyt | Episode: "Hannah's Diary" |
| 2012 | Gravity Falls | Voice, 2 episodes | |
| 2013 | House of Lies | Photographer | Episode: "Til Death Do Us Part" |
| 2013 | The Greatest Event in Television History | Max | Episode: "Hart to Hart" |
| 2013 | Murder Police | Donel | Voice, 13 episodes |
| 2013 | NTSF:SD:SUV | Mr. Barbato | Episode: "Comic Con-Air" |
| 2013–2015 | Drunk History | Various | 2 episodes |
| 2013–2016 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Various | 5 episodes |
| 2014 | The Hotwives of Orlando | Tito | Episode: "Pimps and Hoo-Ha's" |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman | Latin Kings Gang Leader | Voice, Episode: "Our A-Story is a 'D' Story" |
| 2014 | Friends with Better Lives | Craig | Episode: "No More Mr. Nice Guy" |
| 2014 | Bad Judge | Mr. Thorpe | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2014 | The Birthday Boys | Boss | Episode: "Getting Preachy" |
| 2015 | Parks and Recreation | Himself | Episode: "One Last Ride" |
| 2015 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Hector | Episode: "Kimmy Gets a Job!" |
| 2015 | Modern Family | Armando | Episode: "American Skyper" |
| 2015 | Long Live the Royals | Allistair / Knight #1 | Voice, 4 episodes |
| 2016 | Scorpion | Heywood Jahelpme Morris | 4 episodes |
| 2016 | Animals. | Julio | Voice, Episode: "Pigeons." |
| 2016 | Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ | Dr. Horowitz | Episode: "Inside Joke" |
| 2016 | Son of Zorn | Uber Driver | Episode: "Defender of Teen Love" |
| 2017–2018 | Love | Jeff | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Do You Want to See a Dead Body? | Himself | Episode: "A Body and a Bust" |
| 2017–2018 | Great News | Justin | Main role; 23 episodes |
| 2018 | GLOW | Ray | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Elena of Avalor | Santos Gutierrez | Voice, Episode: "All Kingdoms Fair" |
| 2019–2020 | Black Monday | Wayne | Recurring, 14 episodes |
| 2019–2020 | Big Hero 6: The Series | El Fuego | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2019–2020 | The Mandalorian | Mythrol | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Close Enough | Raoul | Voice, Episode: "Prank War/Cool Moms" |
| 2020 | Mapleworth Murders | Weird Man | Episode: "The Case of the Case of Wine: Part I" |
| 2020 | The George Lucas Talk Show | Himself | The Big Alakens Marathon (Big Lake marathon) |
Awards and honors
Sanz received "high" honors at High Times magazine's 2003 Stony Awards, collecting the "Stoner of the Year" award.[9]
See also
- Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches
References
- "Cayendo Episode of the Hooray Show (https://soundcloud.com/the-hooray-show/cayendo) at 5:58, Horatio reveals his legal name is Horacio
- Horatio Sanz Biography - Yahoo! Movies
- Thomas, Mike (August 14, 2020). "Sans pratfalls; Chicagoan Horatio Sanz keeps his brainy side - up". Chicago Sun-Times – via Newsbank.
- Carter, Bill (September 21, 2006). "Bowing to Budget Cuts at NBC, 'Saturday Night Live' Pares Five Performers". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- "'Saturday Night Live' Cuts Castmembers". Hollywood.com. September 20, 2006. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- "Season 30: Episode 13". Saturday Night Live Transcripts. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- Horatio Sanz Embraces Motherhood" TV Guide. November 24, 2008. Retrieved on November 26, 2008.
- "Horatio Sanz on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2010-01-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
- Horatio Sanz at IMDb
- Horatio Sanz on Twitter
- Upright Citizens Brigade Theater Profile
- Review of Christmas sketch show at UCB
- Interview with Horatio Sanz
| Preceded by Tina Fey |
Weekend Update 2005 |
Succeeded by Tina Fey |
| Notes and references | ||
| 1. Sanz was a temporary replacement for Fey while she was on maternity leave from October 1–October 8, 2005. | ||