Overview
- The special was filmed in Miami across two performances and draws on Hernández’s Cuban and Dominican family background.
- American Boy is directed by Nicholaus Goossen, with Hernández and Matthew Vaughan as executive producers and Rotten Science producing.
- This marks Hernández’s first stand-alone comedy hour for Netflix.
- The Saturday Night Live breakout is expanding into film and voice roles, including Happy Gilmore 2, Shrek 5 and The Angry Birds Movie 3, plus the Kevin Hart film 72 Hours.
- Coverage differs on whether Hernández joined SNL in 2022 or 2023, though outlets agree he quickly became a standout on the show.