Carlos Santos (comedian)

Santos was born and raised in Puerto Rico.^[2] He is the youngest of three children. He learned to speak English growing up from watching television,^[1] and particularly enjoyed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teen Wolf, and Ghostbusters.^[3] Santos named Will Smith, Steve Carell, Jim Carrey, George Lopez, and Pablo Francisco as some of his biggest comedy influences.^[3]

He attended college at Fresno State University, first as a computer engineering major before switching to theatre.^[1] He took a class about stand-up comedy that first sparked his interest in the medium and began to perform stand-up in Fresno at a local casino.^[4] After graduating he moved to Los Angeles and trained in improv at Second City.^[1] Santos also gained hosting experience as an anchor for the local television station LATV.^[3]

Santos gained prominence as a VJ on the MTV Tres show MiTRL in 2006, which combined comedy and music content.^[2][5] He switched his focus to acting and comedy full-time in 2009, and began to train and perform regularly at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.^[1]

Santos has acted on series including The Last Man on Earth, 2 Broke Girls, and Bajillion Dollar Properties.^[6] His breakout role was on the Netflix comedy series Gentefied (2020-2021) as aspiring chef Chris Morales.^[3] He was also a main cast member on the Amazon Freevee sitcom Primo (2023).^[7] He acted in the films Vacation Friends, The Valet, There's Something Wrong with the Children and Amor en toda la cara.^{[8][4][9][10]}

He performs at UCB LA as a member of the only all-Latino comedy variety show Spanish Aquí Presents.^[1] He also performs stand-up comedy regularly.^[3]

Santos enjoys Oreo cookies and shares photos of limited edition flavor packs on his Instagram.^[11]