Adrian Martinez talks about working with Jerry Seinfeld in Unfrosted, Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez in Only Murders in the Building, and Nicole Kidman in the Interpreter. Adrian shares his love being a stage actor and directorial debut in the award winning iGilbert.

Also in this episode Christine Lahti’s bathroom break/Golden Globe win. Eila and Bruce reminisce about popular TV Theme songs and how they don’t have a place in Emmy history.

Adrian Martinez is an actor, director, writer, and producer, with over 120 film and TV credits, including his directorial debut, “iGilbert,” based on his original screenplay. iGilbert was purchased by Gravitas Ventures and is now available on all major streamers in the US and Canada. iGilbert has been accepted and archived as part of the Academy of motion pictures arts and sciences core collection and recently won best feature and the audience award at the London film festival, Dominican film fest, and several best actor nominations and wins including the prestigious Imagen awards as well as many other international awards.

Adrian is filming “The Amateur,” opposite Oscar winner Rami Malek for Disney and is in the new season of “Only Murders in the Building,” working opposite Selena Gomez and Steve Martin.

His other recent work includes “Renfield,” side kicking with Nicolas Cage, and Awkwafina, and directed by Chris McKay for Universal, and the soon to be released “Unfrosted,” Jerry Seinfeld’s directorial debut for Netflix.

Adrian can also soon be seen in ’Sugar,’ for Apple tv+ in a recurring role opposite Colin Ferrell, and Ben Stiller’s ‘Severance,’ for Apple TV+

Adrian’s hysterical performance in Warner Bros “Focus,” opposite Margot Robbie and Will Smith is presently running on Max.

Adrian’s work as a series regular in “Stumptown” opposite Cobie Smulders (How I met your mother) is now available on Amazon prime video. Adrian can also be seen on season 1 of CBS all access’ ‘No Activity’ produced by Will Ferrell and Funny or die. This is Adrian’s follow up to a Series Regular role in NBC’s ‘The Blacklist: Redemption’ on NBC. Adrian’s career began as a high school track star on NBC’s “Unsolved Mysteries”. Some in casting have called Adrian, “the sidekick to the stars,” as evidenced by his sidekick work in “The Guilty,” opposite Jake Gyllenhaal for Netflix, Amy Schumer’s sidekick in ‘I feel Pretty,’ now on all digital platforms, Ben Stiller’s sidekick in his Fox remake of “Walter Mitty,” Will Ferrell’s sidekick in Lionsgate’s “Casa de mi Padre,” and a lot of dogs in Disney+ “Lady and the Tramp” remake, to name a few.

Mr. Martinez’s TV work also includes over seventy guest spots.

Adrian is writing and developing film and TV projects through his production company, Paloma Pictures Inc., and is in pre-production for his untitled comedy for a major streamer.

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