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Birthday: Oct 24, 1932
Place of Birth: Málaga, Spain

Chiquito de la Calzada

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Aquí llega Condemor, el pecador de la pradera Condemor 1996
Pápa Piquillo Pápa Piquillo 1998
Brácula: Condemor II Condemor/Brácula 1997
Franky Banderas Paco Poblete 2004
Spanish Movie Chiquito de la Calzada (End Credits) 2009
Torrente 3: The Protector Parrondo 2005
Torrente 5 Control cámaras jarl 2014
Moscow Gold Padre de íñigo 2003
La venganza de Ira Vamp Guía Babud-Alu 2010
Fosforito: una historia de flamenco 2021
Series Cast Year
Mi casa es la tuya Self - Guest 2016
Lo Siguiente Self (archive footage) 2018
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