Humberto "Tito" Larriva is a Mexican/American song writer, singer, musician, and actor. Larriva was born in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska, and El Paso, Texas. As a child he played the violin in the school orchestra and sang in the church and school choirs where he met his wife Janet Carroll. In 1972 Larriva snuck into Yale University for a full term without being noticed. After being kicked out of the Ivy League university, he moved to Mexico City and in 1975 moved to Los Angeles, California. He now lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and daughter and continues to work in the music and film industries.

Filmography

• 2010Machete — Culebra Cruzado
• 2009Tito & Tarantula: Live At The Continental Club — Writer
• 2007Grindhouse — Henchman (segment "Machete") (uncredited)
• 2003Once Upon a Time in Mexico — Cab Driver
• 2000The Million Dollar Hotel — Jesu
• 1999Just a Little Harmless Sex — Chuey
• 1998Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller — Band Member, Original Music Composer
• 1997Dream with the Fishes — Music
• 1997She's So Lovely — Lead Singer
• 1997Trojan War — Tattoo Man
• 1996Freeway — Additional Music
• 1996From Dusk Till Dawn — Titty Twister Guitarist & Vocalist
• 1996Scorpion Spring — Bartender
• 1995Boys on the Side — Indigo Girls' Band
• 1995Desperado — Tavo, Additional Music
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Ricky Garbanzo (voice)
• 1994Somebody to Love — Tito
• 1992Double Trouble — Reg
• 1991Eyes of an Angel — Cissy
• 1991Session Man — Mouse
• 1987Born in East L.A. — Oscar
• 1986True Stories — Ramon
• 1984Repo Man — Original Music Composer
• 1981The Pee-wee Herman Show — Hammy, Writer

Appearances as themselves (2)

• Mittermeier & Friends — Self - Tito & Tarantula
• Deutscher Fernsehpreis — Self