John Leguizamo
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1960-07-22
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.
Also Known For
Ice Age
Mar 14, 2002
Romeo + Juliet
Nov 01, 1996
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Mar 29, 2006
Casualties of War
Aug 18, 1989
Die Hard 2
Jul 03, 1990
Moulin Rouge!
May 18, 2001
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Apr 28, 1995
Executive Decision
Mar 15, 1996
Summer of Sam
Jun 28, 1999
Spawn
Jul 31, 1997
Crónicas
May 16, 2004
Surviving Sid
Oct 20, 2008
The Honeymooners
Jun 10, 2005
Body Count
Apr 28, 1998
Land of the Dead
Jun 18, 2005
Night Owl
Jun 30, 1993
Carlito's Way
Nov 10, 1993
Titan A.E.
Jun 16, 2000
Love in the Time of Cholera
Oct 04, 2007
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Jun 26, 2009
Spun
Feb 07, 2003
The Happening
Jun 11, 2008
Assault on Precinct 13
Jan 19, 2005
Miracle at St. Anna
Sep 15, 2008
Nothing Like the Holidays
Dec 12, 2008
The Fan
Aug 15, 1996
Super Mario Bros.
May 28, 1993
The Babysitters
May 09, 2008
Rage
Sep 24, 2009
Encanto
Oct 13, 2021
Empire
Dec 06, 2002
Collateral Damage
Feb 06, 2002
The Ministers
Oct 16, 2009
Righteous Kill
Sep 11, 2008
Where God Left His Shoes
Apr 27, 2007
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
May 31, 2001
Revenge
Feb 16, 1990
The Alibi
Jan 12, 2006
The Groomsmen
Jun 09, 2006
John Leguizamo: Freak
Oct 10, 1998
Vanishing on 7th Street
Sep 11, 2010
Undefeated
Jul 26, 2003
The Pest
Feb 07, 1997
Gamer
Sep 03, 2009
The Take
Aug 22, 2008
The Lincoln Lawyer
Mar 17, 2011
Joe the King
Jan 22, 1999
One for the Money
Jan 26, 2012
Hangin' with the Homeboys
Apr 05, 1991
John Leguizamo: Sexaholix... A Love Story
Apr 13, 2002
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Jun 27, 2012
Street Hunter
Nov 02, 1990
The Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical)
Mar 20, 1992
Violent Night
Nov 30, 2022
Kick-Ass 2
Jul 17, 2013
Walking with Dinosaurs
Dec 18, 2013
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
Nov 24, 2011
King of the Jungle
Oct 12, 2000
Sueno
Sep 30, 2005
Ballplayer: Pelotero
Oct 15, 2011
John Leguizamo Live at Rikers
Jun 18, 2022
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
Feb 03, 2015
Mambo Mouth
Oct 26, 1991
John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama
May 15, 1993
Ride Along
Jan 07, 2014
Fish N Chips: The Movie
May 01, 2013
Bob Trevino Likes It
Mar 20, 2025
Tin Soldier
May 22, 2025
Chef
May 08, 2014
The Trip 2
Dec 25, 2012
Cymbeline
Sep 03, 2014
Zig Zag
Jun 14, 2002
The Hollow Point
Dec 16, 2016
John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown
Apr 05, 2014
Whispers in the Dark
Aug 06, 1992
American Ultra
Aug 19, 2015
Sisters
Dec 18, 2015
Fugly!
