Carlos Mencia Biography

Carlos Mencia is a Honduran-American comedian, writer, and actor known for his political and social styles of comedy. His incredible success in the stand-up comedy scene eventually led to his own show on Comedy Central, ‘Mind of Mencia’, which aired for four seasons prior to its cancellation in 2008. A native of San Pedro Sula, he moved to Los Angeles, California quite early in his life. He had a troublesome youth, selling drugs and burglarizing a house one time. While he was pursuing an electrical engineering degree at California State University, he dropped out to become a comedian after a successful outing at an open mic night in The Laugh Factory. In the next few years, he made appearances in stand-up venues like The Comedy Store and The L.A. Cabaret and was featured in two half-hour specials on HBO. In 2002, he performed on the ‘Comedy Central Presents’. According to the ‘Wall Street Journal,’ along with Jay Leno and Dane Cook, Mencia is regarded as one of the three most hated stand-ups by other comedians. He has been accused of plagiarism multiple times over the course of his career.