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Steve Treviño

American comedian

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ57709654 ↗
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Steve Treviño is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and producer. He has released four stand-up specials, the first of which was filmed for Showtime, the second released on Netflix, and the third is now available on Amazon Prime Video, the fourth released on Netflix. He also worked as a writer for Carlos Mencia's Comedy Central show, Mind of Mencia and Pitbull's La Esquina.

Early life

Treviño comes from a Mexican-American background in Portland, Texas. The family includes Tom Treviño who won the World Series of Poker in 2013-2014.

Career

Treviño began his comedy career in 1997 at age 19, often working the Addison Improv Comedy Club in Addison, Texas. Often, he volunteered to take the club's headlining comedians to promotional radio interviews.

One of Treviño's first major gigs also came at age 19 when he opened for Carlos Mencia. In 2005 and 2006, he was a writer and performer on Mencia's television show, Mind of Mencia.

In 2008, he became a writer and producer on Pitbull's mun2 television show, La Esquina.

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