Al Madrigal

Personal context

Summary

Al Madrigal is a comedian, actor, writer, and producer known for The Daily Show, where he was the Senior Latino Correspondent, as well as stand-up and the documentary Half Like Me, which explored his mixed Mexican and Sicilian background. Family life and cultural identity recur in his comedy. He has said Latinos and Asians are underrepresented on television and has framed his comic series Primos around the lack of Mexican superheroes. In 2015, he publicly opposed Donald Trump’s Saturday Night Live appearance after Trump’s remarks about immigrants; no public record of sustained activist affiliations, DEI roles, or queer advocacy is on record.