Wilmer Eduardo Valderrama (born January 30, 1980) is an American actor and television personality, known for the role of Fez (Foreign Exchange Student) in the sitcom That '70s Show, hosting the MTV series Yo Momma, and voicing the character of Manny in the children's show Handy Manny. He currently stars as Detective Efrem Vega in the NBC series Awake.
Valderrama was born in Miami, Florida, the son of Sobeida (née Arias) and Balbino A. Valderrama,...
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Wilmer Eduardo Valderrama (born January 30, 1980) is an American actor and television personality, known for the role of Fez (Foreign Exchange Student) in the sitcom That '70s Show, hosting the MTV series Yo Momma, and voicing the character of Manny in the children's show Handy Manny. He currently stars as Detective Efrem Vega in the NBC series Awake.
Valderrama was born in Miami, Florida, the son of Sobeida (née Arias) and Balbino A. Valderrama, who owned a farm equipment rental company. He is of Colombian and Venezuelan descent. The family moved to Venezuela when he was three years old, then to Los Angeles when he was thirteen. He has two sisters, Marylin and Stephanie, and a brother, Christian. He attended Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California.
Valderrama got his start performing in numerous plays, including A Midsummer Night's Dream and Rumors. He made his professional debut in a Spanish-language Pacific Bell commercial. At his drama teacher's suggestion, he got an agent...
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