John Leguizamo
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.
189 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 189
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Daily Show
1996
American Dad!
2005
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Mandalorian
2019
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Zootopia 2
2025
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
ER
1994
Miami Vice
1984
The View
1997
BoJack Horseman
2014
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Sherri
2022
My Name Is Earl
2005
Tony Awards
1956
The Babysitters
2008
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Odyssey
2026
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Oscars
1953
Ice Age
2002
John Wick
2014
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
Encanto
2021
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
Ice Age: The Meltdown
2006
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2009
The Adventures of Puss in Boots
2015
Ice Age: Continental Drift
2012
Bloodline
2015
The Menu
2022
Ice Age: Collision Course
2016
Die Hard 2
1990
Smoke
2025
When They See Us
2019
Romeo + Juliet
1996
Santiago of the Seas
2020
Waco
2018
The Power
2023
The Counselor
2013
Dear Killer Nannies
2026
The Happening
2008
Kick-Ass 2
2013
Moulin Rouge!
2001
Carlito's Way
1993
Land of the Dead
2005
The Lincoln Lawyer
2011
The Brothers García
2000
Waco: The Aftermath
2023
Arabian Nights
2000
Violent Night
2022
Chef
2014
Super Mario Bros.
1993
Gamer
2009
Doctor Dolittle
1998
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
Spawn
1997
Out for Justice
1991
Tin Soldier
2025
Executive Decision
1996
Revenge
1990
Inside with Jen Psaki
2023
The Kill Point
2007
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
2011
Repo Men
2010
American Ultra
2015
Ride Along
2014
Playing with Fire
2019
Collateral Damage
2002
Sisters
2015
Assault on Precinct 13
2005
Ice Age: Boiling Point
2027
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001
Casualties of War
1989
Titan A.E.
2000
Leguizamo Does America
2023
The Night Clerk
2020
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
2016
The Survivor
2022
The Three Friends and Jerry
1999
Righteous Kill
2008
Regarding Henry
1991
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
2008
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
Summer of Sam
1999
The Fan
1996
Walking with Dinosaurs
2013
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
2001
The Infiltrator
2016
Vanishing on 7th Street
2010
Love in the Time of Cholera
2007
Spun
2003
One for the Money
2012
Paraiso Travel
2008
Bob Trevino Likes It
2025
Experimenter
2015
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
Joe the King
1999
The Green Veil
2024
Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2
2011
The Sun Is Also a Star
2019
The Hollow Point
2016
The Alibi
2006
Scrat: Spaced Out
2016
Cymbeline
2014
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
Empire
2002
The Pest
1997
Meadowland
2015
A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown
2015
House of Buggin'
1995
VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos
2024
Zig Zag
2002
Untitled The Exorcist Film
2027
The Crash
2017
The Groomsmen
2006
The Honeymooners
2005
This Ordinary Thing
2025
The Take
2008
Unxplained Latam
2021
Nothing Like the Holidays
2008
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007
Point of Origin
2002
Rage
2009
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995
The Ministers
2009
Surviving Sid
2008
Undefeated
2003
Poison
1991
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
2001
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
2015
Body Count
1998
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
1990
Nancy
2018
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
2025
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016
Sueno
2005
Whispers in the Dark
1992
NYPD Mounted
1991
John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
2018
Frogs for Snakes
1998
Critical Thinking
2020
Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe
2015
Crónicas
2004
Fish N Chips: The Movie
2013
Kids Are Punny
1998
Where God Left His Shoes
2007
Dark Blood
2021
Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game
2014
It Takes a Lunatic
2019
Stealing Cars
2016
King of the Jungle
2000
Fugly!
2014
Hangin' with the Homeboys
1991
Ballplayer: Pelotero
2011
The Latin Explosion: A New America
2015
The Making of 'Spawn'
1997
11:55
2017
The Happening: Elements of a Scene
2008
Mixed Blood
1984
Time Expired
1992
A Brother's Kiss
1997
Night Owl
1993
The Latino List
2011
All Day & All Night
—
Waiting for Godot
2021
Street Hunter
1990
Bullet Catch
—
The Trip 2
2012
That Burning Question
1991
John Leguizamo: Sexaholix... A Love Story
2002
Perros
2016
John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown
2014
Visions of 'The Happening'
2008
John Leguizamo: Freak
1998
Gentille Alouette
1990
The Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical)
1992
The Nickelodeon Mega Music Fest
—
Mambo Mouth
1991
Ice Age: No Time for Nuts 4-D
2015
Porzingod
2016
Tales From a Ghetto Klown
2013
John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama
1993
John Leguizamo Live at Rikers
2022