Early life

Valderrama was born in Miami, Florida, the son of Sobeida and Balbino A. Valderrama, who owned a farm equipment rental company. He is of Colombian and Venezuelan descent.

Career

Television and film career

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 and was immediately cast in the CBS miniseries Four Corners and in Omba Mokomba on the Disney Channel. He made his big screen debut starring opposite Freddie Prinze Jr., Brittany Murphy, Matthew Lillard and Jessica Biel in the Warner Brothers film Summer Catch.

Valderrama played Fez on That '70s Show from 1998-2006; he was a senior in high school when the pilot episode was filmed. He also played DJ Keoki in the 2003 film Party Monster alongside Macaulay Culkin, Chloë Sevigny, Wilson Cruz and Seth Green. He produced and hosted the MTV series Yo Momma from 2006 to 2007, and appeared "involuntarily" as many as three times on another MTV mainstay, Punk'd, hosted by fellow That '70s Show alumnus Ashton Kutcher.

In April and May 2003, Valderrama appeared in the Los Angeles Times critic's choice play Blackout, an adaptation of the feature film Drunks, and on April 4, 2004, starred opposite Anjelica Huston and Ben Kingsley in the Actors' Fund of America one-performance only reading of Sunset Boulevard. He filmed the short film La torcedura in which he played the lead, and appeared in The Darwin Awards, an independent film directed by Finn Taylor, starring Winona Ryder and Joseph Fiennes.

In animation work, Valderrama voiced Rodrigo in Clifford's Really Big Movie, playing alongside John Ritter, Wayne Brady and Jenna Elfman. He also voices the main character, Manny, in Disney Channel's Handy Manny series for preschoolers (He even starred in a minisode featuring his acting counterpart). He had a starring role in El Muerto, an indie film directed by Brian Cox and based on the successful comic book created by Javier Hernandez. In January 2007, Valderrama launched his own men's fashion label called "Calavena".

In 2010, Valderrama guest-starred on Disney Channel's series Wizards of Waverly Place playing the role of Theresa Russo's brother, Ernesto. In 2011, he appeared in three episodes of USA Network's Royal Pains as Eric Kassabian, an art dealer.

In 2012, Valderrama co-hosted Premios Juventud as a superhero on July 19, 2012. In August 2012, he appeared alongside Vanessa Curry and Leighton Meester in house music group Nomads' music video of "Addicted to Love".

On September 27, 2013, Valderrama was honored with an ALMA Award for Outstanding Social Activism. In late November 2013, it was announced that Valderrama had joined the cast of From Dusk till Dawn: The Series.

Music career

On May 11, 2011, Valderrama released his song "The Way I Fiesta", which he performed as his alter ego Eduardo Fresco. The video was directed by Akiva Schaffer from the group The Lonely Island. Danny Masterson, Valderrama's co-star from That '70s Show, has a cameo appearance in the video. Valderrama appeared in the 2009 music video for Wisin & Yandel's song "Imagínate". He also appeared in and produced the 2011 video for LMFAO's song "Sexy and I Know It". At the Billboard Latin Music Awards he said that he is making music which he will release in Spanish and English. On July 27, 2012, he had an interview with Latina and said that he is recording tracks and is working with great artists/producers from both the English and the Spanish side. He said he was hoping to release more music in 2013, yet nothing was released. On March 10, 2014, Valderrama revealed that a Salud Part 2 is in the works and that he has his own music coming out towards the end of the summer of 2014.

Other work

Valderrama made a cameo appearance in Omar Cruz's To The Top featuring Frankie J. He also worked with Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel on their video for "Imagínate" featuring the rapper T-Pain, as well as on Colombian singer Fanny Lú's video "Tu No Eres Para Mi", where he portrayed her boyfriend. Valderrama has appeared on Shane Dawson's YouTube channel on September 1, 2012.

Personal life

Valderrama is dating singer and actress Demi Lovato.

