- Born
- Height1.75 m
- Was born in Minneapolis Minnesota to Guadalupe and Benjamin Minjares. Served in Military from 1964 to 1968 with the U.S. Army intelligence corps. Founder of Pepitos Mexican Foods inc. 1971. Began acting career in 1982 in the movie Patty Rocks. Won the 1984 Minneapolis Comedy invitational as a stand-up. Worked on Stage in several productions at the Mixed Blood Theater in Minneapolis. Was a regular at the Comedy Store and Improv in Los Angeles. Worked as a Staff writer at Universal Studios on the "Tom" show.
Joe is married to his wife Susan, has five children, 10 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.- IMDb mini biography by: Joe Minjares
- SpouseSussan(June 6, 1964 - present) (5 children)
- Presently lives in Minneapolis and is semi retired. Recently purchased The Parkway Theater in Minneapolis and is restoring it.
- Sold his beloved and restored Parkway Cinema and restaurant, Pepitos on Chicago Ave (Minneapolis) in 2018.
- I've made a lot of stupid mistakes in my life.......Thank God.
- If I'm thankful for one thing, as far as my artistic ability and my artistic life is that I took a lot of chances.
- My motivation as a young man was to become famous and there's nothing wrong with that. But once I got into it my motivation was to become good at it and to learn.
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