Marco Antonio Regil

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Marco Antonio Regil
Born	(1969-12-27) December 27, 1969 Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Occupation	game show host
Website
http://www.marcoantonioregil.com

Marco Antonio Regil (born December 27, 1969) is a Mexican television personality and game show host, born in Tijuana, Mexico. He began his career as a Radio D.J. when he was 15 years old. He has hosted the Mexican (Spanish) and US live casino show version (English) of The Price is Right, the Mexican version of which is called Atinale Al Precio, and both the US Spanish and Mexican versions of Family Feud, as well as Miss Mexico, Dancing with the Stars, Hazme Reir-Make Me Laugh, Telethon and Premio Lo Nuestro.

He was awarded many times as Mexico's number one TV host and was invited by United States President George W. Bush to host the Cinco de Mayo celebration in the White House in 2004.

He is one of the few international quiz show hosts to appear on a US game show. He appeared on The Price Is Right in 1997 and 1998 at the VIP section, where he was introduced by Bob Barker, and appeared on Family Feud in 2002. In 2008 he hosted the live Las Vegas casino show in English. He has also worked on both the 1972 Showcase and the British Showcase formats (as the Mexican version of Price in 2010 has adopted the Forsyth version). He is vegan.

He currently hosts the Mexican versions of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, The Price is Right, and Zodiac's Beyond Boundaries as well as the Teletón (Mexico) (Mexican National Telethon) for which he has raised over half a billion dollars. He is also the voice of Brad Pitt in the Mexican release of Megamind. Regil lives in Los Angeles, California where he teaches yoga while working on his crossover to U.S. English T.V. Regil opened the new Spanish-language United States channel MundoFOX with its debut program on August 13, 2012, Minuto Para Ganar, the U.S. Spanish version of Shine Limited's Minute to Win It franchise.

Filmography

100 Mexicanos Dijieron Teleton

Advertising

He has appeared in advertisements of several companies like McDonald's, H-E-B, Telmex and PepsiCo.

In a national poll, conducted by Readers Digest in 2011, Marco was named "Mexico's Most Trusted TV Personality". Regil is considered by Mexicans and Mexican Americans to be one of their most beloved stars.

In 2012, he narrated the Spanish version of Glass Walls, a PETA video that promotes a vegan diet.^[1]

External links

The Price Is Right

United States

Versions	Current series 1956–1965 original series 1994–1995 syndicated series The Price Is Right Live!

Pricing games	List of The Price Is Right pricing games

Hosts	Bob Barker Drew Carey Dennis James Tom Kennedy Doug Davidson Bill Cullen

On-air personalities	Don Pardo Johnny Gilbert Johnny Olson Rod Roddy Rich Fields George Gray Burton Richardson Models

Production staff	Paul Alter Marc Breslow Roger Dobkowitz Mark Goodson Mike Richards Bob Stewart Bill Todman Frank Wayne Jay Wolpert

International

Versions	Australia Current series 1957-1974 original series United Kingdom France Mexico Philippines ABC version ABS-CBN version Italy Other international versions

Hosts	Ian Turpie Larry Emdur Leslie Crowther Bob Warman Bruce Forsyth Joe Pasquale Gigi Sabani Iva Zanicchi Silvio Santos Marco Antonio Regil Carlo Boszhard Dawn Zulueta Kris Aquino

References

↑ "Mexican TV Star Marco Regil Launches Paul McCartney's Video 'Glass Walls' in Spanish," peta.org, accessed 7 November 2012.

Persondata
Name	Regil, Marco Antonio
Alternative names
Short description	American game show host
Date of birth	December 27, 1969
Place of birth	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Date of death
Place of death

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