Cast
John Leguizamo
Acting
Cast
John Leguizamo
Known for
Acting
Born
1960-07-22
From
Bogotá, Colombia
Also known as John Alberto Leguizamo, Damien Garcia, Johnny Leggs
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.
★7.8
MOVIE2026
The Odyssey
as Eumaeus
★7.7
MOVIE2025
Zootopia 2
as Antony Snootley (voice)
★6.4
MOVIE2012
Ice Age: Continental Drift
as Sid (voice)
★6.1
MOVIE2016
Ice Age: Collision Course
as Sid (voice)
★7.4
MOVIE2002
Ice Age
as Sid (voice)
★7.6
MOVIE2021
Encanto
as Bruno Madrigal (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE2009
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
as Sid (voice)
★7.5
MOVIE2014
John Wick
as Aurelio
★7.3
MOVIE2017
John Wick: Chapter 2
as Aurelio
★7.2
MOVIE2022
The Menu
as Movie Star
★6.7
MOVIE2006
Ice Age: The Meltdown
as Sid (voice)
★5.3
MOVIE2013
The Counselor
as Coverall Man Randy
MOVIE2027
Ice Age: Boiling Point
as Sid (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE2008
The Babysitters
as Michael Beltran
★7.0
MOVIE1990
Die Hard 2
as Burke
★6.4
MOVIE2013
Kick-Ass 2
as Javier
★5.7
MOVIE1998
Doctor Dolittle
as Rat #2 (Voice)
★5.4
MOVIE2008
The Happening
as Julian
★6.8
MOVIE1996
Romeo + Juliet
as Tybalt
★5.5
MOVIE1997
Spawn
as Clown / Violator
★7.1
MOVIE2014
Chef
as Martin
★7.5
MOVIE2001
Moulin Rouge!
as Toulouse-Lautrec
★6.5
MOVIE2011
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
as Sid (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE2022
Violent Night
as Scrooge
★4.8
MOVIE2025
Tin Soldier
as Luke
★7.8
MOVIE1993
Carlito's Way
as Benny Blanco
★6.2
MOVIE2013
Walking with Dinosaurs
as Alex (voice)
★6.6
MOVIE2019
Playing with Fire
as Rodrigo
★7.2
MOVIE2011
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Val Valenzuela
★6.3
MOVIE2014
Ride Along
as Santiago
★6.3
MOVIE1996
Executive Decision
as Rat
★4.5
MOVIE1993
Super Mario Bros.
as Luigi Mario
★6.6
MOVIE2000
Titan A.E.
as Gune (voice)
★6.2
MOVIE2005
Assault on Precinct 13
as Beck
★5.7
MOVIE2009
Gamer
as Freek
★6.3
MOVIE2010
Repo Men
as Asbury
★6.0
MOVIE2015
Sisters
as Dave
MOVIE2027
The Exorcist: Martyrs
★6.2
MOVIE1991
Out for Justice
as Boy in Alley
★6.1
MOVIE2015
American Ultra
as Rose
★6.4
MOVIE2016
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
as Sid (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE1989
Casualties of War
as Private Antonio Diaz
★5.8
MOVIE2002
Collateral Damage
as Felix Ramirez
★6.8
MOVIE2022
The Survivor
as Bill "Pepe" Miller
★5.3
MOVIE2001
Dr. Dolittle 2
as Rat #2 (voice, uncredited)
★7.4
MOVIE1995
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
as Chi-Chi Rodriguez
★6.7
MOVIE2016
The Infiltrator
as Emir Abreu
★5.9
MOVIE2008
Righteous Kill
as Det. Simon Perez
★6.5
MOVIE1990
Revenge
as Ignacio
★6.7
MOVIE2007
Love in the Time of Cholera
as Lorenzo Daza
★6.5
MOVIE1991
Regarding Henry
as Liquor Store Gunman
★6.0
MOVIE1996
The Fan
as Manny
★6.2
MOVIE2020
The Night Clerk
as Detective Espada
★6.5
MOVIE1999
Summer of Sam
as Vinny
★5.5
MOVIE2012
One for the Money
as Jimmy Alpha
★6.3
MOVIE2005
Land of the Dead
as Cholo
★5.3
MOVIE2010
Vanishing on 7th Street
as Paul
★6.5
MOVIE2015
Experimenter
as Taylor
MOVIE2004
Dora the Explorer: Super Silly Fiesta!
as Silly Mail Bird (voice)
★6.1
MOVIE2008
Miracle at St. Anna
as Enrico
★6.9
MOVIE2019
The Sun Is Also a Star
as Jeremy Martinez
★6.3
MOVIE2016
Scrat: Spaced Out
as Sid (voice) (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE2002
Dora the Explorer: Pirate Adventure
as Pirate Pig Captain (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE1999
Joe the King
as Jorge
★7.4
MOVIE2025
Bob Trevino Likes It
as Bob Trevino
★6.5
MOVIE2015
Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe
as Sid (voice)
★6.9
MOVIE2001
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
as Clown / Violator (archive footage)
★4.5
MOVIE2005
Sueno
as Antonio
★4.9
MOVIE1992
Whispers in the Dark
as John Castillo
★6.6
MOVIE2003
Spun
as Spider Mike
★4.2
MOVIE2013
Fish N Chips: The Movie
as Chips (voice)
★5.5
MOVIE2001
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
as Berger
★5.8
MOVIE1991
Hangin' with the Homeboys
as Johnny
MOVIE2025
This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE1991
Poison
as Chancho ("Homo")
★5.7
MOVIE2016
The Hollow Point
as Atticus
★5.8
MOVIE2018
Nancy
as Jeb
★4.0
MOVIE2014
Fugly!
