Chiquito de la Calzada

Biography

Gregorio Esteban Sánchez Fernández (born 24 October 1932 in Loja, Granada), known as Chiquito de la Calzada, is a Spanish flamenco singer and actor, although he is more famous as a stand-up comedian. Chiquito de la Calzada became very popular in Spanish TV shows (especially Genio y figura) during the mid-nineties due to his unique style, strongly based on a surreal approach to jokes and language and constant movement while telling his jokes, putting his hands in his waist as if he was in pain. Some of his characteristic words and expressions such as fistro or jarl as well as his humorous comparisons such as "this is more dangerous than a shooting in an elevator" quickly became memes and are now part of Spanish slang. His moves and jargon were so influential to other Spanish comedians, that some TV characters such as Crispín Klander, Lucas Grijander and Nuñito de la Calzada were entirely built around his own repertoire.

Most Famous Work

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2014	Control cámaras jarl	Torrente 5 2014-10-03 Movie
2010	Guía Babud-Alu	La venganza de Ira Vamp 2010-06-20 Movie
2009	Chiquito de la Calzada (End Credits)	Spanish Movie 2009-12-04 Movie
2005	Parrondo	Torrente 3: The Protector 2005-09-30 Movie
2004	Paco Poblete	Franky Banderas 2004-02-20 Movie
2003	Padre de íñigo	Moscow Gold 2003-03-28 Movie
1998	Pápa Piquillo	Pápa Piquillo 1998-12-18 Movie
1997	Condemor/Brácula	Brácula (Condemor II) 1997-08-13 Movie
1996	Condemor	Aquí llega Condemor, el pecador de la pradera 1996-06-27 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv