Kris Martinez (born September 1, 1980) is an American entertainer, musician, songwriter and, previously, a stand up comedian.Martinez's comedic stage name was Kristory; he performed in, and hosted, shows at the Laugh Factory and The Improv Comedy Club, Hollywood, California, He has appeared on cable television shows MUN2's Loco Comedy Jam, and Si TV's Latino Laugh Festival, and has been the subject of articles at Latina Magazine, Chicano Rap Magazine and the Los Angeles Times's calendarlive. Martinez has presented on KIIS-FM radio in L.A., with two minute celebrity gossip clips on his Kristory's K-Spot.
Hosts "The Original Latino Nights" at The World Famous Laugh Factory in Hollywood every Monday night [March 2003]
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When he was in grade school, he was visiting Los Angeles when comedian Andy Kaufman passed away. He was watching Paul Rodriguez being interviewed live at The Comedy Store and had a premonition that he was going to be a comedian. Fifteen years later having moved to Hollywood his first movie was Andy Kaufman's big movie biography "Man on the Moon" with Jim Carrey...and he now hosts the longest running and most successful Latino comedy show in the country "The Original Latino Nights" created by...Paul Rodriguez!!!