About
John Leguizamo
Overview
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
Acting |
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2026 | Ice Age 6 | Actor | Sid (voice) | N/A N/A |
2025 | Bob Trevino Likes It | Actor | Bob Trevino | N/A N/A |
2025 | Tin Soldier | Actor | Luke | N/A N/A |
2024 | VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2024 | The Green Veil | Actor | Gordon Rogers | 72 Good |
2024 | Super Mario Bros: The Lasanga Workprint | Actor | Luigi Mario | N/A N/A |
2023 | Leguizamo Does America | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2023 | Waco: The Aftermath | Actor | Jacob Vazquez | 70 Good |
2023 | The Power | Actor | Rob Lopez | 65 Fair |
2022 | Violent Night | Actor | Scrooge | 70 Good |
2022 | The Menu | Actor | Movie Star | 70 Good |
2022 | John Leguizamo Live at Rikers | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2022 | The Survivor | Actor | Bill "Pepe" Miller | 61 Fair |
2021 | Encanto | Actor | Bruno Madrigal (voice) | 75 Good |
2021 | Dark Blood | Actor | Misael | 58 Average |
2021 | Waiting for Godot | Actor | Estragon | 59 Average |
2020 | Critical Thinking | Actor | Mario Martinez | 59 Average |
2020 | The Night Clerk | Actor | Detective Espada | 61 Fair |
2019 | Playing with Fire | Actor | Rodrigo | 63 Fair |
2019 | Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2019 | When They See Us | Actor | Raymond Santana Sr. | 81 Very good |
2019 | The Sun Is Also a Star | Actor | Jeremy Martinez | 64 Fair |
2019 | It Takes a Lunatic | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2018 | John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
2018 | Nancy | Actor | Jeb | 58 Average |
2018 | Krystal | Actor | 58 Average |
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2018 | Waco | Actor | Jacob Vazquez | 73 Good |
2017 | 11:55 | Actor | Berto | 58 Average |
2017 | John Wick: Chapter 2 | Actor | Aurelio | 72 Good |
2017 | The Crash | Actor | George Diebold | 57 Average |
2016 | The Hollow Point | Actor | Atticus | 58 Average |
2016 | Scrat: Spaced Out | Actor | Sid (voice, uncredited) | 59 Average |
2016 | Perros | Actor | Misael | 58 Average |
2016 | The Infiltrator | Actor | Emir Abreu | 65 Fair |
2016 | Ice Age: Collision Course | Actor | Sid (voice) | 60 Fair |
2016 | Porzingod | Actor | 59 Average |
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2016 | Stealing Cars | Actor | Montgomery De La Cruz | 59 Average |
2016 | Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade | Actor | Sid (voice) | 61 Fair |
2016 | Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
2015 | Sisters | Actor | Dave | 58 Average |
2015 | The Latin Explosion: A New America | Actor | Self - Narrator | 59 Average |
2015 | Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe | Actor | Sid (voice) | 60 Fair |
2015 | Meadowland | Actor | Pete | 58 Average |
2015 | Experimenter | Actor | Taylor | 61 Fair |
2015 | American Ultra | Actor | Rose | 60 Fair |
2015 | Get Squirrely | Actor | Fly Boy / Liam (voice) | 58 Average |
2015 | John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2014 | Fugly! | Actor | Jesse | 58 Average |
2014 | Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2014 | John Wick | Actor | Aurelio | 73 Good |
2014 | Cymbeline | Actor | Pisanio | 55 Average |
2014 | Chef | Actor | Martin | 69 Fair |
2014 | John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
2014 | Ride Along | Actor | Santiago | 61 Fair |
2013 | Walking with Dinosaurs | Actor | Alex (voice) | 59 Average |
2013 | The Counselor | Actor | Coverall Man Randy | 54 Average |
2013 | Kick-Ass 2 | Actor | Javier | 63 Fair |
2013 | Tales From a Ghetto Klown | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2013 | Fish N Chips: The Movie | Actor | Chips (voice) | 58 Average |
2012 | The Trip 2 | Actor | Lucho | 59 Average |
2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | Actor | Sid (voice) | 63 Fair |
2012 | Ice Age - 4D Experience | Actor | Sid | 58 Average |
2012 | One for the Money | Actor | Jimmy Alpha | 57 Average |
