List of George Lopez characters
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This is a list of characters from George Lopez television show.
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[edit] Main characters
[edit] George Lopez
George Edward Lopez [1] (played by the comedian of the same name) had a very bad childhood which is referenced throughout the series. His mother, Benny, is blamed for much of the abuse and jokes are often made about how she treated him badly. George initially believed Manny was dead (which what Benny told him so he would stop annoying her by asking her where his father is), but discovered he was actually alive.
[edit] Angie Lopez
Angela "Angie" Lopez (née Palmero) (played by Constance Marie) is George's wife and Carmen and Max's mother. She is a wedding planner who works from home. She is friendly, and she tries hard to have good relations with neighbors and family, trying to do the right thing and chastising those with whom she disagrees. She often hits George when he says something he shouldn't and says she wins every fight between them. She has a sister, Gloria, and a brother, Ray. She often gets mad at least once an episode because of things George does.
[edit] Carmen Lopez
Carmen Consuelo Lopez[2][3] (played by Masiela Lusha) is George and Angie's daughter and first-born child, Max's older sister, Benny and Vic's granddaughter and Veronica's cousin.
She is a student who has been to three schools throughout her time on the show. She first attended a public school, where she was labeled as a whore by an ex-boyfriend. The rumor then spread through the school, causing her to transfer to Allendale Prep., a private prep school[4][5] After a year there, she is expelled for various reasons. After Allendale Prep., she is briefly home-schooled by Angie before attending St. Teresa's Catholic School.[6] She graduates there and goes off to college.[7]
Carmen had a boyfriend, Jason MacNamara, for much of Seasons 3 and 4. In early Season 5, he ran away from her after she pressured him into having a baby. Her middle name comes from Angie's grandmother, Consuelo.[8] She is last seen in flashbacks near the end of George's Mom Faces Hard Tambien.
[edit] Max Lopez
Max Victor Roberto Magic Johnson Edward Pollito' Ermaneio Lopez[1] is the son of George and Angie and second-born child, Carmen's younger brother, Benny and Vic's grandson and Veronica's cousin. Just like his father, Max is dyslexic, and has to work extra hard to succeed in school though he has tried to get out of school on a number of occasions. He is an avid skateboarder. Because he was having problems sleeping and focusing on school, Vic suggested for Max to take boxing lessons, then quit when he and his parents realized the true danger surrounding the sport. He has a crush on Veronica and from time to time hits on her , despite them being cousins (to which Veronica either is creeped out or laughs it off). He can usually be found trying to spy on her and sometimes denying it. He has also been seen looking through a peephole when one of Carmen's friends got undressed, then denying it. When his parents asked him if he had any sexual content, he replied "I've only had upstairs outsidies."
[edit] Benny Lopez
Benita "Benny" Lopez (née Diaz) (played by Belita Moreno) is George's mother, Angie's mother-in-law and Carmen and Max's grandmother. She was physically abused as a child by her parents, Luisa and an unnamed man who is now deceased. She was married to Manny Lopez, while she was still a minor, after she became pregnant with George. She tried to sell George to a family, but they returned him. Manny abandoned her, but wrote a note to George saying he was not leaving him, just Benny. After Manny left, Benny discovers she is pregnant (Linda Lorenzo). She gave the baby to her old neighbors, the Lorenzos, who moved away. She is a chain-smoking alcoholic who has slept with many men. She once had a romantic relationship with a man named Wayne (Jerry Springer), but broke up with him when George and Ernie framed him for cheating on her. Her chronic alcoholism made George's childhood a nightmare. She worked at the factory for 40 years until they issued a smoking ban and she quit because of it. Benny is shown to be a genius at times, for example, in one episode, Benny wanted money instead of a party and so, asked George for the party money. When not getting it and getting humiliated at her party, she tricks George into thinking that she had breast implants, and tricks him into getting a shot and giving her money. She was in jail for a few episodes.
