Horatio Sanz

Horacio Sanz (born June 4, 1969), better known by his stage name Horatio Sanz, is an American comedian and actor. Sanz was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL) from 1998 to 2006.

Early life Horacio Sanz was born on June 4, 1969, in Santiago, Chile to Sylvia and Carlos Sanz. He is the youngest of three sons and the younger brother of actor Carlos Sanz. He grew up in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago.

Career Sanz performed at various theaters in Chicago, including The Court Theater and The Second City, where he was a member of their Chicago ETC theater. While in Chicago, Sanz was also one of the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) sketch comedy and improv troupe. Sanz can still be seen regularly performing with the sketch troupe at their long-running improv show "ASSSSCAT 3000", at both of the UCB's comedy theaters, located in New York City and Los Angeles.

Saturday Night Live Sanz joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in September 1998 as the first Hispanic cast member. At the beginning of SNLs 31st season, he was the temporary replacement for Tina Fey as Amy Poehler's Weekend Update co-anchor while Fey was on maternity leave until she resumed her duties on October 22, 2005. On September 20, 2006, SNL announced that Sanz would not be returning due to budget cuts.

Sanz returned to SNL as a guest on February 3, 2007, appearing as Elton John, and on November 3, as presidential candidate Bill Richardson and again on the December 17, 2011, Christmas show as himself in a musical number ("I Wish It Was Christmas Today") and as a member of Beethoven's orchestra ("Beethoven: Meet The Band").

Characters on SNL Aaron Neville as a courtroom judge on City Court, who sang and overused cocoa butter Gobi, the cannabis-loving co-host of Jarret's Room Jasper Hahn, a cartoonist whose creations always start out as raunchy drawings of genitals Rick, stepfather of Kaitlin (played by Amy Poehler) Jeffrey's Clothing Store customer Carol, a cheerful and crass woman Ferey Mühtar, host of "The Ferey Mühtar Talk Show" Manuel Pantalones, bandleader on "Showbiz Grande Explosion" Frankie Hilbert, from the Boston Teens Vasquez-Gomez-Vasquez One of the Telemundo actors from "Besos Y Lagrimas" Gerardo Sammo Hung Matt LeBlanc as his character Joey Tribbiani from the TV show Friends Elton John Billy Joel Rosie O'Donnell Gene Shalit Umberto Unity Ozzy Osbourne

After SNL Sanz was part of the cast of the short-lived ABC sitcom In the Motherhood in 2009, playing the role of Horatio the "manny" (male nanny). In 2010, Sanz and his former SNL castmate Chris Parnell starred together on Big Lake, a Comedy Central sitcom from executive producers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. From 2010 to 2011, Sanz was a writer and producer on the Comedy Central sketch series Nick Swardson's Pretend Time.

In 2015, he started his own podcast called The Hooray Show, which features comedy sketches and interviews with his friends in comedy.

Sanz appeared as a guest on The Big Alakens, the Big Lake marathon fundraiser episode of The George Lucas Talk Show.

Personal life In November 2008, Sanz made his first public appearance in almost a year, after having lost . "I've been eating better", Sanz said. "I've been trying to come up with a joke about how I've lost weight and I was going to say, 'I stopped putting nuts in my sundaes. He also says, "I never weighed myself when I was at my fattest, because I was scared I might die'." Sanz says he has been working out, too.

He became an American citizen on July 25, 2018, in Los Angeles, California.

Sexual assault allegation On August 12, 2021, a lawsuit was filed against Sanz, accusing him of sexual assault. The plaintiff, remaining anonymous, claimed that Sanz groped her and made sexual comments to her when she was under the age of 18. The lawsuit also stated that both Saturday Night Live and NBC permitted and enabled him to groom and harm her, and accused Sanz of a direct assault that allegedly happened in front of other staff members in May 2002. Sanz responded through his attorney, calling the allegations "categorically false."

