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John Leguizamo
Homepage
http://johnleguizamo.com/
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1960-07-22, Bogotá, Colombia
Gender
Male
Biography
John Alberto Leguizamo Peláez(/ˌlɛɡwɪˈzɑːmoʊ/, LEG-wih-ZAH-moh; Colombian Spanish: [leɣiˈsamo]; born July 22, 1960, or 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and film producer. He has appeared in over 100 films, produced over 20 films and documentaries, made over 30 television appearances, and has produced various television projects. He has also written and performed for the Broadway stage receiving four Tony Award nominations for Freak in 1998, Sexaholix in 2002, and Latin History for Moronsin in 2018. He received a Special Tony Award in 2018. Leguizamo began his career as a stand-up comedian in New York City. After several years of doing supporting roles in film and television, he rose to fame with significant roles in the fantasy adventure Super Mario Bros. portraying Luigi Mario and the crime drama Carlito's Wayportraying Benny Blanco (both from 1993), followed by a role as drag queen Chi-Chi Rodriguez in the road comedy To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), for which he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. Other films Leguizamo has since appeared in include Romeo + Juliet (1996), The Pest (1997), Summer of Sam (1999), Moulin Rouge! (2001), Empire (2002), Love in the Time of Cholera (2007), Righteous Kill (2008), The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), The Counselor (2013), John Wick (2014), John Wick 2 (2017), and The Menu (2022). As a voice actor, he narrated the sitcom The Brothers García (2000–2004). He played Sid the Sloth in the Ice Age franchise and Bruno Madrigal in Encanto (2021). Leguizamo is also known for his television roles including Freak (1998) for which he received the 1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. This historic win made Leguizamo the first Latino to win this award in Emmy history. He received further Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the miniseries Waco (2018) and the Netflix limited series When They See Us (2019). He has also appeared on ER, The Kill Point, Bloodline, and The Mandalorian. In 2023, he hosted the MSNBC series Leguizamo Does America. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Leguizamo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

7.4

Ice Age
2002-03-10

6.788

Romeo + Juliet
1996-11-01

Ice Age: The Meltdown

6.7

Ice Age: The Meltdown
2006-03-29

Casualties of War

7.156

Casualties of War
1989-08-18

6.958

Die Hard 2
1990-07-03

7.547

Moulin Rouge!
2001-05-18

A Pyromaniac's Love Story

4.9

A Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995-04-28

Executive Decision

6.3

Executive Decision
1996-03-15

6.5

Summer of Sam
1999-06-28

5.418

Spawn
1997-07-31

6.4

Crónicas
2004-05-16

Ice Age: Surviving Sid

6.1

Ice Age: Surviving Sid
2008-10-20

The Honeymooners

4.1

The Honeymooners
2005-06-10

5.4

Body Count
1998-04-28

Land of the Dead

6.194

Land of the Dead
2005-06-18

4.2

Night Owl
1993-06-30

7.831

Carlito's Way
1993-11-10

6.6

Titan A.E.
2000-06-16

Love in the Time of Cholera

6.6

Love in the Time of Cholera
2007-10-04

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

6.754

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2009-06-26

6.6

Spun
2003-02-07

5.402

The Happening
2008-06-11

Assault on Precinct 13

6.17

Assault on Precinct 13
2005-01-19

Miracle at St. Anna

6.143

Miracle at St. Anna
2008-09-15

Nothing Like the Holidays

6.4

Nothing Like the Holidays
2008-12-12

6

The Fan
1996-08-15

Super Mario Bros.

