John Leguizamo

Acting · 7.7 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

The Menu

20227.2

Ice Age

20027.4

Die Hard 2

19907.0

Ice Age: Continental Drift

20126.4

John Wick

20147.5

John Wick: Chapter 2

20177.3

Encanto

20217.6

Ice Age: Collision Course

20166.1

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

20096.8

Ice Age: The Meltdown

20066.7

Romeo + Juliet

19966.8

Kick-Ass 2

20136.4

Violent Night

20227.2

The Happening

20085.4

Moulin Rouge!

20017.5

Doctor Dolittle

19985.7

The Counselor

20135.3

Ice Age: Boiling Point

2027

Titan A.E.

20006.6

Repo Men

20106.3

Ride Along

20146.3

The Lincoln Lawyer

20117.2

Chef

20147.1

Executive Decision

19966.4

Carlito's Way

19937.8

Tin Soldier

20254.8

Assault on Precinct 13

20056.2

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

20116.4

Spawn

19975.5

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

19957.5

The Survivor

20226.8

Super Mario Bros.

19934.5

Gamer

20095.7

Collateral Damage

20025.8

Dr. Dolittle 2

20015.3

Righteous Kill

20085.9

Land of the Dead

20056.3

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

20166.4

The Babysitters

20086.0

The Fan

19966.0

Sisters

20156.0

Playing with Fire

20196.6

Revenge

19906.5

The Infiltrator

20166.7

American Ultra

20156.1

Out for Justice

19916.2

Love in the Time of Cholera

20076.7

The Night Clerk

20206.2

Walking with Dinosaurs

20136.2

Casualties of War

19897.2

One for the Money

20125.5

The Alibi

20065.7

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

20015.5

Summer of Sam

19996.5

Untitled Daniels Event Film

2027

Regarding Henry

19916.5

Surviving Sid

20086.2

The Sun Is Also a Star

20196.9

Experimenter

20156.5

Vanishing on 7th Street

20105.3

Bob Trevino Likes It

20257.4

The Crash

20174.5

Spun

20036.6

The Exorcist: Martyrs

2027

The Pest

19974.7

Fish N Chips: The Movie

20134.2

Poison

19915.9

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

20077.2

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

20154.7

The Latin Explosion: A New America

20158.0

Body Count

19985.5

Empire

20026.2

Madonna: The Immaculate Collection

19908.6

The Take

20085.4

The Groomsmen

20065.2

Cymbeline

20143.9

Miracle at St. Anna

20086.1

Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2

20116.4

Scrat: Spaced Out

20166.3

Zig Zag

20025.7

The Hollow Point

20165.7

Joe the King

19995.9

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

20016.9

Nancy

20185.9

The Honeymooners

20054.0

Meadowland

20155.8

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

2019

Dark Blood

20214.4

The Trip 2

20126.7

The Happening: Elements of a Scene

2008

Hangin' with the Homeboys

19915.8

John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry

20157.2

Sueno

20054.5

A Pyromaniac's Love Story

19955.2

A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music

20255.0

Whispers in the Dark

19924.9

Nothing Like the Holidays

20086.3

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe

20156.5

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

20167.0

Dora the Explorer: Super Silly Fiesta!

2004

This Ordinary Thing

2025

Fugly!

20144.0

Where God Left His Shoes

20076.8

Ballplayer: Pelotero

20116.2

Critical Thinking

20206.5

Dora the Explorer: Pirate Adventure

20026.6

Visions of 'The Happening'

2008

Kids Are Punny

19986.3

Stealing Cars

20166.2

The Ministers

20094.4

A Brother's Kiss

19977.0

Street Hunter

19905.6

Porzingod

20168.0

It Takes a Lunatic

20195.3

John Leguizamo Live at Rikers

2022

Point of Origin

20026.1

11:55

20174.2

What’s the Worst That Could Happen: Scene Stealers

2002

John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama

19937.0

All Day & All Night

2026

Paraiso Travel

20087.0

John Leguizamo: Freak

19985.9

Night Owl

19934.0

NYPD Mounted

19915.5

Rage

20093.5

John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons

20187.0

Frogs for Snakes

19983.4

The Latino List

20117.0

The Making of 'Spawn'

19977.7

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

20027.7

Perros

20163.7

Mixed Blood

19845.7

King of the Jungle

20004.9

John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown

20146.6

Undefeated

20033.2

Waiting for Godot

20213.0

The Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical)

199210.0

John Leguizamo: Sexaholix... A Love Story

20025.8

Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game

20145.1

Crónicas

20046.4

The Nickelodeon Mega Music Fest

2026

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

20016.8

Tales From a Ghetto Klown

2013

Ice Age: No Time for Nuts 4-D

20157.0

Bullet Catch

2026

Gentille Alouette

19908.5

Time Expired

19924.0

Mambo Mouth

19918.0

That Burning Question

1991