John Leguizamo
John Alberto Leguizamo Peláez (born July 22, 1960) is an American actor, comedian, 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's also written and performed for the Broadway stage receiving three Tony Award nominations for Freak in 1998, Sexaholix in 2002, and Latin History for Morons in 2018. He received a Special Tony Award in 2018. He rose to fame with a co-starring role in Super Mario Bros. (1993) as Luigi, Benny Blanco in the crime drama Carlito's Way (1993), and later To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), for which he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. Other films include Romeo + Juliet (1996), A Brother's Kiss (1997), Summer of Sam (1999), Moulin Rouge! (2001), The Alibi (2006), Righteous Kill (2008), Repo Men (2010), The Counselor (2013), John Wick (2014), and The Menu (2022). He served as the narrator of the sitcom The Brothers García (2000–2004) and voiced Sid the Sloth in the Ice Age franchise (2002–2016), and as Bruno in Encanto (2021). Leguizamo is also known for his television roles including Freak (1998) for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. He received further Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the Paramount miniseries Waco (2018), and Netflix's limited series When They See Us (2019). He's also appeared on ER, The Kill Point, Bloodline, and The Mandalorian.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · The Green Veil as Gordon Rogers
- 2023 · VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos as Self
- 2021 · Unxplained Latam as Self - Host
- 2020 · Critical Thinking as Mario Martinez
- 2019 · The Sun Is Also a Star as Jeremy Martinez
- 2019 · It Takes a Lunatic as Self
- 2018 · John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons as Self
- 2018 · Nancy as Jeb
- 2018 · Krystal as
- 2017 · The Crash as George Diebold
- 2016 · The Hollow Point as Atticus
- 2015 · The Latin Explosion: A New America as Self - Narrator
- 2015 · Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe as Sid (voice)
- 2015 · Experimenter as Taylor
- 2015 · Meadowland as Pete
- 2015 · Get Squirrely as Fly Boy / Liam (voice)
- 2015 · John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry as Self
- 2014 · Cymbeline as Pisanio
- 2013 · Fish N Chips: The Movie as Chips (voice)
- 2012 · The Trip 2 as Lucho Calvo
- 2011 · Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2 as Sid (voice)
- 2010 · Vanishing on 7th Street as Paul
- 2009 · The Ministers as Dante Mendoza
- 2008 · Nothing Like the Holidays as Mauricio Rodriguez
- 2008 · Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence as Self
- 2008 · Paraiso Travel as Roger Pena
- 2007 · Where God Left His Shoes as Frank Diaz
- 2007 · ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway as Self
- 2007 · The Take as Felix De La Pena
- 2006 · The Groomsmen as TC (Tony)
- 2006 · The Alibi as Hannibal
- 2005 · Sueno as Antonio
- 2003 · Spun as Spider Mike
- 2002 · Zig Zag as Dean Singer
- 2001 · What's the Worst That Could Happen? as Berger
- 2001 · The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' as Self
- 2000 · King of the Jungle as Seymour
- 1999 · Summer of Sam as Vinny
- 1998 · Frogs for Snakes as Zip
- 1998 · Body Count as Chino
- 1997 · A Brother's Kiss as Lefty
- 1997 · The Pest as Pest
- 1992 · Whispers in the Dark as John Castillo
- 1991 · Poison as Chancho ("Homo")
- 1990 · Madonna: The Immaculate Collection as Friend of Boyfriend (segment "Borderline")
- Future · Firebug as Esposito
- 2024 · Tin Soldier as Luke
- 2024 · Bob Trevino Likes It as Bob Trevino
- 2024 · Super Mario Bros: The Lasanga Workprint as Luigi Mario
- 2023 · Waco: The Aftermath as Jacob Vazquez
- 2023 · Leguizamo Does America as Self
- 2023 · The Power as Rob Lopez
- 2023 · Inside with Jen Psaki as Self
- 2022 · Violent Night as Scrooge
- 2022 · The Menu as Movie Star
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2022 · John Leguizamo Live at Rikers as
- 2022 · The Survivor as Bill "Pepe" Miller
- 2021 · Encanto as Bruno Madrigal (voice)
- 2021 · Dark Blood as Misael
- 2021 · Waiting for Godot as Estragon
- 2020 · Santiago of the Seas as Sir Butterscotch (voice)
- 2020 · The Night Clerk as Detective Espada
- 2019 · The Mandalorian as Gor Koresh
- 2019 · Playing with Fire as Rodrigo
- 2019 · Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage as Self
- 2019 · When They See Us as Raymond Santana Sr.