4.4

Super Mario Bros.
1993-05-28

The Babysitters

6

The Babysitters
2008-05-09

3.5

Rage
2009-09-24

7.595

Encanto
2021-10-13

6

Empire
2002-12-06

Collateral Damage

5.8

Collateral Damage
2002-02-06

4.5

The Ministers
2009-10-16

5.9

Righteous Kill
2008-09-11

Where God Left His Shoes

6.7

Where God Left His Shoes
2007-04-27

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

5.4

What's the Worst That Could Happen?
2001-05-31

6.5

Revenge
1990-02-16

5.7

The Alibi
2006-01-12

5.3

The Groomsmen
2006-06-09

John Leguizamo: Freak

6

John Leguizamo: Freak
1998-10-10

Vanishing on 7th Street

5.3

Vanishing on 7th Street
2010-09-11

3

Undefeated
2003-07-26

4.6

The Pest
1997-02-07

5.704

Gamer
2009-09-03

5.5

The Take
2007-01-01

The Lincoln Lawyer

7.2

The Lincoln Lawyer
2011-03-17

6.1

Joe the King
1999-01-22

One for the Money

5.554

One for the Money
2012-01-26

Hangin' with the Homeboys

6

Hangin' with the Homeboys
1991-04-05

John Leguizamo: Sexaholix... A Love Story

5.5

John Leguizamo: Sexaholix... A Love Story
2002-04-13

Ice Age: Continental Drift

6.4

Ice Age: Continental Drift
2012-06-27

6.3

Street Hunter
1990-11-02

The Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical)

0

The Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical)
1992-03-20

7.3

Violent Night
2022-11-30

6.4

Kick-Ass 2
2013-07-17

Walking with Dinosaurs

6.172

Walking with Dinosaurs
2013-12-18

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

6.464

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
2011-11-24

King of the Jungle

5.2

King of the Jungle
2000-10-12

4.6

Sueno
2005-09-30

Ballplayer: Pelotero

6.2

Ballplayer: Pelotero
2011-10-15

John Leguizamo Live at Rikers

0

John Leguizamo Live at Rikers
2022-06-18

John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry

7.2

John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
2015-02-03

John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama

6.5

John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama
1993-05-15

8

Mambo Mouth
1991-10-26

6.26

Ride Along
2014-01-07

Fish N Chips: The Movie

2.3

Fish N Chips: The Movie
2013-05-01

Bob Trevino Likes It

8.5

Bob Trevino Likes It
2025-03-20

0

Tin Soldier
2025-05-22

7.112

Chef
2014-05-08

7

The Trip 2
2012-12-25

3.939

Cymbeline
2014-09-03

5.9

Zig Zag
2002-06-14

The Hollow Point

5.8

The Hollow Point
2016-12-16

John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown

6.6

John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown
2014-04-05

Whispers in the Dark

5

Whispers in the Dark
1992-08-06

6.1

American Ultra
2015-08-19

5.9

Sisters
2015-12-18

4.5

Fugly!
2014-11-05

7.443

John Wick
2014-10-22

Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game

4.4

Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game
2014-11-03

Frogs for Snakes

2

Frogs for Snakes
1998-08-14

6.497

Experimenter
2015-10-16

Out for Justice

6.1

Out for Justice
1991-04-12

That Burning Question

0

That Burning Question
1991-07-24

Ice Age: Collision Course

6.1

Ice Age: Collision Course
2016-06-23

5.779

Meadowland
2015-10-16

6.3

Repo Men
2010-03-18

1

Time Expired
1992-01-01

6.318

Stealing Cars
2016-04-05

4.6

The Crash
2017-01-13

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

7.231

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007-04-19

5

Kids Are Punny
1998-12-06

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe

6.5

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe
2015-11-06

6.1

Poison
1991-04-05

The Infiltrator

6.678

The Infiltrator
2016-07-13

Point of Origin

6.4

Point of Origin
2002-06-20

John Wick: Chapter 2

7.332

John Wick: Chapter 2
2017-02-08

The Latin Explosion: A New America

7.9

The Latin Explosion: A New America
2015-11-16

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

6.4

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
2016-03-19

A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown

5.2

A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown
2015-03-01

8

Porzingod
2016-04-21

4.464

11:55
2017-06-09

Regarding Henry

6.545

Regarding Henry
1991-07-10

A Brother's Kiss

7.8

A Brother's Kiss
1997-04-25

The Latino List

7

The Latino List
2011-09-29

Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2

6.5

Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2
2011-11-16

5

Perros
2016-07-24

6.9

Paraiso Travel
2008-01-18

0

NYPD Mounted
1991-01-01

5.8

Nancy
2018-06-08

The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'

