List of George Lopez characters

This is a list of characters from George Lopez television show.

Main characters

George Lopez

Main article: George Lopez (character)

Angie Lopez

Angela "Angie" Lopez (née Palmero) (played by Constance Marie) is George's wife and Carmen and Max's mother. She is a wedding planner who works from home. She tries hard to have good relations with neighbors and family, trying to do the right thing and chastizing those with whom she disagrees. She often hits George when he says something he shouldn't and says she wins every fight between them. She has a sister, Gloria, and a brother, Ray. She often gets mad at least once an episode because of things George does.

Carmen Lopez

Carmen Consuelo Lopez (played by Masiela Lusha) is George and Angie's daughter and first-born child, Max's older sister, Benny and Vic's granddaughter and Veronica's cousin.

She is a student who has been to three schools throughout her time on the show. She first attended a public school, where she was labeled as a whore by an ex-boyfriend. The rumor then spread through the school, causing her to transfer to Allendale Prep., a private prep school After a year there, she is expelled for various reasons. After Allendale Prep., she is briefly home-schooled by Angie before attending St. Teresa's Catholic School. She graduates there and goes off to college. She is not seen in the show's final season.

Carmen had a boyfriend, Jason MacNamara, for much of Seasons 3 and 4. In early Season 5, he ran away from her after she pressured him into having a baby. Her middle name comes from Angie's grandmother, Consuelo.

Max Lopez

Main article: Max Lopez (character)

Benny Lopez

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Ernie Cardenas

Ernesto "Ernie" Cardenas (played by Valente Rodriguez) has been George's best friend since second grade and George's former co-worker. He works on the assembly line at Power Bros. Aviation. He is portrayed as an incompetent, clumsy loser who cannot seem to ever get a date due to his inability to connect with women. He has a crush on Angie, and can often be seen hitting on her, much to George's dismay. His mother is extremely fat, and lots of jokes are made about her, especially by George. He used to live with his parents until George convinced him to get his own apartment.

Vic Palmero

Dr. Victor "Vic" Palmero (played by Emiliano Díez) is Angie's father, George's father-in-law and Carmen, Max and Veronica's grandfather. He is a Cuban immigrant who made it rich as a cardiologist when he arrived in America. George is often annoyed by his stories about Cuba and his expressions. His wife and Angie's mother, Emilina, cheated on him and they divorced. He was later engaged to a young woman, Lindsay Capre, but later discovered she was cheating on him and decided to go back to his ex-wife who earlier had told him she wanted to get back together but she died before anything happened and Vic was left alone again. Vic seems to really hate Castro so much that in Carmen's Dating, when George tells him that Castro died, he was excited and was waving his arms around.

Veronica Palmero

Veronica Palmero (played by Aimee Garcia) is Angie's niece, Carmen and Max's cousin and Vic's granddaughter. She moves into the Lopez house after her mother (Angie's sister-in-law) dies. Her mother leaves all of her items and money to her, however, it was put into a trust with George being named as the trustee. She only appears in Season 6 as a replacement for Masiela Lusha, who left the show at the end of Season 5.

Recurring characters

Jack and Mel Powers

Jack and Mel Powers (played by Jack Blessing and Mark Tymchyshyn) are the presidents of Powers Aviation Bros, the Airplane manufacturing factory where George works. They have an estranged brother who used to run the factory with them, Lou. Mel has a son who is named Zack Powers who ran away with Carmen at the end of season 3.

Randy McGee

Randall "Randy" McGee (played by Nick Offerman) was the boyfriend and fiance of Benny, but left her at the altar when his former love, fellow employee "Accident" Amy came back, begging for him to take her back. Although he later asks Benny to move in with him, she objects. He first appears in the third season premiere. He is a worker at the airplane manufacturing factory. He is sometimes made fun of by George for being so young and desiring George's mother. He is characterized on the show as having more morals, non-aggressive compassion and tranquility than most.

Jason MacNamara

Jason MacNamara (played by Bryan Fisher) is the popular, stereotypically handsome, and smart boyfriend of Carmen. When he first started dating Carmen, she was new at school and he could not be seen with her. He has a younger brother, Eric, who is in a wheelchair. He ran away from Carmen after she pressured him into having a baby so they could get married. He almost constantly clashes with George, always doing something wrong in George's eyes.

Mr. Needles

Mr. Needles is a dog that Angie took in that seemed to have a list of sicknesses until George let him have meat at the end of his first episode (the second season premiere). After, he is seen with Carmen, Max or Angie. Once, Max tried to train him for a dog contest by demonstrating himself. In God Needles George, Mr. Needles almost dies of a tumor, but is rescued by God.

Marisol

Marisol (played by Tonantzin Esparza) is a worker at Powers Brothers Aviation. Angie had George hire her for a good deed. Catchphrase:

• I know, huh?

Gina Hornstam

Gina Hornstam is a factory worker. She is friends with Benny and blatantly advances on men, especially a disgusted George. If there is any possibility of a sexual favor to be done, she will step up to the task with a flagrant disregard for verbal public decency.

