Mr. Iglesias is an American comedyweb television series that premiered on Netflix on June 21, 2019. The series stars Gabriel Iglesias who executive produces alongside Kevin Hench, Joe Meloche, and Ron DeBlasio. In August 2019, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on June 17, 2020.
Premise
Mr. Iglesias follows "a good-natured public high school teacher who works at his alma mater. He takes on teaching gifted but misfit kids to not only save them from being "counseled out" by a bully bureaucrat Assistant Principal, but also to help them unlock their full potential."
Sherri Shepherd as Paula Madison, the principal at Woodrow Wilson High. She was formerly a teacher and holds an impressive teaching record and has had three divorces.
Jacob Vargas as Tony Ochoa, a fellow history teacher at Woodrow Wilson High and Gabe's best friend. He has a gambling problem and is attracted to Abby.
Maggie Geha as Abby Spencer, the overly-pure and naïve rookie history teacher at Woodrow Wilson High. She doesn't feel the same way with Tony it is a one sided crush on Tony's side. One reason she is way out of Tony's league.
Richard Gant as Ray Hayward, Gabe and Tony's old teacher who still teaches English at Woodrow Wilson High.
Cree Cicchino as Marisol Fuentes, Gabe's favorite student who is smart. She also works three jobs. She eventually develops feelings for Mikey during the school play and they eventually kiss.
Fabrizio Guido as Mikey Gutierrez, one of Gabe's dimwitted students who has a crush on Marisol. At the end of the season 2 finale episode during the school play he and Marisol kiss.
Tucker Albrizzi as Walt, one of Gabe's less than bright students and best friend of Lorenzo.
Recurring
Oscar Nunez as Carlos, the assistant principal at Woodrow Wilson High. The students and teachers have a low opinion of him and he frequently butts heads with Mr. Iglesias. He attempts teaching theatre to students in the second season.
Gloria Aung as Grace, one of Gabriel's brainy students who uses her computer at first to talk because she is uncomfortable speaking in public. She later overcomes her social anxiety and becomes one of Gabriel's more vocal students. Her parents force her to take violin lessons.
Bentley Green as Rakeem Rozier, the star running back who recently transferred from Abby's class to Gabe's class at Woodrow Wilson High.
Kathryn Feeney as Katie, a waitress at the DeBlasio's Restaurant, and later at Roxanne's where the teachers hang out outside of work.
Christopher McDonald as Coach Dixon, the football coach at Woodrow Wilson High. He values athletics over academics and has a slight alcoholism issue.
Chris Garcia as Mr. Gomez, one of the teachers at Woodrow Wilson High.
Jesus Trejo as Mr. Trujillo, a science teacher.
Guest stars
Brooke Sorenson as Whitney, a less-than-humble, privileged honors student.
Megyn Price as Jessica Dobbs, a member of an Alcoholics Anonymous meetings group that Gabe goes to. She is Walt's mom and she and her husband are divorced.
Ron Pearson as Jim, the school janitor who can juggle and balance objects on his chin. He wins the school talent show in season one.
Joel McHale as Danny, Abby's fiancé. It's revealed that he is cheating on her and Abby breaks up with him. In "Oh Boy, Danny", he comes to Long Beach to win back Abby, but she inevitably rejects him. He ends up moving to Long Beach permanently to work for Abby's trust again.
Maria Quezada as Rita Perez, a tough student who has priors and a crush on Lorenzo.
Carol Lyn Black as Ruth, an elderly substitute Spanish teacher.
Elora Casados as Jackie, the new guidance counselor, and Gabe's new love interest. Casados makes her acting debut after serving as the set costumer for the series.
On April 26, 2018, Netflix announced that it had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes. Executive producers were set to include Gabriel Iglesias and Kevin Hench. On August 17, 2018, it was announced that Joe Meloche and Ron DeBlasio were joining the series as executive producers and that Peter Murietta, Luisa Leschin, and Sam Sklavar would serve as co-executive producers. On April 24, 2019, it was announced the series will premiere on June 21, 2019. On August 8, 2019, Netflix renewed the series for a second season of 12 episodes which premiered on June 17, 2020.
Casting
Alongside the initial series order announcement, it was confirmed that Gabriel Iglesias would star in the series. On August 17, 2018, it was announced that Jacob Vargas, Maggie Geha, and Cree Cicchino had been cast as series regulars. In September 2018, it was reported that Richard Gant and Sherri Shepherd had been cast in main roles and that Tucker Albrizzi would appear in a recurring capacity. In October 2018, it was announced that Fabrizio Guido had joined the cast in a series regular role and that Megyn Price and Coy Stewart had been cast as recurring characters. On September 6, 2019, Tucker Albrizzi was promoted to be a series regular for the second season.
Reception
The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes provides a 88% approval from 8 reviews and an average rating of 8/10.
