John Leguizamo

Acting · 7.3 popularity

Age

Movies

151

Born: July 22, 1960
From: Bogotá, Colombia
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Biography

John Alberto Leguizamo Peláez (born July 22, 1960) is a Colombian-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 Way portraying 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.

Works

151 films

The Odyssey

20268.0

Zootopia 2

20257.7

Ice Age

20027.4

The Menu

20227.2

Die Hard 2

19907.0

Ice Age: Continental Drift

20126.4

Encanto

20217.6

John Wick

20147.5

John Wick: Chapter 2

20177.3

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

20096.8

Ice Age: Collision Course

20166.1

Ice Age: The Meltdown

20066.7

Romeo + Juliet

19966.8

Kick-Ass 2

20136.4

The Happening

20085.4

Violent Night

20227.2

Moulin Rouge!

20017.5

Doctor Dolittle

19985.7

The Counselor

20135.3

Ice Age: Boiling Point

2027

Carlito's Way

19937.8

Repo Men

20106.3

Titan A.E.

20006.6

Executive Decision

19966.4

The Lincoln Lawyer

20117.2

Chef

20147.1

Ride Along

20146.3

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

19957.5

Assault on Precinct 13

20056.2

Tin Soldier

20254.8

Gamer

20095.7

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

20116.4

Land of the Dead

20056.3

Collateral Damage

20025.8

The Survivor

20226.8

The Fan

19966.0

Super Mario Bros.

19934.5

Spawn

19975.5

Dr. Dolittle 2

20015.3

Sisters

20156.0

Revenge

19906.5

The Infiltrator

20166.7

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

20166.4

Playing with Fire

20196.6

Righteous Kill

20085.9

The Babysitters

20086.0

Out for Justice

19916.2

American Ultra

20156.1

The Night Clerk

20206.2

Casualties of War

19897.2

Love in the Time of Cholera

20076.7

Walking with Dinosaurs

20136.2

The Alibi

20065.7

One for the Money

20125.5

Untitled Daniels Event Film

2027

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

20015.5

Experimenter

20156.5

Regarding Henry

19916.5

Vanishing on 7th Street

20105.3

The Sun Is Also a Star

20196.9

Summer of Sam

19996.5

Bob Trevino Likes It

20257.4

Poison

19915.9

Spun

20036.6

The Pest

19974.7

Fish N Chips: The Movie

20134.2

Empire

20026.2

The Exorcist: Martyrs

2027

Surviving Sid

20086.2

The Latin Explosion: A New America

20158.0

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

20154.7

Body Count

19985.5

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

20077.2

The Crash

20174.5

Dark Blood

20214.4

The Take

20085.4

Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2

20116.4

The Hollow Point

20165.7

Miracle at St. Anna

20086.1

Zig Zag

20025.7

The Groomsmen

20065.2

Scrat: Spaced Out

20166.3

A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music

20255.0

Cymbeline

20143.9

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe

20156.5

Joe the King

19995.9

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

2019

Hangin' with the Homeboys

19915.8

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

20016.9

Madonna: The Immaculate Collection

19908.6

The Honeymooners

20054.0

Nancy

20185.9

Nothing Like the Holidays

20086.3

A Pyromaniac's Love Story

19955.2

Sueno

20054.5

The Happening: Elements of a Scene

2008

The Trip 2

20126.7

This Ordinary Thing

2025

John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry

20157.2

Fugly!

20144.0

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

20167.0

Where God Left His Shoes

20076.8

Meadowland

20155.8

Critical Thinking

20206.5

A Brother's Kiss

19977.0

The Ministers

20094.4

Whispers in the Dark

19924.9

It Takes a Lunatic

20195.3

Dora the Explorer: Pirate Adventure

20026.6

Dora the Explorer: Super Silly Fiesta!

2004

Ballplayer: Pelotero

20116.2

Street Hunter

19905.6

Visions of 'The Happening'

2008

John Leguizamo Live at Rikers

2022

Stealing Cars

20166.2

NYPD Mounted

19915.5

Porzingod

20168.0

John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama

19937.0

What’s the Worst That Could Happen: Scene Stealers

2002

Point of Origin

20026.1

John Leguizamo: Freak

19985.9

Perros

20163.7

John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown

20146.6

John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons

20187.0

Kids Are Punny

19986.3

11:55

20174.2

King of the Jungle

20004.9

Undefeated

20033.2

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

20027.7

The Latino List

20117.0

The Nickelodeon Mega Music Fest

2026

All Day & All Night

2026

The Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical)

199210.0

Night Owl

19934.0

Tales From a Ghetto Klown

2013

John Leguizamo: Sexaholix... A Love Story

20025.8

Rage

20093.5

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

20016.8

Frogs for Snakes

19983.4

Paraiso Travel

20087.0

Crónicas

20046.4

Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game

20145.1

The Making of 'Spawn'

19977.7

Waiting for Godot

20213.0

Gentille Alouette

19908.5

Mixed Blood

19845.7

Ice Age: No Time for Nuts 4-D

20157.0

Bullet Catch

2026

Mambo Mouth

19918.0

That Burning Question

1991

Time Expired

19924.0