Miguel Ángel Tirado Vinués (born 13 November 1949) better known by his comedic persona ''Marianico el Corto'', is a Spanish comedian. He became famous with his comedic character Marianico el Corto ("short Marianico") a stereotypical

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ese villager person with a strong accent who always wears white shirt, vest, red sash and

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Biography

He was born in the neighborhood of Torrero in

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, in

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), on 13 November 1949. He is married and has 4 children. In 1982 he began his artistic career participating in the radio program ''5.º Programa'' of Radio Zaragoza and begins to perform in pubs. In 1989 he appears in the TV programs '' Directo en la Noche'' and ''

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''. In 1990 he became very popular for his participation in the humor contest ''

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'' where he collaborated until 1993. He later participated in the

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TV programs "''Muchas Gracias''" and "''Sonría, por favor''" (1996). Between 1995 and 1996 he performed in the musical play "''Los reclutas piden guerra''" and between 1998 y 1999 in the play "''Esta fonda es la monda''". He also performed in 2000 in the play "''La Alcaldía... ¡Va Bien!''". Other plays were "''Un fantasma en los Monegros''", "''Un cubano en la familia''" and "''Un maño en Nueva York''" (2009) In 2013 he co-hosted the

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program ''Me gusta Aragón'' alongside

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. In 2020 he produced and starred in the series ''

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'' on Aragón TV, a dramedy in which Tirado plays a fictional version of himself.'El último show' triunfa en su estreno y recibe el aplauso de los espectadores: "Es una serie imperdible"
in vertele.com (in Spanish)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tirado, Miguel Ángel 1949 births Living people Spanish male comedians Spanish stand-up comedians Spanish television presenters People from Zaragoza