Eugenio Derbez

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Eugenio Derbez has arguably earned the title of most successful comedy actor in Latin America. And in 2013, his film Instructions Not Included helped make him a star here in the United States. These days you can catch Eugenio in the show Acapulco, which is entering its fourth and final season on Apple TV +. Eugenio joins us to talk about the new season of the show, making the jump from being a movie star in Mexico to a movie star in the U.S. and much more!

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0:48.1	Eugenio Derbez has arguably earned the title of the most successful comedy actor in all of Latin America.
0:56.6	He starred in dozens of movies, was first on the call sheet for five hit television shows.
1:02.5	He created and wrote several others.
1:05.0	He's the voice of donkey in the Spanish-language Shrek movies.
1:09.4	Seriously, he could not go out in public in Mexico City without
1:13.5	getting mobbed, because, I mean, you know, that just comes with the territory of being the most
1:18.9	successful comedy actor in all of Latin America. Then, in 2013, he wrote, starred in, and directed
1:26.1	his biggest movie yet, instructions not included.
1:30.2	And it was a hit, not just in Mexico, but also in the United States.
1:36.2	It was an idea that on paper maybe sounded bad.
1:40.6	Go to the United States, get a house in Los Angeles, and try to become a movie star in a new country in your 40s.
1:48.2	But that bad idea worked.
1:52.3	Eugenio Derbez starred in How to Be a Latin lover in 2017, overboard in 2018, and the Best Picture-winning Coda in 2021.
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