[edit] Ernie Cardenas
Ernesto "Ernie" Cardenas (played by Valente Rodriguez) has been George's best friend since the second grade and George's former co-worker. He works on the assembly line at Power Bros. Aviation. He is portrayed as an incompetent, clumsy loser who cannot seem to ever get a date due to his inability to connect with women. He has a huge crush on Angie, and can often be seen hitting on her, much to George's dismay. His mother is extremely fat, and lots of jokes are made about her, especially by George and Benny. He used to live with his parents until George inspired him to get his own apartment. His parents originally married after he was born, however, Ernie denies this due to his mom's religious ways, going so far as to deny the pictures of her breast feeding him at the reception.
[edit] Vic Palmero
Dr. Victor "Vic" Palmero (played by Emiliano Díez) is Angie's wealthy father, George's father-in-law and Carmen, Max, and Veronica's grandfather. He is a Cuban immigrant who made it rich as a cardiac surgeon when he arrived in America. George is often annoyed by his stories about Cuba and his expressions. Originally, Vic disapproved of Angie marrying George (In "A Kiss is just a Kiss," it was revealed that he told Angie to leave George as he walked her down the isle on her wedding day), but eventually accepts George as a good match for his daughter. His wife and Angie's mother, Emilina, cheated on him and they divorced. He has a brother Octavio Palmero. He was later engaged to a young woman, Lindsay Capre(Stacey Kiebler), but later discovered she was cheating on him and decided to go back to his ex-wife who earlier had told him she wanted to get back together but she died before anything happened and Vic was left alone again. Vic seems to really hate Fidel Castro so much that in Carmen's Dating, when George tells him that Castro died, he was excited and was waving his arms around. In George Discovers How Mescal-ed Up His Life Would Have Been Without the Benny-Fits and Sabes Gay, It's George's Fantasy Episode, Vic seems to end up turning into a dancing worm due to George's hallucination from drinking the worm. He speaks with a Cuban accent, at which George pokes fun.
[edit] Veronica Palmero
Veronica Palmero (played by Aimee Garcia) is Angie's spoiled niece, Carmen and Max's cousin, and Vic's granddaughter. She moves into the Lopez house after her mother (Angie's sister-in-law) dies. Her mother leaves all of her items and money to her, however, it was put into a trust with George being named as the trustee. She winds up staying with her aunt, uncle and cousins (the Lopez family) after her aforementioned inheritance is frozen upon her mother's will being challenged. She only appears in Season 6 as a replacement for Masiela Lusha, who left the show at the end of Season 5.
[edit] Recurring characters
[edit] Accident Amy
Accident Amy (played by Sandra Bullock) is a recurring character who always gets into accidents. It was found out that she and Randy were dating before he started dating Benita. But, before Randy and Benita got married, Amy showed up at the bachelor party and made Randy leave Benita at the altar. That was the last appearance of Accident Amy. Whenever Accident Amy shows up, Ernie says "Hey look, It's Accident Amy! Breakin' bones and breakin' hearts."
[edit] Jack and Mel Powers
Jack and Mel Powers (played by Jack Blessing and Mark Tymchyshyn) are the presidents of Powers Bros Aviation, the airplane manufacturing factory where George works. They have an estranged brother who used to run the factory with them, Lou. Mel has an outcast son named Zack (whom George despises) who ran away with Carmen to San Francisco at the end of season 3.[9]
[edit] Randy McGee
Randall "Randy" McGee (played by Nick Offerman) was the boyfriend and fiance of Benny, but left her at the altar when his former love, fellow employee "Accident" Amy came back, begging for him to take her back. Although he later asks Benny to move in with him, she objects. He first appears in the third season premiere. He is a worker at the airplane manufacturing factory. He is sometimes made fun of by George for being so young and desiring George's mother. He is characterized on the show as having more morals, non-aggressive compassion and tranquility than most.
[edit] Jason MacNamara
Jason MacNamara (played by Bryan Fisher) is the popular, stereotypically handsome, and smart boyfriend of Carmen. When he first started dating Carmen, she was new at school and he could not be seen with her. He has a younger brother, Eric, who is in a wheelchair. He was pressured by his father into taking steroids to enhance his athletic abilities. He ran away from Carmen to pursue a baseball career after she pressured him into having a baby so they could get married. He almost constantly clashes with George, always doing something wrong in George's eyes, although George eventually successfully negotiated Jason's pro baseball contract with the Washington Nationals farm team, the Savannah Sand Gnats.
