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Erick Lopez(I)

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Erick Lopez
Academy Award Nominee For Best Live Action Short Film

In the not-so-distant future, Mateo is arrested by a police drone without explanation. Finding himself locked in a fully automated jail with no means of recourse, Mateo realizes he's fallen through some kind of crack in the system. To get out alive he'll have to go head-to-head with the labyrinthine, computerized bureaucracy of the privatized American justice system, in search of an actual human being who can set things right.
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Erick began his acting career after graduating Hebron High School in his hometown of Dallas, TX. After gaining his first professional acting credit on the popular CBS soap opera Bold and The Beautiful. He was later cast in the recurring role of Tommy on MTV's Faking It, which went on to win a Teen Choice Award for Breakout Show.

Being cast as the bilingual Frankie in Center Theatre Group's production of Kimber Lee's different words for the same thing at the Kirk Douglas Theatre allowed him to display his love for theatre while honoring his proud Mexican-American roots. It remains one of his favorite roles to date.

Erick is best known for playing Hector on CW's critically acclaimed and multi-Emmy Award winning Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. He is also recognized for his recurring roles on Call Your Mother (ABC) and Shameless (Showtime); as well as guest roles on the reboot of Magnum PI (CBS), Castle (ABC), and more.

He can currently be seen on HBOMax as the star of 2022 Oscar Nominated Live-Action Short Please Hold, directed by K.D. Dávila.
BornJanuary 15
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    Known for

    Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)
    Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Hector
    William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
    Shameless
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Polo
    Faking It (2014)
    Faking It
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Tommy
    • Tommy Ortega
    Travis Coles, Kimiko Glenn, and Liza Koshy in Liza on Demand (2018)
    Liza on Demand
    5.1
    TV Series
    • Gene

    Credits

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    Actor



    • Faraway (2024)
      Faraway
      Podcast Series
      • Obsidian Engineer
      • Kennedy Space Center
      • Security Guard 1
      • 2024
    • Behind the Lines (2024)
      Behind the Lines
      9.5
      • Edwin Garcia-Lopez
      • 2024
    • Area Man Lives (2022)
      Area Man Lives
      Video Game
      • Utopitech Executive
      • Police Officer
      • Pinata Pete Announcer
      • 2022
    • Jay Hernandez and Perdita Weeks in Magnum P.I. (2018)
      Magnum P.I.
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Jonah Graffy
      • 2021
    • Kyra Sedgwick, Joey Bragg, and Rachel Sennott in Call Your Mother (2021)
      Call Your Mother
      5.2
      TV Series
      • Victor
      • 2021
    • Erick Lopez in Please Hold (2020)
      Please Hold
      7.2
      Short
      • Mateo
      • 2020
    • The Blackout (2019)
      The Blackout
      5.3
      • Tony
      • 2019
    • Do Not Disturb (2019)
      Do Not Disturb
      Short
      • Jd
      • 2019
    • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)
      Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Hector
      • 2015–2019
    • Vico Ortiz in Misdirection (2019)
      Misdirection
      8.3
      Short
      • Matt
      • 2019
    • Flavor of Life (2019)
      Flavor of Life
      7.0
      • Albert
      • 2019
    • Travis Coles, Kimiko Glenn, and Liza Koshy in Liza on Demand (2018)
      Liza on Demand
      5.1
      TV Series
      • Gene
      • 2018
    • Joey King in Smartass (2017)
      Smartass
      4.9
      • Juan
      • 2017
    • Young Professionals Club (2016)
      Young Professionals Club
      Short
      • Daniel
      • 2016
    • Faking It (2014)
      Faking It
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Tommy Ortega
      • Tommy
      • 2014–2016

    Producer



    • Date BoyZ (2016)
      Date BoyZ
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2016–2017

    Cinematographer



    • Kelli Jordan and Dennis Pearson in Safe (2019)
      Safe
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Date BoyZ (2016)
      Date BoyZ
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016

    Verified affiliations

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    SAG-AFTRA

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    Please Hold - Trailer (Academy Award Nominee)
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    Please Hold - Trailer (Academy Award Nominee)
    "Misdirection" trailer
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    "Misdirection" trailer
    "Misdirection" trailer
    Trailer 0:39
    "Misdirection" trailer

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    • Alternative name
      • Erick Lopez-Araiza
    • Height
      • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
    • Born
      • January 15
      • San Bernardino, California, USA
    • Spouse
      • Sarah MurphreeJune 10, 2009 - present

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      Studied Arts and Technology at the University of Texas at Dallas.
    • Nickname
      • ELO

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