as Jesse
★4.7
MOVIE2015
A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown
as Fly Boy / Liam (voice)
★3.9
MOVIE2014
Cymbeline
as Pisanio
MOVIE2008
Visions of 'The Happening'
as Self
★5.2
MOVIE2006
The Groomsmen
as TC (Tony)
★5.0
MOVIE2025
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
as Self
★5.7
MOVIE2006
The Alibi
as Hannibal
★8.7
MOVIE1990
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
as Friend of Boyfriend (segment "Borderline")
MOVIE2002
What’s the Worst That Could Happen: Scene Stealers
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE2002
Empire
as Victor Rosa
MOVIETBA
All Day & All Night
★6.2
MOVIE2008
Surviving Sid
as Sid (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2020
Critical Thinking
as Mario Martinez
★4.4
MOVIE2021
Dark Blood
as Misael
★6.8
MOVIE2007
Where God Left His Shoes
as Frank Diaz
★6.2
MOVIE2011
Ballplayer: Pelotero
as Narrator (voice)
★5.2
MOVIE1995
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
as Sergio
★4.0
MOVIE2005
The Honeymooners
as Dodge
★6.1
MOVIE2002
Point of Origin
as Keith Lang
★5.9
MOVIE1998
John Leguizamo: Freak
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1997
A Brother's Kiss
as Lefty
★8.0
MOVIE2016
Porzingod
★6.3
MOVIE2008
Nothing Like the Holidays
as Mauricio Rodriguez
MOVIETBA
Bullet Catch
as George
★5.8
MOVIE2015
Meadowland
as Pete
★7.2
MOVIE2007
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
as Self
★4.7
MOVIE1997
The Pest
as Pest
★3.4
MOVIE1998
Frogs for Snakes
as Zip
★4.5
MOVIE2017
The Crash
as George Diebold
★6.3
MOVIE1998
Kids Are Punny
as Self / Self - Voice
★6.2
MOVIE2016
Stealing Cars
as Montgomery De La Cruz
★7.0
MOVIE2016
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
as Self
★5.4
MOVIE2008
The Take
as Felix De La Pena
★5.3
MOVIE2019
It Takes a Lunatic
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE2004
Crónicas
as Manolo Bonilla
MOVIE2008
The Happening: Elements of a Scene
as Self
★3.7
MOVIE2016
Perros
as Misael
★4.4
MOVIE2009
The Ministers
as Dante Mendoza
★7.7
MOVIE1997
The Making of 'Spawn'
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE2012
The Trip 2
as Lucho
★5.5
MOVIE1991
NYPD Mounted
★5.7
MOVIE1984
Mixed Blood
as Macetero
★5.5
MOVIE1998
Body Count
as Chino
★4.9
MOVIE2000
King of the Jungle
as Seymour
★5.6
MOVIE1990
Street Hunter
as Angel
★5.7
MOVIE2002
Zig Zag
as Dean Singer
★6.4
MOVIE2011
Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2
as Sid (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2011
The Latino List
as Self
★8.5
MOVIE1990
Gentille Alouette
as Ortiz
★3.2
MOVIE2003
Undefeated
as Lex Vargas
★7.0
MOVIE2018
John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE2008
Paraiso Travel
as Roger Pena
MOVIE2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
★4.2
MOVIE2017
11:55
as Berto
MOVIE1991
That Burning Question
★7.0
MOVIE2015
Ice Age: No Time for Nuts 4-D
as Sid (voice)
MOVIE2022
John Leguizamo Live at Rikers
MOVIETBA
The Nickelodeon Mega Music Fest
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE2001
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
as Self
★7.2
MOVIE2015
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
as Self
★3.5
MOVIE2009
Rage
as Jed
★7.0
MOVIE1993
John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama
★4.0
MOVIE1992
Time Expired
as Ruby
★3.0
MOVIE2021
Waiting for Godot
as Estragon
★6.6
MOVIE2014
John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown
as Self
★5.8
MOVIE2002
John Leguizamo: Sexaholix... A Love Story
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1991
Mambo Mouth
★7.7
MOVIE2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
MOVIE2013
Tales From a Ghetto Klown
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2015
The Latin Explosion: A New America
as Self - Narrator
★5.1
MOVIE2014
Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game
as Self - Luigi Mario
★4.0
MOVIE1993
Night Owl
as Angel
★10.0
MOVIE1992
The Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical)
as 'Paco' in Puerto Rico/'Guess My Nationality' Party Guest