John Leguizamo

John Leguizamo

Personal Info

  • Name: John Leguizamo
  • Birthday:

    1960-07-22

  • Place of Birth: Bogotá, Colombia
  • Gender:

    Male

  • Website:http://johnleguizamo.com/
  • Know For:

    Acting

  • Popularity: 2.651
  • Also Known As

    John Alberto Leguizamo

    Damien Garcia

    Johnny Leggs

    Джон Легуизамо

    約翰·李古查摩

    John Alberto Leguizamo Peláez

    جان لگویزمو

John Leguizamo

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.

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Top Movie Cast

Ice Age
Ice Agetrue- Sid (voice)

2002-03-10

7.4
Romeo + Juliet
Romeo + Juliettrue- Tybalt

1996-11-01

6.8
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Ice Age: The Meltdowntrue- Sid (voice)

2006-03-29

6.7
Casualties of War
Casualties of Wartrue- Private Antonio Diaz

1989-08-18

7.2
Die Hard 2
Die Hard 2true- Burke

1990-07-03

7.0
Moulin Rouge!
Moulin Rouge!true- Toulouse-Lautrec

2001-05-18

7.5
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
A Pyromaniac's Love Storytrue- Sergio

1995-04-28

4.9
Executive Decision
Executive Decisiontrue- Rat

1996-03-15

6.3
Summer of Sam
Summer of Samtrue- Vinny

1999-06-28

6.5
Spawn
Spawntrue- Clown / Violator

1997-07-31

5.4
Crónicas
Crónicastrue- Manolo Bonilla

2004-05-16

6.4
Ice Age: Surviving Sid
Ice Age: Surviving Sidtrue- Sid (voice)

2008-10-20

6.2
The Honeymooners
The Honeymoonerstrue- Dodge

2005-06-10

4.1
Body Count
Body Counttrue- Chino

1998-04-28

5.4
Land of the Dead
Land of the Deadtrue- Cholo

2005-06-18

6.2
Night Owl
Night Owltrue- Angel

1993-06-30

4.2
Carlito's Way
Carlito's Waytrue- Benny Blanco

1993-11-10

7.8
Titan A.E.
Titan A.E.true- Gune (voice)

2000-06-16

6.6
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Choleratrue- Lorenzo Daza

2007-10-04

6.6
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurstrue- Sid (voice)

2009-06-26

6.8
Spun
Spuntrue- Spider Mike

2003-02-07

6.6
The Happening
The Happeningtrue- Julian

2008-06-11

5.4
Assault on Precinct 13
Assault on Precinct 13true- Beck

2005-01-19

6.2
Miracle at St. Anna
Miracle at St. Annatrue- Enrico

2008-09-15

6.1
Nothing Like the Holidays
Nothing Like the Holidaystrue- Mauricio Rodriguez

2008-12-12

6.4
The Fan
The Fantrue- Manny

1996-08-15

6.0
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros.true- Luigi Mario

1993-05-28

4.4
The Babysitters
The Babysitterstrue- Michael Beltran

2008-05-09

6.0
Rage
Ragetrue- Jed

2009-09-24

3.5
Encanto
Encantotrue- Bruno Madrigal (voice)

2021-10-13

7.6
Empire
Empiretrue- Victor Rosa

2002-12-06

6.0
Collateral Damage
Collateral Damagetrue- Felix Ramirez

2002-02-06

5.8
The Ministers
The Ministerstrue- Dante Mendoza

2009-10-16

4.5
Righteous Kill
Righteous Killtrue- Detective Simon Perez

2008-09-11

5.9
Where God Left His Shoes
Where God Left His Shoestrue- Frank Diaz

2007-04-27

6.9
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
What's the Worst That Could Happen?true- Berger

2001-05-31

5.4
Revenge
Revengetrue- Ignacio

1990-02-16

6.5
The Alibi
The Alibitrue- Hannibal

2006-01-12

5.7
The Groomsmen
The Groomsmentrue- TC (Tony)

2006-06-09

5.3
John Leguizamo: Freak
John Leguizamo: Freaktrue- Self

1998-10-10

6.0
Vanishing on 7th Street
Vanishing on 7th Streettrue- Paul

2010-09-11

5.3
Undefeated
Undefeatedtrue- Lex Vargas

2003-07-26

3.0
The Pest
The Pesttrue- Pest

1997-02-07

4.6
Gamer
Gamertrue- Freek

2009-09-03

5.7
The Take
The Taketrue- Felix De La Pena

2007-01-01

5.5
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Lincoln Lawyertrue- Val Valenzuela

