John Leguizamo
135 movies · 21 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 22, 1960 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- Bogotá, Colombia
- Also known as
- John Alberto Leguizamo · Damien Garcia · Johnny Leggs · John Alberto Leguizamo Peláez
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).
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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
John Leguizamo: movies and TV shows
Acting (150)
- Upcoming Ice Age: Boiling Point
as Sid (voice)
- Upcoming The Exorcist: Martyrs
as Father Sunday
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Bullet Catch
as George
- 2026 The Odyssey
as Eumaeus
- 2026
- 2025 Zootopia 2
as Antony Snootley (voice)
- 2025
- 2025 Tin Soldier
as Luke
- 2025 Bob Trevino Likes It
as Bob Trevino
- 2024
- 2023
- 2023
- 2022 Violent Night
as Scrooge
- 2022 The Menu
as Movie Star
- 2022
- 2022 The Survivor
as Bill "Pepe" Miller
- 2021 Encanto
as Bruno (voice)
- 2021 Dark Blood
as Misael
- 2021 Waiting for Godot
as Estragon
- 2020 Critical Thinking
as Mario Martinez
- 2020
- 2020 The Night Clerk
as Detective Espada
- 2019
- 2019 Playing with Fire
as Rodrigo
- 2019
- 2019 The Sun Is Also a Star
as Jeremy Martinez
- 2018 Nancy
as Jeb
- 2018
- 2017 11:55
as Berto
- 2017 John Wick: Chapter 2
as Aurelio
- 2017 The Crash
as George Diebold
- 2016 The Hollow Point
as Atticus
- 2016 Scrat: Spaced Out
as Sid (voice) (uncredited)
- 2016 Perros
as Misael
- 2016 The Infiltrator
as Emir Abreu
- 2016 Ice Age: Collision Course
as Sid (voice)
- 2016
- 2016 Stealing Cars
as Montgomery De La Cruz
- 2016 Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
as Sid (voice)
- 2015 Sisters
as Dave
- 2015 Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe
as Sid (voice)
- 2015 Experimenter
as Taylor
- 2015 Meadowland
as Pete
- 2015 American Ultra
as Rose
- 2015 Ice Age: No Time for Nuts 4-D
as Sid (voice)
- 2015
- 2015 A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown
as Fly Boy / Liam (voice)
- 2015
- 2014 Fugly!
as Jesse
- 2014 John Wick
as Aurelio
- 2014 Cymbeline
as Pisanio
- 2014
- 2014 Chef
as Martin
- 2014 Ride Along
as Santiago
- 2013 Walking with Dinosaurs
as Alex (voice)
- 2013 The Counselor
as Coverall Man Randy
- 2013 Kick-Ass 2
as Javier
- 2013 Fish N Chips: The Movie
as Chips (voice)
- 2012 The Trip 2
as Lucho
- 2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift
as Sid (voice)
- 2012 One for the Money
as Jimmy Alpha
- 2011 Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
as Sid (voice)
- 2011 Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2
as Sid (voice)
- 2011 Ballplayer: Pelotero
as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 The Lincoln Lawyer
as Val Valenzuela
- 2010 Vanishing on 7th Street
as Paul
- 2010 Repo Men
as Asbury
- 2009 The Ministers
as Dante Mendoza
- 2009 Rage
as Jed
- 2009 Gamer
as Freek
- 2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
as Sid (voice)
- 2008 Nothing Like the Holidays
as Mauricio Rodriguez
- 2008 Surviving Sid
as Sid (voice)
- 2008 Miracle at St. Anna
as Enrico
- 2008 Righteous Kill
as Det. Simon Perez
- 2008 The Take
as Felix De La Pena
- 2008 The Happening
as Julian
- 2008 The Babysitters
as Michael Beltran
- 2008 Paraiso Travel
as Roger Pena
- 2007 Love in the Time of Cholera
as Lorenzo Daza
- 2007
- 2007 Where God Left His Shoes
as Frank Diaz
- 2006 The Groomsmen
as TC (Tony)
- 2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown
as Sid (voice)
- 2006 The Alibi
as Hannibal
- 2005 Sueno
as Antonio
- 2005
- 2005 Land of the Dead
as Cholo
- 2005 The Honeymooners
as Dodge
- 2005
- 2005 Assault on Precinct 13
as Beck
- 2004 Dora the Explorer: Super Silly Fiesta!