NBCUniversal filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit in April 2022, stating "Employers owe no general duty to protect third-persons from the possibility of sexual abuse by their employees". On November 23, 2022, Sanz settled with the accuser and the lawsuit was dismissed.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1994 Miracle on 34th Street Orderly 2000 Road Trip French Toast Guy 2001 Tomcats Steve 2002 The New Guy Dance Instructor 2003 Boat Trip Nick Ragoni 2003 National Lampoon's Barely Legal Vic Ramalot 2005 Rebound Mr. Newirth 2005 The Man Santos Uncredited 2006 School for Scoundrels Diego 2007 Lucky You Ready Eddie 2008 Step Brothers Lead singer of Billy Joel cover band 2009 Me Time Sam Short 2009 Year One 2009 May the Best Man Win The Mayor 2010 Freak Dance Barrio's Brother 2011 Hollywood & Wine Tony Video 2011 High Road Doctor 2012 Bachelorette Gena's love interest 2012 The Dictator Aide on Balcony 2012 Wreck-It Ralph Duncan Voice 2013 G.B.F. Principal Crowe 2014 Search Party Cabana Man 2015 Don Quixote Sancho Panza 2016 Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? Luis2017Actors AnonymousJuan 2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet Duncan Voice 2019 Zeroville Francis Ford Coppola 2021 Clifford the Big Red Dog Raul

Television Year Title Role Notes 1998–2000 Upright Citizens Brigade Various 3 episodes 1998–2006 Saturday Night Live Various 158 episodes 2002 Ed DJ Desmond Peyton Episode: "The Divorce" 2002–2004 Fillmore! Jr. Commissioner 'Dutch' Vallejo Voice, 24 episodes 2009 In the Motherhood Horatio 7 episodes 2010 30 Rock Maynard Episode: "Anna Howard Shaw Day" 2010 Players Dirk Episode: "Cumdog Millionaire" 2010 Big Lake Glenn Cordoba 10 episodes 2010 Nick Swardson's Pretend Time Future Man Episode: "Mudslide Junction" 2011–2013 The Problem Solverz Ralphe Voice, 2 episodes 2012 Are We There Yet? Mr. Peterson 5 episodes 2012 The Life & Times of Tim Eduardo Voice, episode: "Super Gay Eduardo/The Pros and Cons of Killing Tim" 2012 Girls Terry Lavoyt Episode: "Hannah's Diary" 2012 Gravity Falls Voice, 2 episodes 2013 House of Lies Photographer Episode: "Til Death Do Us Part" 2013 The Greatest Event in Television History Max Episode: "Hart to Hart" 2013 Murder Police Donel Voice, 13 episodes 2013 NTSF:SD:SUV Mr. Barbato Episode: "Comic Con-Air" 2013–2015 Drunk History Various 2 episodes 2013–2016 Comedy Bang! Bang! Various 5 episodes 2014 The Hotwives of Orlando Tito Episode: "Pimps and Hoo-Ha's" 2014 BoJack Horseman Latin Kings Gang Leader Voice, episode: "Our A-Story Is a 'D' Story" 2014 Friends with Better Lives Craig Episode: "No More Mr. Nice Guy" 2014 Bad Judge Mr. Thorpe Episode: "Pilot" 2014 The Birthday Boys Boss Episode: "Getting Preachy" 2015 Parks and Recreation Himself Episode: "One Last Ride" 2015 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Hector Episode: "Kimmy Gets a Job!" 2015 Modern Family Armando Episode: "American Skyper" 2015 Bubble Guppies Sergeant Pickle Voice, episode: "Fruit Camp!" 2015 Long Live the Royals Allistair / Knight #1 Voice, 4 episodes 2016 Scorpion Heywood Jahelpme Morris 4 episodes 2016 Animals Julio Voice, episode: "Pigeons." 2016 Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ Dr. Horowitz Episode: "Inside Joke" 2016 Son of Zorn Uber Driver Episode: "Defender of Teen Love" 2017–2018 Love Jeff 3 episodes 2017 Do You Want to See a Dead Body? Himself Episode: "A Body and a Bust" 2017–2018 Great News Justin Main role; 23 episodes 2018 GLOW Ray 2 episodes 2018 Elena of Avalor Santos Gutierrez Voice, episode: "All Kingdoms Fair" 2019–2021 Black Monday Wayne Recurring, 15 episodes 2019–2021 Big Hero 6: The Series El Fuego Voice, 4 episodes 2019–2020 The Mandalorian Mythrol 2 episodes 2020 Close Enough Raoul Voice, episode: "Prank War/Cool Moms" 2020 Mapleworth Murders Weird Man Episode: "The Case of the Case of Wine: Part I"2020The George Lucas Talk ShowHimselfEpisode: "The Big Alakens Marathon"2021DuncanvilleDouglasVoice, episode: "Sibling Reverly" 2021 Curb Your Enthusiasm Plumber Episode: "What Have I Done?"

Awards and honors Sanz received "high" honors at High Times magazine's 2003 Stony Awards, collecting the "Stoner of the Year" award.