2011-03-17

7.2
Joe the King
Joe the Kingtrue- Jorge

1999-01-22

6.1
One for the Money
One for the Moneytrue- Jimmy Alpha

2012-01-26

5.6
Hangin' with the Homeboys
Hangin' with the Homeboystrue- Johnny

1991-04-05

6.0
John Leguizamo: Sexaholix... A Love Story
John Leguizamo: Sexaholix... A Love Storytrue- himself

2002-04-13

5.5
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Ice Age: Continental Drifttrue- Sid (voice)

2012-06-27

6.4
Street Hunter
Street Huntertrue- Angel

1990-11-02

6.3
The Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical)
The Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical)true- Guess my nationality guy

1992-03-20

0.0
Violent Night
Violent Nighttrue- Scrooge

2022-11-30

7.3
Kick-Ass 2
Kick-Ass 2true- Javier

2013-07-17

6.4
Walking with Dinosaurs
Walking with Dinosaurstrue- Alex (voice)

2013-12-18

6.2
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmastrue- Sid (voice)

2011-11-24

6.5
King of the Jungle
King of the Jungletrue- Seymour

2000-10-12

5.2
Sueno
Suenotrue- Antonio

2005-09-30

4.6
Ballplayer: Pelotero
Ballplayer: Peloterotrue- Narrator (voice)

2011-10-15

6.2
John Leguizamo Live at Rikers
John Leguizamo Live at Rikerstrue

2022-06-18

0.0
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalrytrue- Self

2015-02-03

7.2
John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama
John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Ramatrue

1993-05-15

6.5
Ride Along
Ride Alongtrue- Santiago

2014-01-07

6.3
Fish N Chips: The Movie
Fish N Chips: The Movietrue- Chips (voice)

2013-05-01

2.3
Bob Trevino Likes It
Bob Trevino Likes Ittrue- Bob Trevino

2025-03-20

7.2
Tin Soldier
Tin Soldiertrue- Luke

2025-05-22

0.0
Chef
Cheftrue- Martin

2014-05-08

7.1
The Trip 2
The Trip 2true- Lucho

2012-12-25

6.8
Cymbeline
Cymbelinetrue- Pisanio

2014-09-03

3.9
Zig Zag
Zig Zagtrue- Dean Singer

2002-06-14

5.8
The Hollow Point
The Hollow Pointtrue- Atticus

2016-12-16

5.8
John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown
John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klowntrue- Himself

2014-04-05

6.6
Whispers in the Dark
Whispers in the Darktrue- John Castillo

1992-08-06

5.0
American Ultra
American Ultratrue- Rose

2015-08-19

6.1
Sisters
Sisterstrue- Dave

2015-12-18

6.0
Fugly!
Fugly!true- Jesse

2014-11-05

4.5
John Wick
John Wicktrue- Aurelio

2014-10-22

7.4
Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game
Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Gametrue- Self - Luigi Mario

2014-11-03

4.4
Frogs for Snakes
Frogs for Snakestrue- Zip

1998-08-14

2.0
Experimenter
Experimentertrue- Taylor

2015-10-16

6.5
Out for Justice
Out for Justicetrue- Boy in Alley

1991-04-12

6.1
That Burning Question
That Burning Questiontrue

1991-07-24

0.0
Ice Age: Collision Course
Ice Age: Collision Coursetrue- Sid (voice)

2016-06-23

6.1
Meadowland
Meadowlandtrue- Pete

2015-10-16

5.8
Repo Men
Repo Mentrue- Asbury

2010-03-18

6.3
Stealing Cars
Stealing Carstrue- Montgomery De La Cruz

2016-04-05

6.3
The Crash
The Crashtrue- George Diebold

2017-01-13

4.6
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadwaytrue- Self

2007-04-19

7.2
Kids Are Punny
Kids Are Punnytrue

1998-12-06

5.0
Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe
Cosmic Scrat-tastrophetrue- Sid (voice)

2015-11-06

6.5
Poison
Poisontrue- Chancho ("Homo")

1991-04-05

6.1
The Infiltrator
The Infiltratortrue- Emir Abreu

2016-07-13

6.7
Point of Origin
Point of Origintrue- Keith Lang

2002-06-20

6.4
John Wick: Chapter 2
John Wick: Chapter 2true- Aurelio

2017-02-08

7.3
The Latin Explosion: A New America
The Latin Explosion: A New Americatrue- Self - Narrator

2015-11-16

7.9
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapadetrue- Sid (voice)

2016-03-19

6.4
A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown
A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdowntrue- Fly Boy / Liam (voice)

2015-03-01

5.2
11:55
11:55true- Berto

2017-06-09

4.5
Regarding Henry
Regarding Henrytrue- Liquor Store Gunman

1991-07-10

6.5
A Brother's Kiss
A Brother's Kisstrue- Lefty

1997-04-25

7.8
The Latino List
The Latino Listtrue- Self

2011-09-29

7.0
Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2
Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2true- Sid (voice)