[edit] Mr. Needles
Mr. Needles is a dog that Angie took in that seemed to have a list of sicknesses until George let him have meat at the end of his first episode (the second season premiere). After, he is seen with Carmen, Max or Angie. Once, Max tried to train him for a dog contest by demonstrating himself. In God Needles George, Mr. Needles almost dies of a tumor, but is rescued by God.
[edit] Marisol
Marisol (played by Tonantzin Esparza) is a worker at Powers Brothers Aviation. Angie had George hire her for a good deed. She is known for having an attitude problem. Catchphrase:
- I know, huh?
- Yeah, I know...
[edit] Gina Sorenstam
Gina Sorenstam is a factory worker. She is friends with Benny and blatantly advances on men, especially a disgusted George. If there is any possibility of a sexual favor to be done, she will step up to the task with a flagrant disregard for verbal public decency.
[edit] Zack Powers
Zack (played by Trevor Wright) is Mel's son. He has a lot of problems like getting kicked out of school and getting a girl pregnant. He once ran away with Carmen at the end of season 3, he was dating Carmen only for sex though. Eventually that backfired and he went back after breaking up with Carmen. Benny hit Zack with a wrench outside of the factory. Carmen mentions that his mother was a drunk (like Benny).
[edit] Frank
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[edit] Ricky
Ricky is Max's best-friend. In George has Two Mommies he burns down George's garage. In Trouble With Ricky, he drove George's car into the backyard and wrecked. Later in the episode, Ernie offered to adopt him. He lives a childhood like George. His mom was a drunk and his father walked out on him.
[edit] Toby
Toby was Carmen's best friend in season 2. In one episode they get into a huge fight, but they make up in the end. She moves away in Halloween Cheer and it devastates Carmen.
[edit] Olivia
Olivia (played by Ashley Tisdale) was Carmen's best friend when she is enrolled in private school. She started mid-semester just like Carmen. We found out in the first episode she was in that Max liked her as he tried to peek at her as she changed. George also accused her of moving from Toronto for very odd reasons.
[edit] Silvie Cardenas
Silvie is Ernie's morbidly obese mother who needs assistance with bathing and dining. She is said to be deeply religious, though she was pregnant with Ernie before marrying his father. Ernie refuses to believe so, even though George says there are pictures of him being breastfed at the reception.
[edit] Extended Lopez-Palmero family
[edit] Manuel "Manny" Lopez
Manuel "Manny" Lopez (played by William Marquez) is George's estranged father, Angie's father-in-law, Benny's ex-husband, and Carmen and Max's grandfather. He abandoned Benny and George when George was two and was rumored to have died when George was six. When George learned that he was alive, he tried to track him down. At one point, George tracked down his dad in Arizona, punched him in the face and a month later was tracked down himself and arrested. His father dropped the charges and had him released. Many times, George tries to do fatherly things for his children, but because of his father's absence, he either learned how to do it another way or never was able to do something. Manny dies in Mementos before a kidney surgery, before which he'd requested that neither George nor Benny attend his funeral, not wanting to draw negative attention from his peers.
[edit] Joe
Joesph "Joe" Diaz (played by Ismael 'East' Carlo) is George's deceased uncle, Angie's uncle-in-law, Carmen and Max's great-uncle, and Benny's big brother. Uncle Joe once appeared to have a bump on his neck which George claims "It looks like you're growing a second head!" and Benny claims it to be a neck wallet. It's possible that he died because of this because it is mentioned to be serious. Joe seemed to have a lot of money because of how Benny described him not sacrificing $20 for her. Joe appears and dies in the episode Super Bowl.
