Eugenio Derbez is an actor best known for starring in CODA, which won an Oscar and earned him a SAG Award. The film made history at the Sundance Film Festival, winning all three top prizes in the U.S. Dramatic category. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico and is the son of legendary film and television actress, Sylvia Derbez. He began acting at the very young age of twelve and holds degrees in film directing and acting.

A star of both live-action and animated films, Derbez has been featured in a number of films that have brought his lifetime box-office gross to over 2.5 billion dollars, earning Derbez the global title of the most successful Latin actor at the box office. Out of his generation, he is considered to be the fourth most influential person on social media worldwide. 

Derbez wrote, produced, starred in, and directed Instructions Not Included. The film became the highest-grossing Spanish-language film ever in the U.S. and the world, making $100 million on a budget of only $5 million. Derbez has also starred in hits like How to Be a Latin Lover, Overboard, Jack & Jill, Geostorm, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Miracles from Heaven, and Dora and the Lost City of Gold. Derbez has starred in two movies that have won the grand jury prize at Sundance, CODA, as well as Sangre de Mi Sangre.

Derbez has produced and starred in his own comedy shows for the last 25 years, with the highest ratings for a comedy on TV. His shows are still pulling in audiences through reruns in all of Latin America and in the U.S. through the Spanish language network, Univision.

With his production company, 3Pas Studios, Derbez has an exciting slate of both television and film projects set up on multiple platforms in English and Spanish. Recently, Derbez received an Emmy Award for his comedy show LOL: Last One Laughing, which he both produced and hosted. He created the hit travel show De Viaje Con Los Derbez for Pantaya. LOL and De Viaje are Amazon’s two biggest shows in Latin America. He also has an Apple original comedy series, Acapulco, which he also produced and starred in.

Variety recognized Derbez as the #1 most influential Hispanic male in the world. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and has his very own star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame. 

From his generation, he is considered to be the fourth most influential person on social media worldwide. He has close to 80 million followers across his social media platform.