Adam de la Peña is an American actor, comedy writer, producer, and director.
Career
De la Peña started his career writing for ''
The Man Show''. From there he continued to work with
Jimmy Kimmel
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's
Jackhole Productions, writing for ''
Crank Yankers'', and ''
Jimmy Kimmel Live!''. In 2003, De la Peña created and co-starred in a reality show,
Comedy Central
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's ''
I'm with Busey'', in which he documented days in the life of his childhood idol, actor
Gary Busey. The show aired for one season.
In 2006, De la Peña co-created, wrote, directed, and voiced characters for the
Cartoon Network
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/
Adult Swim
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cartoon ''
Minoriteam''. The show ran for 20 episodes. The following year ''
Code Monkeys'' was brought to life on
G4. De la Peña provided the voice of Dave on ''Code Monkeys'' and directed both seasons. He also joined the writing team for the live action film ''
Bratz: The Movie'' for the
Bratz franchise. ''Code Monkeys'', which had two successful seasons, was not renewed with G4.
Continuing with animated projects, De la Peña moved to an Internet-based project called ''On the Bubble''. The series of 19 two- to three-minute episodes was released online at their website as well as through
YouTube
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,
Vimeo
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, and other public video networks. For each character, social networking profiles were set up on
Facebook
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,
Twitter
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, and
Bebo. The project ceased in 2009.
On November 9, 2011, his animated series ''Your Dungeon, My Dragon'' premiered on
Xbox Live
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,
MSN and
YouTube.com.
On August 6, 2013,
Geek & Sundry announced their collaboration and subsequent release of the series ''Outlands''.
External links
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Variety: feature on Adam de la Peña's new show ''Code Monkeys''*
ttps://www.youtube.com/user/onthebubblenews Official Youtube Channel for ''On The Bubble''
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American male comedians
21st-century American comedians
American television writers
American male television writers
American male television actors
American male voice actors
American people of Spanish descent
Hispanic and Latino American male actors
21st-century American screenwriters
21st-century American male writers
Hispanic and Latino American male comedians
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