6.5

The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
2001-05-01

The Night Clerk

6.2

The Night Clerk
2020-02-19

The Making of 'Spawn'

7.7

The Making of 'Spawn'
1997-07-15

0

The Godmother

John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons

7.5

John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
2018-11-02

Gentille Alouette

10

Gentille Alouette

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

6.92

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001-12-23

The Sun Is Also a Star

6.968

The Sun Is Also a Star
2019-05-16

6.884

The Survivor
2022-04-07

5.277

The Counselor
2013-10-25

Playing with Fire

6.593

Playing with Fire
2019-11-08

It Takes a Lunatic

5.3

It Takes a Lunatic
2019-05-03

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

7.365

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995-09-07

Doctor Dolittle

5.7

Doctor Dolittle
1998-06-26

Critical Thinking

6.5

Critical Thinking
2020-12-18

The Happening: Elements of a Scene

0

The Happening: Elements of a Scene
2008-10-07

Visions of 'The Happening'

0

Visions of 'The Happening'
2008-10-07

Tales From a Ghetto Klown

0

Tales From a Ghetto Klown
2013-06-13

Madonna: The Immaculate Collection

8.6

Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
1990-11-13

Waiting for Godot

5

Waiting for Godot
2021-05-06

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

0

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019-09-13

5.1

Dark Blood
2021-09-05

5.9

Mixed Blood
1984-10-01

7.174

The Menu
2022-11-17

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

7

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016-02-06

0

Ice Age 6
2026-12-16

5.3

Dr. Dolittle 2
2001-06-22

Scrat: Spaced Out

6.262

Scrat: Spaced Out
2016-10-11

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

7

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002-06-11

0

The Odyssey
2026-07-15

0

Encanto 2

The Brothers García

8.2

The Brothers García
2000-07-23

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.5

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26

6.387

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

7.4

Miami Vice
1984-09-16

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

5.417

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988-09-05

4.5

The View
1997-08-11

6.2

The Power
2023-03-30

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

5.4

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992-05-25

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.128

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13

7.8

ER
1994-09-19

The Three Friends and Jerry

5.6

The Three Friends and Jerry
1999-01-22

House of Buggin'

3

House of Buggin'
1995-01-08

6.5

The Kill Point
2007-07-22

Unxplained Latam

6.5

Unxplained Latam
2021-05-22

6.387

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

4.6

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

Inside with Jen Psaki

4.5

Inside with Jen Psaki
2023-03-19

VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos

5.5

VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos
2024-09-27

Leguizamo Does America

1

Leguizamo Does America
2023-04-16

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

5.417

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988-09-05

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.374

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014-02-25

Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

7.5

Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
2008-07-07

Santiago of the Seas

8

Santiago of the Seas
2020-10-09

7.1

Bloodline
2015-03-20

4.6

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

7.456

Waco
2018-01-24

6.9

The Oscars
1953-03-19

Waco: The Aftermath

7.1

Waco: The Aftermath
2023-04-16

6.7

Arabian Nights
2000-04-30

4.2

Sherri
2022-09-12

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

5

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16

When They See Us

8.228

When They See Us
2019-05-31

7.4

Miami Vice
1984-09-16

0

Firebug

4.5

The View
1997-08-11

8.1

The Green Veil
2024-04-30

BoJack Horseman

8.547

BoJack Horseman
2014-08-22

The Adventures of Puss in Boots

7.043

The Adventures of Puss in Boots
2015-01-16

The Adventures of Puss in Boots

7.043

The Adventures of Puss in Boots
2015-01-16

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.5

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

7

American Dad!
2005-02-06

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

6

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009-03-02

My Name Is Earl

7.67

My Name Is Earl
2005-09-20

Real Time with Bill Maher

6.1

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003-02-21

The Mandalorian

8.4

The Mandalorian
2019-11-12

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.9

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014-02-17