We cannot give out direct contact information of the Joey Diaz agent or help distribute fan mail, personal messages, gifts, requests for free appearances, or donations of time. CTI will contact the Joey Diaz agent, manager or representative on your behalf to inquire about the current Joey Diaz booking fee and availability, while negotiating the lowest cost on your behalf. Immigrants, fans of celebrity tales, and comedy enthusiasts alike will be enthralled by this incredibly true, foul-mouthed, and funny memoir.

From his childhood in the ’70s as a Cuban refugee living in a world of guns and drugs in New Jersey to his early attempts at busting into stand-up in the cocaine-fueled ’80s, Tremendous is filled with hilarious and often dark stories. An inspiration to misfits everywhere, Tremendous is storytelling at its finest-and a reminder that the direst of circumstances can change in unimaginable, unpredictable ways. Joey “Coco” Diaz credits his success to his “immigrant mentality,” the work ethic his mother modeled for him and on which countless others have depended to survive the harsh landscape of being an outsider. Diaz shares it all with brutal honesty and humor, in the same inimitable voice he'd use talking to you from the stage or in a bar.

Now, for the first time, he shares the story of his unlikely rise to fame in his own words-with no punches pulled. From finding his mom's body to high stakes crime, addiction and depression, there are plenty of dark episodes in this saga. I have seen Joey Diaz through the JRE podcast and his occasional appearance in films such a Spiderman 2. In 2005, Diaz expressed his wish to continue as a character actor, saying: "It's like a dream come true for me. The series was not picked up, but the opportunity led to more work for Diaz, including an offer in his first feature film, a referee in BASEketball (1998), and a part in the television series NYPD Blue.

Diaz performed his first routine on June 18, 1991 [13] at the Comedy Works in Denver at a show headlined by Matt Woods.He used his divorce from his first wife, and the loss of contact with their daughter in the process, as a motivation so he "could come back and make her proud". Also, their speaking fee might be different than the fee shown for the cost to perform or to just appear.

Joey Diaz's current work schedule and location in relation to your event's type, date, budget, and locality will play a primary factor in the acceptance of booking Joey Diaz for your party.Following his arrest for kidnapping and aggravated robbery, he was sent to prison in 1988, serving 16 months of a four-year sentence.

The sixtyish Cuban American had a hard life before making it big as a stand-up comedian and podcast host, and he’s open about all of it in this spellbinding memoir.In 2007, Diaz appeared in four episodes of the television series My Name is Earl as Joey the Candy Bar Criminal. He immigrated at a young age to the United States, [3] where he was raised in North Bergen, New Jersey, [3] [4] a town where he noted he was the only Cuban-American at the time.