Miguel Angel Alvarez a.k.a. "El Men" (born August 25, 1941 in San Juan, Puerto Rico), is a Puerto Rican comedian and actor.
Miguel was born in San Juan, however his family moved to Bayamon where he attended school and finished his primary and secondary education. Miguel started his artistic career in the radio as an announcer, working for "WENA" radio station. He participated in the radio show "El Tremendo Hotel" (The Tremendous Hotel) in which Ramón Rivero "Diplo" starred. Soon Miguel was contracted to do radionovelas, which were radio soap operas.
The Puerto Rican playwright, Francisco Arrivi invited Miguel to participate in three of his plays. The three plays in which Miguel made his theatrical debut were "Club de Solteros" (Singles Club), "Caso del Muerto en Vida" (The Case of the Living Dead), and "Maria Soledad" (Lonely Maria). Miguel was asked to substitute Jacobo Morales in the theater production "El Cielo se rinde al Amanecer" (The Sky surrendered at Dawn) because Morales feel ill. Miguel had to learn the script that very night.
Miguel's popularity grew and soon he was filming movies in various countries. Among the countries in which he filmed where Spain, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Dominican Republic, and The United States besides Puerto Rico. In Puerto Rico he participated in a comedy titled "Johnny "El Men"" which was about the struggles of a Puerto Rican in New York. It was from this comedy that Miquel got the nickname which would accompany him for the rest of his life, "El Men".
Miguel directed four movies for Columbia Pictures, these were: "Arocho y Clemente", "Dos Contra el Destino" (Two Against Destiny), "Natas es Satanas" and "El Alcalde Machuchal".
In 1988, Miguel starred in a local T.V. comedy series called "Barrio 4 Calles" in which he played the owner of a bakery shop who must compete and is in constent conflict with the owner of the bakery shop across the street. He also participated in "El Kiosko Budweiser" show.
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