Carlos Alazraqui

Television

Rocko Modern Life

Camp Lazlo

**Carlos Jaime Alazraqui** (born July 20, 1962) is an American
stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, singer, impressionist, producer
and screenwriter possibly best known as Deputy James Garcia on *Reno 911!*. His extensive voice-over work includes the role of Spyro from *Spyro The Dragon*, Bobbi Fabulous on *Phineas and Ferb*, the Taco Bell chihuahua in the Taco Bell commercials, Denzel Crocker and Juandissimo Magnifico on *The Fairly OddParents*, Rocko and Spunky on *Rocko's Modern Life*, Lazlo and Clam in *Camp Lazlo*, Grandpapi Rivera in *El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera*, and as Mr. Weed in *Family Guy*. He is a weekly contributor on *The Stephanie Miller Show*.

## Early Life

Carlos Jaime Alazraqui was born on July 20, 1962, in Yonkers, New York,[1] to Argentine parents. He moved with his family to Concord, California, at an early age. He attended college at California State University, Sacramento, California, from 1982 to 1986, where he began competing in open mic contests. After winning in his fourth year of competing at the San Francisco International Comedy Competition, Alazraqui took his prize money and moved to Los Angeles.

## Career

Alazraqui has performed several voices for Nickelodeon cartoons, including Rocko on *Rocko's Modern Life*, as well as Denzel Q. Crocker and Juandissimo Magnifico on *The Fairly OddParents*, Winslow T. Oddfellow and Lube on *CatDog*, and Scooter on *SpongeBob SquarePants*. He also voiced several additional voices for the Cartoon Network shows, *Cow and Chicken*, *KIDSCITY: The Village Dome of Kids* and *I Am Weasel* during their runs in the mid-late 1990s. He also voiced Spyro in *Spyro the Dragon*. He was later replaced by Tom Kenny, who voiced Spyro in *Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!*, *Spyro: Year of the Dragon*, and *Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly*. He also voiced the Taco Bell chihuahua in the Taco Bell commercials,[4] Rikochet in the first two seasons of *¡Mucha Lucha!* and Mr. Weed (the head of the "Happy Go Lucky" toy factory) on *Family Guy*. It is mentioned in the DVD commentary track that Alazraqui was reluctant to leave *Family Guy*. In particular, Seth MacFarlane
 suggests that the death of Alazraqui's character Mr. Weed took the
actor by surprise.He also voiced Dr Julius No in GoldnEye:Rougue Agent.

In 2005, he added the voices for two Cartoon Network series – *The Life and Times of Juniper Lee* where he played Monroe, a guardian dog with a Scottish accent and three characters in *Camp Lazlo*: Lazlo, Clam, and Chef McMuesli. In 2006, he added Salty Mike from *Squirrel Boy* and Walden in *Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!* on Nick, Jr. to his credits. He played Wisk in Glen Hill's 2000 film version of L. Frank Baum's *The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus*. He also provided the voice of Nestor in the *Happy Feet* fims.

Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, a storyboard writer for *Rocko's Modern Life*,
 described Alazraqui's normal voice as bearing "no accent at all". Marsh
 describes Alazraqui's "Scottish accent" as "one of the best" and that
he performs his other accents as "all very well". According to Marsh,
Alazraqui uses various accents in his comedy routines.[5] He had worked for the Disney Channel on *Handy Manny*, where he provided the voice for Felipe, the bilingual Phillips-head screwdriver and for Abuelito, Manny's grandfather. He was the original "voice guy" on the *Stephanie Miller Show*. His replacement was Jim Ward,
 who had previously substituted for him. In January 2008, Alazraqui
returned to fill in for Jim Ward briefly while he recovered from
surgery. In 2014, he voiced Mesmo and Torts in *Mixels*. He voices Tio Tortuga in *Sheriff Callie's Wild West*.[*citation needed*]

In addition, Alazraqui joined Miller's Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour in 2014, playing some of the dates with Jim Ward and he has a semi-regular segment on Miller's radio show *Coffee with Carlos*.[6]