2011 | Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas | Actor | Sid (voice) | 61 Fair |
2011 | Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2 | Actor | Sid (voice) | 60 Fair |
2011 | Ballplayer: Pelotero | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
2011 | The Latino List | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2011 | The Lincoln Lawyer | Actor | Val Valenzuela | 70 Good |
2010 | Vanishing on 7th Street | Actor | Paul | 55 Average |
2010 | Repo Men | Actor | Asbury | 62 Fair |
2009 | The Ministers | Actor | Dante Mendoza | 58 Average |
2009 | Rage | Actor | Jed | 57 Average |
2009 | Gamer | Actor | Freek | 57 Average |
2009 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Actor | Sid (voice) | 67 Fair |
2008 | Nothing Like the Holidays | Actor | Mauricio Rodriguez | 59 Average |
2008 | Ice Age: Surviving Sid | Actor | Sid (voice) | 59 Average |
2008 | Visions of 'The Happening' | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2008 | The Happening: Elements of a Scene | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2008 | Miracle at St. Anna | Actor | Enrico | 59 Average |
2008 | Righteous Kill | Actor | Detective Simon Perez | 58 Average |
2008 | The Happening | Actor | Julian | 54 Average |
2008 | The Babysitters | Actor | Michael Beltran | 59 Average |
2008 | Paraiso Travel | Actor | Roger Pena | 59 Average |
2007 | Love in the Time of Cholera | Actor | Lorenzo Daza | 61 Fair |
2007 | The Kill Point | Actor | Jake Mendez | 68 Fair |
2007 | Where God Left His Shoes | Actor | Frank Diaz | 59 Average |
2007 | ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2007 | The Take | Actor | Felix De La Pena | 58 Average |
2006 | The Groomsmen | Actor | TC (Tony) | 58 Average |
2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Actor | Sid (voice) | 66 Fair |
2006 | The Alibi | Actor | Hannibal | 58 Average |
2005 | Sueno | Actor | Antonio | 58 Average |
2005 | Land of the Dead | Actor | Cholo | 61 Fair |
2005 | The Honeymooners | Actor | Dodge | 57 Average |
2005 | Assault on Precinct 13 | Actor | Beck | 60 Fair |
2004 | Crónicas | Actor | Manolo Bonilla | 59 Average |
2003 | Undefeated | Actor | Lex Vargas | 58 Average |
2003 | Spun | Actor | Spider Mike | 61 Fair |
2002 | Empire | Actor | Victor Rosa | 59 Average |
2002 | Point of Origin | Actor | Keith Lang | 59 Average |
2002 | Zig Zag | Actor | Dean Singer | 59 Average |
2002 | John Leguizamo: Sexaholix... A Love Story | Actor | himself | 59 Average |
2002 | Ice Age | Actor | Sid (voice) | 73 Good |
2002 | Collateral Damage | Actor | Felix Ramirez | 57 Average |
2001 | Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes | Actor | Clown / Violator (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2001 | What's the Worst That Could Happen? | Actor | Berger | 57 Average |
2001 | Moulin Rouge! | Actor | Toulouse-Lautrec | 74 Good |
2001 | The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2000 | King of the Jungle | Actor | Seymour | 58 Average |
2000 | The Brothers García | Actor | Larry Garcia (voice) | 70 Good |
2000 | Titan A.E. | Actor | Gune (voice) | 63 Fair |
2000 | Arabian Nights (When Night Falls, The Adventure Begins) | Actor | Genie of the Lamp | 59 Average |
2000 | Arabian Nights | Actor | Genie of the Lamp | 68 Fair |
1999 | Summer of Sam | Actor | Vinny | 61 Fair |
1999 | Joe the King | Actor | Jorge | 59 Average |
1999 | The Three Friends and Jerry | Actor | 69 Fair |
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1998 | Kids Are Punny | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1998 | John Leguizamo: Freak | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
1998 | Frogs for Snakes | Actor | Zip | 58 Average |
1998 | Doctor Dolittle | Actor | Rat #2 (Voice) | 57 Average |
1998 | Body Count | Actor | Chino | 58 Average |
1997 | Spawn | Actor | Clown / Violator | 55 Average |
1997 | The Making of 'Spawn' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1997 | A Brother's Kiss | Actor | Lefty | 59 Average |
1997 | The Pest | Actor | Pest | 56 Average |