Extended Lopez-Palmero family

Manuel "Manny" Lopez

Manuel "Manny" Lopez is George's father, Angie's father-in-law, Benny's husband, and Carmen and Max's grandfather. He abandoned Benny and George when George was two and was rumored to have died when George was six. When George learned that he was alive, he tried to track him down. At one point, George punched his dad and was put in jail. His father dropped the charges and he was released. Many times, George tries to do fatherly things for his children, but because of his father's absence, he either learned how to do it another way or never was able to do something. Manny dies in "Mementos" before a kidney surgery.

Joe

Uncle Joe (played by Ismael 'East' Carlo) is George's uncle, Angie's uncle-in-law, Carmen and Max's great-uncle, and Benny's brother. Uncle Joe once appeared to have a bump on his neck which George claims "It looks like you're growing a second head!" and Benny claims it to be a neck wallet. It's possible that he died because of this because it is mentioned to be serious. Joe seemed to have a lot of money because of how Benny described him not sacrificing $20 for her. Joe appears and dies in Super Bowl.

Minor relatives

• Luisa Diaz (Rita Moreno) is Benny's estranged mother who abused her as a child, in which Benny refers to in several episodes. In one episode it is said she is dead, but in a later episode she is alive and well. She make her first appearance in George Testi-Lies for Benny, in which her grandson attempts to get her to speak on Benny's behalf, though, this backfires. During this episode, she admits that she and her husband sometimes had to "spank Benny in the face".
• Emilina Palmero is Angie's deceased mother and Vic's ex-wife. She and Vic divorced after Vic discovered she was cheating on him.
  
• Gloria Palmero was Angie's sister. She was estranged with Angie until Angie's birthday. She once kissed George because she was jealous of Angie.
• Ray Palmero (Andy Garcia) was Angie's brother and Veronica's father who was estranged with his family. He is known for conning family members and people out of money, most notably his father. He attempts to do the same to his daughter, Veronica, but is stopped by George.
• Claudia Palmero (Maria Canals) is Veronica's deceased millionare mother. She left Veronica all her money in her will if George decided she was responsible enough to have it.
• Lindsay Capre (Stacy Keibler) was Vic's young fiancee until George proved she was cheating on him.
• Linda Lorenzo is George's sister. Benny gave her away for adoption when she was a baby. She temporarily dates Angie's father in one episode.
• George Edward Lopez (Lou Diamond Phillips) is George's half-brother.
• Octavio Palmero is Angie's uncle and Vic's brother. George helped Vic get him out of Cuba for Angie's anniversary.

One-Time Appearance characters

McCloud is a stray dog that Benny took in. He was found by George and Ernie at a Biker's house. When he was brought back, George tied him to a banister, but he got free and destroyed the living room and brought Benny back from her depression. He appeared in George's Dog Days of Bummer.

Biker (Duane "Dog" Chapman) is a biker who found McCloud and took him in after he ran away from Benny's home when it was set on fire. He had George $200 before he took back McCloud. He appeared in George's Dog Days of Bummer.

Antonio Villaraigosa is the mayor of Los Angeles in George Lopez and in real life. He appeared at the end of an episode featuring Biker and McCloud. He appeared in George's Dog Days of Bummer.

Joe's cousins are Joe's cousins from Albuquerque that came to Joe's to get Super-bowl tickets. Joe's cousins appear in Super Bowl

Kenny Lofton (played by himself) is the New York Yankee center fielder. He made a guest appearance in an episode of George Lopez.

Principal Stahler (played by Brooks Almy) is the principal of Allendale where Carmen and Jason went to school. She used to teach Spanish before principal. She appears in Angie Gets Tanked.

Lawrence Baxter (played by Jamal Mixon) is a student at Allendale where Carmen and Jason went to school. He is extremely fat, which George mentioned. To make up for what he did, George gave Lawrence an autographed picture of Kenny Lofton, Michael Jackson hanging George over a balcony and two courtside Laker tickets George got for his birthday.

Never Seen Characters

Jimmy is one of George's cousins. Angie claimed that at Joe's, he collapsed in her lap, which was taught from George.

George's cousins are George's cousins who were mentioned by Angie at Joe's.

Ernie's parents are Ernie's parents. Ernie's mom is shown to be extremely fat, as she is partly shown, but in Who's Your daddy she is seen, but not as fat as she is always seen. His dad is never seen, but his mom died in a freak car accident in Brazil.

Cousin Rudy is Benny's cousin who is mentioned in Super Bowl. She is deceased because Benny mentions her having her tombstone say "Benny Lopez if you can read this you are too close."

Fidel Castro is a character that Vic usually mentions. He seems to be a dictator-like figure, as per in real life, as he is mentioned to have tried to keep Vic in Cuba.

Hector the Mailman is a mailman that delivers mail to the Lopezes. George claims he could get a better Christmas card from him then a Father's day card from Max. He is mentioned in George's Bogey-ous Relationship with Vic is Putt to the Test.