Filmography

Film

Name	Year	Role	Notes
Summer Catch	2001	Mickey Dominguez
Party Monster	2003	DJ Keoki
Clifford's Really Big Movie	2004	Rodrigo	Voice
Beauty Shop	2005	Corky	Uncredited
The Darwin Awards	2006	Documentary Filmmaker
Zoom		Marksmen
Fast Food Nation		Raul	Nominated - Imagen Foundation Award for Best Actor in a Film
Unaccompanied Minors		Zach Van Bourke
El Muerto	2007	Diego de la Muerte / El Muerto
The Condor		Tony Valdez	Voice
Save the Date
Columbus Day	2008	Max
The Dry Land	2010	Raymond Gonzales
Larry Crowne	2011	Dell Gordo
From Prada to Nada		Bruno	Nominated - Imagen Foundation Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Film
The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best		Jason
School Dance	2014	Flaco
The Girl Is in Trouble	2015	Angel
Days of Wrath		Daniel	Completed
To Whom It May Concern		Sam	Post-production
Charming	2016	Prince Charming	Voice; Filming

Television

Name	Year	Role	Notes
Four Corners	1998	Antonio	4 episodes
That '70s Show	1998-2006	Fez	Main Cast; 200 episodes Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Sidekick Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Sidekick Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Sidekick Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Sidekick Nominated - ALMA Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated - Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series by a Young Ensemble
MADtv	2002	Punch	Episode: "7.17"
Grounded for Life		Eugenio	Episode: "Mustang Lilly"
Punk'd	2003	Himself	2 episodes
Yo Momma	2006-2007		Creator, executive producer & host
Handy Manny	2006-2011	Manny	Lead Voice; 113 episodes
Robot Chicken	2005	Fez	Voice; Episode: "Gold Dust Gasoline"
The Sopranos	2006	Himself	Episode: "Luxury Lounge"
That's Our Joe	2007	Almerià	Episode: "Padre De Joe F."
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition	2010	Himself	Episode: "The Williams Family"
Wizards of Waverly Place		Uncle Ernesto	Episode: "Uncle Ernesto"
Cleveland Show	2011	Diego	Voice; Episode: "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Roberta?"
Royal Pains	2011-2012	Eric Kassabian	3 episodes
Awake	2012	Detective Efrem Vega	Main Cast; 13 episodes
Minuto Para Ganar		Himself	Contestant
Are You There, Chelsea?		Tommy	Episode: "Those Damn Yankees"
Men at Work		Eri Ricaldo	Episode: "Crazy for Milo"
Suburgatory	2012-2013	Yoni	2 episodes
Raising Hope		Ricardo Montes	4 episodes
RuPaul's Drag Race	2013	Himself	Episode: "Drama Queens"
From Dusk till Dawn: The Series	2014-2015	Don Carlos Madrigal	Main Cast; 19 episodes
Minority Report	2015	Will Blake	Main Cast; 10 episodes
American Music Awards	2015	Presenter
Handy Manny	2006-2013	Manny	Voice
Grey's Anatomy	2016	Kyle Diaz	5 episodes

Video games

Year	Name	Role	Notes
2005	Scarface: The World Is Yours	Pablo	Voice

Director

Year	Title	Notes
2010	Imagination Movers	Episode: "Mouse Day"
2013	Salud - SkyBlu feat. Sensato, Reek Rude & Wilmer Valderrama	Music Video

Discography

Singles

Year	Title	Album
2011	"The Way I Fiesta"	Non-album Song

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Other artist(s)	Album
"Salud"	2013	SkyBlu, Sensato, Reek Rude	Rebel Music

Music videos

As lead artist

Year	Title	Director	Album
2011	"The Way I Fiesta"	Akiva Schaffer	N/A

As featured artist

Year	Title	Director	Album
2013	"Salud"	Himself	Rebel Music

Cameo appearances

• Paula DeAnda - "Easy"
• Omar Cruz feat. Frankie J - "To The Top"
• Fanny Lú - "Tu No Eres Para Mi"
• Wisin & Yandel feat. T-Pain - "Imagínate"
• Rob Thomas - "Ever the Same"
• LMFAO - "Sexy and I Know It"
• Jonas Brothers - "First Time"
• Chino & Nacho - "Mi Chica Ideal"
• Demi Lovato feat. Cher Lloyd - "Really Don't Care"
• Demi Lovato - "Nightingale"
• Fergie - "LA LOVE (la la) feat. YG"

Charities

Wilmer Valderrama supports the following charitable causes: AIDS, Red Cross.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]