[edit] Luisa Diaz
Luisa Diaz (Rita Moreno) is Benny's estranged mother, George's grandmother, and Carmen and Max's great-grandmother. She abused Benny as a child, which Benny refers to in several episodes. In one episode it is said she is dead, but in a later episode she is alive and well. She makes her first appearance in George Testi-Lies for Benny, in which her grandson attempts to get her to speak on Benny's behalf, though, this backfires. During this episode, she admits that she and her husband sometimes had to "spank Benny in the face." Despite her relationship with Benny, she appears to get along quite well with George.
[edit] Minor relatives
- Emilina Palmero is Angie's deceased mother, George's mother-in-law and Vic's ex-wife. She and Vic divorced after Vic discovered she was cheating on him. In season six her and Vic were about to get back together right before she died.
- Gloria Palmero was Angie's sister and Vic's other daughter. She was estranged with Angie until Angie's birthday. She once kissed George because she was jealous of Angie.
- Ray Palmero (Andy Garcia) was Angie's brother, Vic's son and Veronica's father who was estranged with his family. He is known for conning family members and people out of money, most notably his father. He attempts to do the same with daughter Veronica's inheritance, but is stopped by George.
- Claudia Palmero (Maria Canals) is Veronica's deceased millionaire mother as well as Angie's ex-sister-in-law. She left Veronica all her money in her will if George decided she was responsible enough to have it.
- Lindsay Cafferty (Stacy Keibler) was Vic's young fiancee until George proved she was cheating on him.
- Linda Lorenzo (Eva LaRue) is George's little sister and Benny's daughter. Benny gave her away for adoption when she was a baby because she was unable to support both of her children. George went to meet her without revealing who he was, not wanting to mess up her life. But when she resurfaced in a later episode, George accidentally let slip of their relationship. She temporarily dates Vic in one episode.
- George Edward Lopez (Lou Diamond Phillips) is George's half-brother and Angie's half-brother-in-law (on his father's side).
- Octavio Palmero is Angie's uncle and Vic's brother. George helped Vic get him out of Cuba for Angie's anniversary. He and Vic both share an equal hatred for Fidel Castro, of which George took advantage, pranking them by walking into the house in a Castro-like costume, scaring them both.
- Cecilia Lopez is Manny's sister, George's aunt, and Benny's ex-sister-in-law. She is the one who revealed George's father was still alive.
- Lydia Lopez (Cristina Saralegui) is Manny's second wife. She is first seen in George Has Two Mommies.
- Aunt Lynette is Angie's aunt. She is one of the many who looks down on George, and was horrified to discover George was left in charge of Veronica's inheritance.
[edit] One-Time Appearance characters
McCloud is a stray dog that Benny took in. He was found by George and Ernie at a biker's house. When he was brought back, George tied him to a banister, but he got free and destroyed the living room and brought Benny back from her depression. He appeared in George's Dog Days of Bummer.
Biker (Duane "Dog" Chapman) is a biker who found McCloud and took him in after he ran away from Benny's home when it was set on fire. He had George give him $200 before he took back McCloud. He appeared in George's Dog Days of Bummer.
Antonio Villaraigosa is the mayor of Los Angeles in George Lopez and in real life. He appeared at the end of an episode featuring Biker and McCloud. He appeared in George's Dog Days of Bummer.
Joe's cousins are Joe's cousins from Albuquerque that came to Joe's to get Super Bowl tickets. Joe's cousins appear in Super Bowl.
Kenny Lofton (played by himself) is the Texas Rangers center fielder. He made a guest appearance in Angie Gets Tanked.
Principal Stahler (played by Brooks Almy) is the principal of Allendale where Carmen and Jason went to school. She used to teach Spanish before principal. She appears in Angie Gets Tanked.
Lawrence Baxter (played by Jamal Mixon) is a student at Allendale where Carmen and Jason went to school. He is extremely fat, which George mentioned. To make up for what he did, George gave Lawrence an autographed picture of Kenny Lofton, Michael Jackson hanging George over a balcony and two courtside Laker tickets George got for his birthday.
Carrot Top (played by himself) is Carmen's boyfriend in a dream George had in George Searches for a Needle in a Haight-Stack. In the beginning, George notices that Carmen got pregnant. Then, Carrot Top comes in imitating their dream baby.
