Andrés López Biography Andrés López, (born June 25, 1971 in Bogotá, Colombia), comedian, actor and humorist, considered the pioneer of stand-up comedy in his country. Lopez gained notoriety in Colombia after releasing his show called La Pelota de Letras (The Ball of Letters) containing parodies about the different Colombian generations in a stand up comedy format. Contents 1 Beginning of his Career 2 Theater Plays 3 Recent Career 4 Media 5 Other Activities 6 Philanthropy 7 References and Notes Beginning of his Career As a student of Systems Engineer and Anthropology 1990 he started performing in the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá The University assigned a classroom for him to teach. Here he taught the art of stand-up to people interested in performing dramatic and comedic theater. He also created the University Newspaper 'El Mercurio' where there was room for people to place their stories, paintings, poems, photographs and express any type of art. Later he went to Toronto to...