
John Leguizamo
Born: 1960-07-22
Place of Birth: Bogotá, Colombia
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

Ice Age

Encanto

The Odyssey

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

John Wick: Chapter 2

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Ice Age: Continental Drift

John Wick

Ice Age: Collision Course

The Menu

Die Hard 2

Romeo + Juliet

Spawn

Violent Night

Doctor Dolittle

Moulin Rouge!

Carlito's Way

Kick-Ass 2

Paraiso Travel

Gamer

Tin Soldier

Revenge

Undefeated

American Ultra

Ride Along

The Counselor

Repo Men

Mixed Blood

Chef

The Happening

The Lincoln Lawyer

The Groomsmen

Titan A.E.

The Babysitters

The Pest

The Take

Land of the Dead

One for the Money

Regarding Henry

NYPD Mounted

Experimenter

Street Hunter

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

Bob Trevino Likes It

Surviving Sid

The Honeymooners

Cymbeline

Critical Thinking

Spun

Meadowland

Rage

Casualties of War

Super Mario Bros.

Playing with Fire

Stealing Cars

Dr. Dolittle 2

Collateral Damage

Nancy

Poison

Nothing Like the Holidays

Sisters

Sueno

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

Fugly!

Executive Decision

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Zig Zag

Ice Age: Boiling Point

The Infiltrator

The Night Clerk

Crónicas

Body Count

Night Owl

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

Out for Justice

Dark Blood

Walking with Dinosaurs

Righteous Kill

Summer of Sam

Assault on Precinct 13

The Survivor

Joe the King

The Fan

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

A Pyromaniac's Love Story

A Brother's Kiss

King of the Jungle

The Alibi

Ballplayer: Pelotero

Scrat: Spaced Out

The Sun Is Also a Star

Love in the Time of Cholera

The Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical)

Miracle at St. Anna

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

Gentille Alouette

Vanishing on 7th Street

Empire

Fish N Chips: The Movie

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

Frogs for Snakes

The Hollow Point

Ice Age: No Time for Nuts 4-D

The Crash

Whispers in the Dark

Perros

Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2

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

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe

This Ordinary Thing

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

Kids Are Punny

John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown

The Latino List

Where God Left His Shoes

Point of Origin

The Latin Explosion: A New America

11:55

John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry

Hangin' with the Homeboys

It Takes a Lunatic

Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game

The Trip 2

Madonna: The Immaculate Collection

John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons

The Ministers

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

The Nickelodeon Mega Music Fest

Visions of 'The Happening'

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

The Happening: Elements of a Scene

John Leguizamo: Freak

John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama

Waiting for Godot

John Leguizamo Live at Rikers

John Leguizamo: Sexaholix... A Love Story

The Sid Shuffle

That Burning Question
