John Leguizamo

John Leguizamo

Birthday: 1960-07-22

Place of birth: Bogotá, Colombia

Also known as: John Alberto Leguizamo, Damien Garcia, Johnny Leggs, Джон Легуизамо, 約翰·李古查摩, John Alberto Leguizamo Peláez, جان لگویزمو

imdb_id: nm0000491

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.

Played in movies:

Gentille Alouette

Score: 10.0

Madonna: The Immaculate Collection

Score: 8.6

Porzingod

Score: 8.0

Mambo Mouth

Score: 8.0

The Latin Explosion: A New America

Score: 7.9

Carlito's Way

Score: 7.8

The Making of 'Spawn'

Score: 7.7

Encanto

Score: 7.6

Moulin Rouge!

Score: 7.5

Bob Trevino Likes It

Score: 7.5

John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons

Score: 7.5

John Wick

Score: 7.5

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Score: 7.4

Ice Age

Score: 7.4

John Wick: Chapter 2

Score: 7.3

Violent Night

Score: 7.2

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

Score: 7.2

John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry

Score: 7.2

The Lincoln Lawyer

Score: 7.2

The Menu

Score: 7.2

Casualties of War

Score: 7.2

Chef

Score: 7.1

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

Score: 7.0

The Latino List

Score: 7.0

The Sun Is Also a Star

Score: 7.0

Die Hard 2

Score: 7.0

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

Score: 6.9

Paraiso Travel

Score: 6.9

The Trip 2

Score: 6.9

The Survivor

Score: 6.8

Romeo + Juliet

Score: 6.8

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Score: 6.8

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Score: 6.7

A Brother's Kiss

Score: 6.7

The Infiltrator

Score: 6.7

Love in the Time of Cholera

Score: 6.6

Critical Thinking

Score: 6.6

Playing with Fire

Score: 6.6

John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown

Score: 6.6

John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama

Score: 6.6

Where God Left His Shoes

Score: 6.6

Spun

Score: 6.6

Titan A.E.

Score: 6.6

Revenge

Score: 6.5

Summer of Sam

Score: 6.5

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

Score: 6.5

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

Score: 6.5

Regarding Henry

Score: 6.5

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

Score: 6.5

Experimenter

Score: 6.5

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe

Score: 6.5

Kick-Ass 2

Score: 6.4

Crónicas

Score: 6.4

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Score: 6.4

Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2

Score: 6.4

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

Score: 6.4

Repo Men

Score: 6.3

Executive Decision

Score: 6.3

Scrat: Spaced Out

Score: 6.3

Nothing Like the Holidays

Score: 6.3

Ride Along

Score: 6.3

Walking with Dinosaurs

Score: 6.2

The Night Clerk

Score: 6.2

Stealing Cars

Score: 6.2

Ballplayer: Pelotero

Score: 6.2

Land of the Dead

Score: 6.2

Assault on Precinct 13

Score: 6.2

Miracle at St. Anna

Score: 6.1

Out for Justice

Score: 6.1

Ice Age: Collision Course

Score: 6.1

Empire

Score: 6.1

Surviving Sid

Score: 6.1

American Ultra

Score: 6.1

Point of Origin

Score: 6.0

Poison

Score: 6.0

Joe the King

Score: 6.0

John Leguizamo: Freak

Score: 6.0

The Babysitters

Score: 6.0

The Fan

Score: 6.0

Sisters

Score: 6.0

Mixed Blood

Score: 5.9

Righteous Kill

Score: 5.9

Nancy

Score: 5.8

Meadowland

Score: 5.8

Zig Zag

Score: 5.8

Street Hunter

Score: 5.8

Hangin' with the Homeboys

Score: 5.8

Collateral Damage

Score: 5.8

Doctor Dolittle

Score: 5.7

The Hollow Point

Score: 5.7

Gamer

Score: 5.7

John Leguizamo: Sexaholix... A Love Story

Score: 5.6

The Alibi

Score: 5.6

One for the Money

Score: 5.6

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

Score: 5.4

Spawn

Score: 5.4

The Take

Score: 5.4

Body Count

Score: 5.4

The Happening

Score: 5.4

Vanishing on 7th Street

Score: 5.3

Dr. Dolittle 2

Score: 5.3

It Takes a Lunatic

Score: 5.3

The Counselor

Score: 5.3

King of the Jungle

Score: 5.2

The Groomsmen

Score: 5.2

Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game

Score: 5.1

A Pyromaniac's Love Story

Score: 5.1

Kids Are Punny

Score: 5.0

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

Score: 4.9

Whispers in the Dark

Score: 4.9

Tin Soldier

Score: 4.8

Dark Blood

Score: 4.8

The Pest

Score: 4.7

The Crash

Score: 4.5

Super Mario Bros.

Score: 4.5

The Ministers

Score: 4.3

11:55

Score: 4.2

Fugly!

Score: 4.2

Fish N Chips: The Movie

Score: 4.2

Sueno

Score: 4.2

The Honeymooners

Score: 4.0

Cymbeline

Score: 4.0

Night Owl

Score: 3.9

Perros

Score: 3.7

Rage

Score: 3.4

Waiting for Godot

Score: 3.0

Undefeated

Score: 2.8

Frogs for Snakes

Score: 2.5

The Sid Shuffle

Score: 1.0

NYPD Mounted

Score: 1.0

Time Expired

Score: 1.0

Ice Age: No Time for Nuts 4-D

Score: 0.0

Unearthing the Lost World | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Score: 0.0

The Odyssey

Score: 0.0

Ice Age: Boiling Point

Score: 0.0

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

Score: 0.0

Tales From a Ghetto Klown

Score: 0.0

The Happening: Elements of a Scene

Score: 0.0

Visions of 'The Happening'

Score: 0.0

The Godmother

Score: 0.0

That Burning Question

Score: 0.0

John Leguizamo Live at Rikers

Score: 0.0

The Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical)

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

BoJack Horseman

Score: 8.5

The Mandalorian

Score: 8.4

When They See Us

Score: 8.2

The Brothers García

Score: 8.2

The Green Veil

Score: 8.1

Santiago of the Seas

Score: 8.0

ER

Score: 7.8

My Name Is Earl

Score: 7.7

Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

Score: 7.5

Miami Vice

Score: 7.5

Miami Vice

Score: 7.5

Waco

Score: 7.4

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Score: 7.2

Bloodline

Score: 7.1

The Adventures of Puss in Boots

Score: 7.1

The Adventures of Puss in Boots

Score: 7.1

The Oscars

Score: 7.0

American Dad!

Score: 7.0

Waco: The Aftermath

Score: 7.0

Arabian Nights

Score: 6.7

Unxplained Latam

Score: 6.5

The Kill Point

Score: 6.5

The Daily Show

Score: 6.4

The Daily Show

Score: 6.4

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Score: 6.2

The Power

Score: 6.2

Real Time with Bill Maher

Score: 6.0

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Score: 6.0

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

Smoke

Score: 5.9

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Score: 5.9

The Three Friends and Jerry

Score: 5.6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Score: 5.5

VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos

Score: 5.5

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Score: 5.5

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Score: 5.5

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Score: 5.4

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Score: 5.3

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Score: 5.0

Inside with Jen Psaki

Score: 4.5

The View

Score: 4.3

The View

Score: 4.3

Sherri

Score: 3.5

House of Buggin'

Score: 3.0

Leguizamo Does America

Score: 1.0

Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know

Score: 0.0