Chester Sorkin (played by Steven Robert Wollenberg) appears in George Can't Let Sleeping Mexicans Lie. George, Max and Benny think a lawn ornament he has up is racist and threatens the Lopez family. After Benny smashes the statue, Sorkin puts up two more and a burro.
Officer Sanchez (played by Mario Lopez) is a police officer. He's also friends with George and Angie and he dates Veronica and he appears in George Can't Let Sleeping Mexicans Lie.
Benny (Dog) is the dog Manny named after Benny.
Eric is Jason's little brother who is handicapped and appeared in Angie Gets Tanked when he takes a picture of Angie in her see-through clothes.
Noah is the fake boyfriend Carmen dated to cover up her relationship with Zack. When George discovered unusual text messages on Noah's cell phone, he and Benny followed him to a movie theatre to catch him cheating on Carmen. But instead of a girl, they find a gay Noah kissing his secret boyfriend. Later, George and Angie tell Noah off. George and Angie didn't really mind the fact that he was gay or cheating on Carmen, but they got angry at him for being the cover up boyfriend.
H.R. Pufnstuf appeared in the episode Happy Birthdays. He was called in by Angie to entertain George.
Curtis The Gay Co-Worker
[edit] Never Seen Characters
Jimmy is one of George's cousins. Angie claimed that at Joe's, he collapsed in her lap, which was taught from George.
George's cousins are George's cousins who were mentioned by Angie at Joe's.
Ernie's parents are Ernie's parents. Ernie's mother is shown to be extremely fat, as she is partly shown, but in Who's Your Daddy she is seen, but not as fat as she is always seen. It is said that she may have gained weight. His father is never seen.
Cousin Rudy is Benny's cousin who is mentioned in Super Bowl. She is deceased because Benny mentions her having her tombstone say "Benny Lopez if you can read this you are too close."
Fidel Castro, the then Cuban President, for whom Vic commonly expresses his hatred. In another episode George dressed as Castro to scare Vic and his brother out of their wits.
Hector the Mailman is a mailman that delivers mail to the Lopezes. George claims he could get a better Christmas card from him than a Father's Day card from Max. He is mentioned in George's Bogeyous Relationship with Vic is Putt to the Test.
Danny Boy a man who works at Powers Brothers that always tries to have an excuse for not being at work; his voice is heard (similar to George's) but never seen. When he talks he sounds odd like saying end-zone instead of ozone, or Fren-fry instead of French fry.
Janet Powers caused a fight between Mel and Jack by Mel taking her to Las Vegas when Jack was married to her.
Richard was Gloria's ex-husband and Angie's ex-brother-in-law. Vic mentions that Richard was rich, successful, and Cuban.
Jenny Max's childhood crush. The reason that Max has his braces loosened repeatedly, and nearly has George fired.
Dave Lopez must have been Manny's father. In Mementos Manny gives George Dave's gold watch, but George smashes it. Later, Benny claims it is worth a lot of money.
Sonia Garcia was George's crush throughout school as a kid. She is mentioned several times in the series.
Consuelo Palmero was Angie's deceased grandmother. In Mementos it is stated that she made Angie a dress while blind that was destroyed in a laundry room fire and all that was left was the threads and buttons on the dress.
Lora Ortiz was the love life of Max. She is mentioned in Vigilante and in George is Maid to be Ruth-Less.
Joe's girlfriend called Angie to tell George that Joe was dying.
Aunt Kuku was Ernie's deceased aunt who was his mom's sister.
[edit] References
- ^ George vs. George; season 2, episode 16
- ^ Bringing Home the Bacon; season 3, episode 8
- ^ George's Grand Slam; season 4, episode 19
- ^ Girl Fight; season 2, episode 15
- ^ George vs. George; season 2, episode 16
- ^ Home Sweet Homeschool; season 4, episode 4
- ^ It's a Cliffhanger, by George; season 5, episode 22
- ^ Bringing Home the Bacon; season 3, episode 8
- ^ George to the Third Power; season 4, episode 13
