Fabrizio Guido on Running Point, World War Z & His First Night Doing Stand-Up

Hosts Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito sit down with actor and stand-up comedian Fabrizio Guido — currently starring in Netflix's Running Point — for a wide-ranging conversation about growing up all over Los Angeles, making his film debut alongside Brad Pitt in World War Z at age 12, and what it really took to build a career from child actor to leading man. Fabrizio traces his path from community theater in East LA, to being homeschooled so he could graduate early and compete for roles on equal footing with adult actors. He talks about the warmth of the Mr. Iglesias set with Gabriel Iglesias, how he created Jackie Moreno in Running Point as a portrait of Boyle Heights with a heart the whole world could recognize, and the deep research he brought to playing Rafael Gallardo in Perry Mason Season 2 — including reading a Los Angeles newspaper from 1932 on his way to the Warner Bros. Ranch. He also opens up about the night Gabriel Iglesias told him he had two weeks to put together five minutes of stand-up — and what happened when he got off stage at the Brea Improv as a different person. Plus: his take on the new generation of young Latino actors redefining what it means to be Latino in Hollywood, why he thinks LA is the only city that truly tests people's character, and why The Fast and the Furious is one of the most East Side movies ever made. Produced by Los Angeles Times, L.A. Times Studios, and Sonoro. 🎙 De Los Podcast drops new episodes every week on YouTube and all major podcast platforms. Subscribe so you never miss a conversation. From the Los Angeles Times and Sonoro comes the De Los Podcast — a weekly conversation where music, pop culture and Latinidad collide. Hosted by De Los editors Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito, the show pulls back the curtain on the stories, people and cultural moments shaping the Latino experience in the U.S. and beyond. Every episode is a front-row seat to conversations with the artists, actors, filmmakers and thinkers who are moving the culture forward — not just talking about it. Guests include Leslie Grace, Sen Dog of Cypress Hill, Xolo Maridueña, Fabrizio Guido, producer and singer Empress Of, among others. Think of it as the cultural conversation that major American media rarely makes room for — a space where Latinos get to talk, unfiltered, about what they create and who they are. Produced by Los Angeles Times, L.A. Times Studios, and Sonoro. New episodes every week — available on YouTube and all major podcasts.