- 2018 · Waco as Jacob Vazquez
- 2017 · 11:55 as Berto
- 2017 · John Wick: Chapter 2 as Aurelio
- 2016 · Perros as Misael
- 2016 · The Infiltrator as Emir Abreu
- 2016 · Ice Age: Collision Course as Sid (voice)
- 2016 · Porzingod as
- 2016 · Stealing Cars as Montgomery De La Cruz
- 2016 · Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade as Sid (voice)
- 2015 · Sisters as Dave
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · American Ultra as Rose
- 2015 · Bloodline as Ozzy Delvecchio
- 2015 · The Adventures of Puss in Boots as Jack (voice)
- 2015 · The Adventures of Puss in Boots as Jack Sprat (voice)
- 2014 · Fugly! as Jesse
- 2014 · Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game as Self
- 2014 · John Wick as Aurelio
- 2014 · BoJack Horseman as Mr. Buenaventura (voice)
- 2014 · Chef as Martin
- 2014 · John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown as Himself
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · Ride Along as Santiago
- 2013 · Walking with Dinosaurs as Alex (voice)
- 2013 · The Counselor as Coverall Man Randy
- 2013 · Kick-Ass 2 as Javier
- 2013 · Tales From a Ghetto Klown as Self
- 2012 · Ice Age: Continental Drift as Sid (voice)
- 2012 · Ice Age - 4D Experience as Sid
- 2012 · One for the Money as Jimmy Alpha
- 2011 · Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas as Sid (voice)
- 2011 · Ballplayer: Pelotero as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · The Latino List as Self
- 2011 · The Lincoln Lawyer as Val Valenzuela
- 2010 · Repo Men as Asbury
- 2009 · Rage as Jed
- 2009 · Gamer as Freek
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs as Sid (voice)
- 2009 · Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2008 · Ice Age: Surviving Sid as Sid (voice)
- 2008 · The Happening: Elements of a Scene as Himself
- 2008 · Visions of 'The Happening' as Himself
- 2008 · Miracle at St. Anna as Enrico
- 2008 · Righteous Kill as Detective Simon Perez
- 2008 · The Happening as Julian
- 2008 · The Babysitters as Michael Beltran
- 2007 · Love in the Time of Cholera as Lorenzo Daza
- 2007 · The Kill Point as Jake Mendez
- 2006 · Ice Age: The Meltdown as Sid (voice)
- 2005 · My Name Is Earl as Diego
- 2005 · Land of the Dead as Cholo
- 2005 · The Honeymooners as Dodge
- 2005 · American Dad! as Luís Ramírez (voice)
- 2005 · Assault on Precinct 13 as Beck
- 2004 · Crónicas as Manolo Bonilla
- 2003 · Undefeated as Lex Vargas
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2002 · Empire as Victor Rosa
- 2002 · Point of Origin as Keith Lang
- 2002 · John Leguizamo: Sexaholix... A Love Story as himself
- 2002 · Ice Age as Sid (voice)
- 2002 · Collateral Damage as Felix Ramirez
- 2001 · Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Clown / Violator (archive footage)
- 2001 · Moulin Rouge! as Toulouse-Lautrec
- 2000 · The Brothers García as Larry Garcia (voice)
- 2000 · Titan A.E. as Gune (voice)
- 2000 · Arabian Nights as Genie of the Lamp
- 1999 · Joe the King as Jorge
- 1999 · The Three Friends and Jerry as
- 1998 · Kids Are Punny as
- 1998 · John Leguizamo: Freak as Self
- 1998 · Doctor Dolittle as Rat #2 (Voice)
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1997 · Spawn as Clown / Violator
- 1997 · The Making of 'Spawn' as Himself
- 1996 · Romeo + Juliet as Tybalt
- 1996 · The Fan as Manny
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self - Guest Host
- 1996 · Executive Decision as Rat
- 1995 · To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as Chi-Chi Rodriguez
- 1995 · A Pyromaniac's Love Story as Sergio
- 1995 · House of Buggin' as
- 1994 · ER as Victor Clemente
- 1993 · Carlito's Way as Benny Blanco
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Night Owl as Angel
- 1993 · Super Mario Bros. as Luigi Mario
- 1993 · John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama as
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1992 · Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical) as Guess my nationality guy
- 1992 · Time Expired as
- 1991 · Mambo Mouth as
- 1991 · That Burning Question as
- 1991 · Regarding Henry as Liquor Store Gunman
- 1991 · Out for Justice as Boy in Alley
- 1991 · Hangin' with the Homeboys as Johnny
- 1991 · NYPD Mounted as
- 1990 · Street Hunter as Angel
- 1990 · Die Hard 2 as Burke
- 1990 · Revenge as Ignacio
- 1989 · Casualties of War as Private Antonio Diaz
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- Future · Gentille Alouette as Ortiz
- 1984 · Mixed Blood as Macetero
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Orlando Calderone
- 1984 · Miami Vice as
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Performer
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · The Godmother as