as Silly Mail Bird (voice)
- 2004 Crónicas
as Manolo Bonilla
- 2003 Undefeated
as Lex Vargas
- 2003 Spun
as Spider Mike
- 2002 Empire
as Victor Rosa
- 2002 Dora the Explorer: Pirate Adventure
as Pirate Pig Captain (voice)
- 2002 Point of Origin
as Keith Lang
- 2002 Zig Zag
as Dean Singer
- 2002 Ice Age
as Sid (voice)
- 2002 Collateral Damage
as Felix Ramirez
- 2001 Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
as Clown / Violator (archive footage)
- 2001 Dr. Dolittle 2
as Rat #2 (voice, uncredited)
- 2001 What's the Worst That Could Happen?
as Berger
- 2001 Moulin Rouge!
as Toulouse-Lautrec
- 2000 King of the Jungle
as Seymour
- 2000
- 2000 Titan A.E.
as Gune (voice)
- 2000
- 1999 Summer of Sam
as Vinny
- 1999 Joe the King
as Jorge
- 1999
- 1998 Frogs for Snakes
as Zip
- 1998 Doctor Dolittle
as Rat #2 (Voice)
- 1998 Body Count
as Chino
- 1997 Spawn
as Clown / Violator
- 1997 A Brother's Kiss
as Lefty
- 1997 The Pest
as Pest
- 1996 Romeo + Juliet
as Tybalt
- 1996 The Fan
as Manny
- 1996 Executive Decision
as Rat
- 1995 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
as Chi-Chi Rodriguez
- 1995 A Pyromaniac's Love Story
as Sergio
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993 Carlito's Way
as Benny Blanco
- 1993 Night Owl
as Angel
- 1993 Super Mario Bros.
as Luigi Mario
- 1993
- 1992 Time Expired
as Ruby
- 1992 Whispers in the Dark
as John Castillo
- 1992 The Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical)
as 'Paco' in Puerto Rico/'Guess My Nationality' Party Guest
- 1991
- 1991
- 1991
- 1991 Regarding Henry
as Liquor Store Gunman
- 1991 Out for Justice
as Boy in Alley
- 1991 Hangin' with the Homeboys
as Johnny
- 1991 Poison
as Chancho ("Homo")
- 1990 Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
as Friend of Boyfriend (segment "Borderline")
- 1990 Street Hunter
as Angel
- 1990 Gentille Alouette
as Ortiz
- 1990 Die Hard 2
as Burke
- 1990 Revenge
as Ignacio
- 1989 Casualties of War
as Private Antonio Diaz
- 1985 Mixed Blood
as Macetero
- 1984
Behind the camera (29)
- Upcoming Ice Age: Boiling Point
Executive Producer
- Upcoming Bullet Catch
Executive Producer
- 2026 Traces of Home
Executive Producer
- 2026 They Killed Pedro
Executive Producer
- 2026
- 2026 TheyDream
Executive Producer
- 2025 Tin Soldier
Executive Producer
- 2024
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022 John Leguizamo Live at Rikers
Producer
- 2022 Triggered
Producer
- 2020 Critical Thinking
Director, Executive Producer
- 2019 Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Executive Producer
- 2018
- 2014 Fugly!
Writer, Producer
- 2014 John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown
Writer
- 2008 The Babysitters
Producer
- 2008 Paraiso Travel
Co-Producer
- 2003 Undefeated
Director, Writer
- 2002
- 2001 Piñero
Co-Executive Producer
- 2000 Nuyorican Dream
Executive Producer
- 1999 Joe the King
Executive Producer
- 1998 John Leguizamo: Freak
Writer, Executive Producer
- 1997 The Pest
Story, Co-Producer
- 1995
- 1993 John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama
Writer
- 1991 Mambo Mouth
Writer
Talk shows and appearances (40)
- Upcoming
- 2026
- 2025
- 2025
- 2023 Inside with Jen Psaki
1 episode
- 2022 Sherri
1 episode
- 2021 Unxplained Latam
8 episodes
- 2019
- 2016
- 2015
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
4 episodes
- 2015
- 2015
- 2014
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
3 episodes
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2 episodes
- 2013
- 2011
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
3 episodes
- 2009 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
1 episode
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008 Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
1 episode
- 2007
- 2003 Real Time with Bill Maher
1 episode
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
1 episode
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001
- 1998
- 1997 The View
2 episodes
- 1997
- 1996 The Daily Show
8 episodes
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
12 episodes
- 1993 Late Show with David Letterman
1 episode
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2 episodes
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
3 episodes
- 1971 Film '72
1 episode
- 1956 Tony Awards
3 episodes
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode