Gabriel Iglesias began his comedy career in the year 1997 against the wishes of his mother. He first appeared on television in 2000 on the Nickelodeon comedy series 'All That'. This was followed by his shows 'Premium Blend' and 'My Wife and Kids'.
glesias worked for a cell phone company in Los Angeles and in 1997 went into comedy full-time, though it resulted in his being evicted from his home and losing his car.
Iglesias often references his weight in his comedy, often saying, "Oh, I'm not fat, I'm fluffy", elaborating that there were five levels of fatness, "Big", "Healthy", "Husky", "Fluffy", and "DAMN!!!" He later added a 6th level, "Oh Hell No!!"
In 2000, he appeared in the sixth season of the series , co-starring with and .
In 2007, Iglesias voiced an entire Mexican family in "", a episode of the animated comedy . That same year, he began voicing a recurring set of identical twin characters on , a Disney animated series that he describes as his favorite voice work.
Iglesias was a contestant on the of reality TV series in 2006, surviving elimination to become one of the final eight comics. He was disqualified at that point for having used a smuggled to communicate with family and friends, which violated the rules of the show.
In 2011, Comedy Central debuted , a standup showcase series which Iglesias produced and hosted, running for three seasons before ending in 2014.
Iglesias has hosted/co-hosted six episodes of , and played a strip club DJ and drug dealer in the 2012 film .
Iglesias voiced Ned and Zed in the 2013 film, . He also voiced characters in the animated films (2014) and (2016).
Iglesias is featured in the reality series Fluffy Breaks Even, which premiered on on October 1, 2015. The show was renamed Fluffy's Food Adventures upon its third season renewal in January 2017. In 2019, he played Gabe Iglesias, in , a original series about a teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California. He made a guest appearance on WWE Backstage on FS1, to take part in a segment called promo school.