1996 | Romeo + Juliet | Actor | Tybalt | 67 Fair |
1996 | The Fan | Actor | Manny | 59 Average |
1996 | Executive Decision | Actor | Rat | 61 Fair |
1995 | To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | Actor | Chi-Chi Rodriguez | 66 Fair |
1995 | A Pyromaniac's Love Story | Actor | Sergio | 58 Average |
1995 | House of Buggin' | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1993 | Carlito's Way | Actor | Benny Blanco | 75 Good |
1993 | Night Owl | Actor | Angel | 58 Average |
1993 | Super Mario Bros. | Actor | Luigi Mario | 48 Bad |
1993 | John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama | Actor | 59 Average |
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1992 | Whispers in the Dark | Actor | John Castillo | 58 Average |
1992 | The Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical) | Actor | Guess my nationality guy | N/A N/A |
1992 | Time Expired | Actor | 58 Average |
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1991 | Mambo Mouth | Actor | 59 Average |
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1991 | That Burning Question | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1991 | Regarding Henry | Actor | Liquor Store Gunman | 62 Fair |
1991 | Out for Justice | Actor | Boy in Alley | 59 Average |
1991 | Poison | Actor | Chancho ("Homo") | 59 Average |
1991 | Hangin' with the Homeboys | Actor | Johnny | 59 Average |
1991 | NYPD Mounted | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1990 | Madonna: The Immaculate Collection | Actor | Friend of Boyfriend (segment "Borderline") | 61 Fair |
1990 | Street Hunter | Actor | Angel | 59 Average |
1990 | Die Hard 2 | Actor | Burke | 68 Fair |
1990 | Revenge | Actor | Ignacio | 61 Fair |
1989 | Casualties of War | Actor | Private Antonio Diaz | 66 Fair |
1984 | Mixed Blood | Actor | Macetero | 59 Average |
The Godmother | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Gentille Alouette | Actor | Ortiz | 59 Average |
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Firebug | Actor | Esposito | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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2020 | Critical Thinking | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2003 | Undefeated | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
Writing |
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2018 | John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons | Writing | Writer | 60 Fair |
2014 | Fugly! | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
2014 | John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2003 | Undefeated | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
2002 | John Leguizamo: Sexaholix... A Love Story | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1998 | John Leguizamo: Freak | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1997 | The Pest | Writing | Story | 56 Average |
1993 | John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1991 | Mambo Mouth | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
Production |
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2024 | VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
2024 | The Green Veil | Production | Executive Producer | 72 Good |
2022 | John Leguizamo Live at Rikers | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2022 | Triggered | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2020 | Critical Thinking | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
2019 | Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
2008 | The Babysitters | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
2008 | Paraiso Travel | Production | Co-Producer | 59 Average |
2001 | Piñero | Production | Co-Executive Producer | 59 Average |
2000 | Nuyorican Dream | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
1999 | Joe the King | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
1998 | John Leguizamo: Freak | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
1997 | The Pest | Production | Co-Producer | 56 Average |