Nov 05, 2014
John Wick
Oct 22, 2014
Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game
Nov 03, 2014
Frogs for Snakes
Aug 14, 1998
Experimenter
Oct 16, 2015
Out for Justice
Apr 12, 1991
That Burning Question
Jul 24, 1991
Ice Age: Collision Course
Jun 23, 2016
Meadowland
Oct 16, 2015
Repo Men
Mar 18, 2010
Time Expired
Dec 02, 1992
Stealing Cars
Apr 05, 2016
The Crash
Jan 13, 2017
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Apr 19, 2007
Kids Are Punny
Dec 06, 1998
Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe
Nov 06, 2015
Poison
Apr 05, 1991
The Infiltrator
Jul 13, 2016
Point of Origin
Jun 20, 2002
John Wick: Chapter 2
Feb 08, 2017
The Latin Explosion: A New America
Nov 16, 2015
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Mar 19, 2016
A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown
Mar 01, 2015
Porzingod
Apr 21, 2016
11:55
Jun 09, 2017
Regarding Henry
Jul 10, 1991
A Brother's Kiss
Apr 25, 1997
The Latino List
Sep 29, 2011
Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2
Nov 16, 2011
Perros
Jul 24, 2016
Paraiso Travel
Jan 18, 2008
NYPD Mounted
Jan 01, 1991
Nancy
Jun 08, 2018
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
May 01, 2001
The Night Clerk
Feb 19, 2020
The Making of 'Spawn'
Jul 15, 1997
The Godmother
John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
Nov 02, 2018
Gentille Alouette
Jul 20, 1990
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Dec 23, 2001
The Sun Is Also a Star
May 16, 2019
The Survivor
Apr 07, 2022
The Counselor
Oct 25, 2013
Playing with Fire
Nov 08, 2019
It Takes a Lunatic
May 03, 2019
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Sep 08, 1995
Doctor Dolittle
Jun 26, 1998
Critical Thinking
Dec 18, 2020
Visions of 'The Happening'
Oct 07, 2008
The Happening: Elements of a Scene
Oct 07, 2008
Tales From a Ghetto Klown
Jun 13, 2013
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
Nov 13, 1990
Waiting for Godot
May 06, 2021
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Sep 13, 2019
Dark Blood
Sep 05, 2021
Mixed Blood
Oct 01, 1984
The Menu
Nov 17, 2022
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Feb 06, 2016
Ice Age: Boiling Point
Feb 04, 2027
Dr. Dolittle 2
Jun 22, 2001
Scrat: Spaced Out
Oct 11, 2016
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Jun 11, 2002
The Odyssey
Jul 15, 2026
Unearthing the Lost World | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Oct 27, 2009
The Sid Shuffle
Jun 15, 2012
Ice Age: No Time for Nuts 4-D
Jun 01, 2015
The Nickelodeon Mega Music Fest
Zootopia 2
Nov 26, 2025
This Ordinary Thing
Dec 05, 2025
The Brothers García
Jul 23, 2000
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jan 26, 2003
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
Miami Vice
Sep 16, 1984
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
The View
Aug 11, 1997
The Power
Mar 30, 2023
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
May 25, 1992
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sep 13, 1993
ER
Sep 19, 1994
The Three Friends and Jerry
Jan 22, 1999
House of Buggin'
Jan 08, 1995
The Kill Point
Jul 22, 2007
Unxplained Latam
May 22, 2021
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
Inside with Jen Psaki
Mar 19, 2023
Leguizamo Does America
Apr 16, 2023
VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos
Sep 27, 2024
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Jul 07, 2008
Santiago of the Seas
Oct 09, 2020
Bloodline
Mar 20, 2015
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
Waco
Jan 24, 2018
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
Waco: The Aftermath
Apr 16, 2023
Arabian Nights
Apr 30, 2000
Sherri
Sep 12, 2022
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
When They See Us
May 31, 2019
Smoke
Jun 26, 2025
The View
Aug 11, 1997
The Green Veil
Apr 30, 2024
BoJack Horseman
Aug 22, 2014
The Adventures of Puss in Boots
Jan 16, 2015
The Adventures of Puss in Boots
Jan 16, 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
American Dad!
Feb 06, 2005
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Mar 02, 2009
My Name Is Earl
Sep 20, 2005
Real Time with Bill Maher
Feb 21, 2003
The Mandalorian
Nov 12, 2019
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014