2011-11-16

6.5
Perros
Perrostrue- Misael

2016-07-24

5.0
Paraiso Travel
Paraiso Traveltrue- Roger Pena

2008-01-18

6.9
NYPD Mounted
NYPD Mountedtrue

1991-01-01

0.0
Nancy
Nancytrue- Jeb

2018-06-08

5.8
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'true- Self

2001-05-01

6.5
The Night Clerk
The Night Clerktrue- Detective Espada

2020-02-19

6.2
John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
John Leguizamo's Latin History for Moronstrue- Self

2018-11-02

7.5
Gentille Alouette
Gentille Alouettetrue- Ortiz

Release Date

10.0
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroestrue- Clown / Violator (archive footage)

2001-12-23

6.9
The Sun Is Also a Star
The Sun Is Also a Startrue- Jeremy Martinez

2019-05-16

7.0
The Survivor
The Survivortrue- Bill "Pepe" Miller

2022-04-07

6.9
The Counselor
The Counselortrue- Coverall Man Randy

2013-10-25

5.3
Playing with Fire
Playing with Firetrue- Rodrigo

2019-11-08

6.6
It Takes a Lunatic
It Takes a Lunatictrue- Self

2019-05-03

5.3
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmartrue- Chi-Chi Rodriguez

1995-09-07

7.4
Doctor Dolittle
Doctor Dolittletrue- Rat #2 (Voice)

1998-06-26

5.7
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinkingtrue- Mario Martinez

2020-12-18

6.5
Visions of 'The Happening'
Visions of 'The Happening'true- Himself

2008-10-07

0.0
The Happening: Elements of a Scene
The Happening: Elements of a Scenetrue- Self

2008-10-07

0.0
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
Madonna: The Immaculate Collectiontrue- Friend of Boyfriend (segment "Borderline")

1990-11-13

8.6
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godottrue- Estragon

2021-05-06

5.0
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stagetrue- Self

2019-09-13

0.0
Dark Blood
Dark Bloodtrue- Misael

2021-09-05

5.1
Mixed Blood
Mixed Bloodtrue- Macetero

1984-10-01

5.9
The Menu
The Menutrue- Movie Star

2022-11-17

7.2
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Walltrue- Self

2016-02-06

7.0
Ice Age 6
Ice Age 6true- Sid (voice)

2026-12-16

0.0
Dr. Dolittle 2
Dr. Dolittle 2true- Rat #2 (voice, uncredited)

2001-06-22

5.3
Scrat: Spaced Out
Scrat: Spaced Outtrue- Sid (voice, uncredited)

2016-10-11

6.3
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Storiestrue- Self

2002-06-11

7.0
The Odyssey
The Odysseytrue

2026-07-15

0.0
Spawn The Director's Cut
Spawn The Director's Cuttrue- Clown / Violator

1997-04-20

10.0

Top Movie Crew

John Leguizamo: Freak
John Leguizamo: Freaktrue

Writing

1998-10-10

6.0
Undefeated
Undefeatedtrue

Directing

2003-07-26

3.0
Undefeated
Undefeatedtrue

Writing

2003-07-26

3.0
Triggered
Triggeredtrue

Production

2022-04-03

0.0
John Leguizamo Live at Rikers
John Leguizamo Live at Rikerstrue

Production

2022-06-18

0.0
John Leguizamo: Freak
John Leguizamo: Freaktrue

Production

1998-10-10

6.0
Fugly!
Fugly!true

Writing

2014-11-05

4.5
The Babysitters
The Babysitterstrue

Production

2008-05-09

6.0
Paraiso Travel
Paraiso Traveltrue

Production

2008-01-18

6.9
Piñero
Piñerotrue

Production

2001-10-05

6.2
The Pest
The Pesttrue

Writing

1997-02-07

4.6
John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama
John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Ramatrue

Writing

1993-05-15

6.5
John Leguizamo: Sexaholix... A Love Story
John Leguizamo: Sexaholix... A Love Storytrue

Writing

2002-04-13

5.5
John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown
John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klowntrue

Writing

2014-04-05

6.6
Joe the King
Joe the Kingtrue

Production

1999-01-22

6.1
The Pest
The Pesttrue

Production

1997-02-07

4.6
John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
John Leguizamo's Latin History for Moronstrue

Writing

2018-11-02

7.5
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stagetrue

Production

2019-09-13

0.0
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinkingtrue

Directing

2020-12-18

6.5
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinkingtrue

Production

2020-12-18

6.5

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