John Leguizamo
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
192
Gender
Male
Birthday
1960-07-22 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Bogotá, Colombia
John Leguizamo
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.
Known For
Zootopia 2
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
American Dad!
The Daily Show
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Mandalorian
ER
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The View
The View
Real Time with Bill Maher
BoJack Horseman
Miami Vice
Miami Vice
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Sherri
My Name Is Earl
Ice Age
The Oscars
The Odyssey
Encanto
John Wick: Chapter 2
Revenge
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
John Wick
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Bloodline
Ice Age: Collision Course
Cymbeline
The Sun Is Also a Star
A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown
Tin Soldier
Spawn
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
The Menu
Zig Zag
Die Hard 2
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Dark Blood
The Adventures of Puss in Boots
The Adventures of Puss in Boots
Titan A.E.
Repo Men
Romeo + Juliet
The Happening
Experimenter
When They See Us
The Pest
Nancy
Smoke
The Groomsmen
King of the Jungle
Poison
Bob Trevino Likes It
Carlito's Way
Chef
Sueno
Waco
Spun
Kick-Ass 2
Moulin Rouge!
Fugly!
The Power
Crónicas
Inside with Jen Psaki
The Counselor
Violent Night
Doctor Dolittle
Summer of Sam
The Night Clerk
Land of the Dead
The Babysitters
Night Owl
Super Mario Bros.
Gamer
Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe
Righteous Kill
Ride Along
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Three Friends and Jerry
Executive Decision
American Ultra
Porzingod
Assault on Precinct 13
Casualties of War
Sisters
Arabian Nights
Where God Left His Shoes
Collateral Damage
The Alibi
The Brothers García
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Waco: The Aftermath
Ice Age: Boiling Point
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
Gentille Alouette
Surviving Sid
Out for Justice
The Survivor
Dr. Dolittle 2
A Brother's Kiss
Rage
Santiago of the Seas
Body Count
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
The Kill Point
The Infiltrator
The Fan
Playing with Fire
Walking with Dinosaurs
Perros
Joe the King
Mambo Mouth
VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Ballplayer: Pelotero
Love in the Time of Cholera
Regarding Henry
Kids Are Punny
The Hollow Point
The Take
One for the Money
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Miracle at St. Anna
Empire
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
House of Buggin'
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
The Honeymooners
The Green Veil
Vanishing on 7th Street
Mixed Blood
Meadowland
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Nothing Like the Holidays
Unxplained Latam
Scrat: Spaced Out
John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama
Waiting for Godot
The Crash
Street Hunter
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Paraiso Travel
Stealing Cars
Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
Point of Origin
Whispers in the Dark
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Leguizamo Does America
John Leguizamo: Freak
It Takes a Lunatic
Critical Thinking
Visions of 'The Happening'
The Happening: Elements of a Scene
Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game
The Sid Shuffle
NYPD Mounted
The Making of 'Spawn'
Fish N Chips: The Movie
Hangin' with the Homeboys
Frogs for Snakes
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
The Latino List
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
This Ordinary Thing
The Ministers
John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
The Latin Explosion: A New America
John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown
John Leguizamo: Sexaholix... A Love Story
John Leguizamo Live at Rikers
Undefeated
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
Unearthing the Lost World | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
11:55
The Trip 2
Tales From a Ghetto Klown
The Nickelodeon Mega Music Fest
Ice Age: No Time for Nuts 4-D
That Burning Question
Time Expired
The Sloth "Nature's Lovable Lisper"
The Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical)
