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.
Movie | Gentille Alouette | Ortiz | 2025 |
Movie | Bob Trevino Likes It | Bob Trevino | 2025-06-13 |
Movie | The Godmother | Unknown | 2025 |
Series | Firebug | Esposito | 2025 |
Movie | Tin Soldier | Luke | 2025-02-06 |
Movie | Super Mario Bros: The Lasanga Workprint | Luigi Mario | 2024-02-01 |
Series | The Green Veil | Gordon Rogers | 2024-04-30 |
Series | VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos | Self | 2024-09-27 |
Series | Inside with Jen Psaki | Self | 2023-03-19 |
Series | The Power | Rob Lopez | 2023-03-30 |
Series | Waco: The Aftermath | Jacob Vazquez | 2023-04-16 |
Series | Leguizamo Does America | Self | 2023-04-16 |
Movie | The Survivor | Bill "Pepe" Miller | 2022-04-07 |
Movie | John Leguizamo Live at Rikers | Unknown | 2022-06-18 |
Movie | The Menu | Movie Star | 2022-11-17 |
Series | Sherri | Self - Guest | 2022-09-12 |
Movie | Violent Night | Scrooge | 2022-11-30 |
Series | Unxplained Latam | Self - Host | 2021-05-22 |
Movie | Waiting for Godot | Estragon | 2021-05-06 |
Movie | Dark Blood | Misael | 2021-09-05 |
Movie | Encanto | Bruno Madrigal (voice) | 2021-10-13 |
Movie | The Night Clerk | Detective Espada | 2020-02-19 |
Series | Santiago of the Seas | Sir Butterscotch (voice) | 2020-10-09 |
Movie | Critical Thinking | Mario Martinez | 2020-12-18 |
Movie | The Sun Is Also a Star | Jeremy Martinez | 2019-05-16 |
Series | When They See Us | Raymond Santana Sr. | 2019-05-31 |
Movie | It Takes a Lunatic | Self | 2019-05-03 |
Series | The Mandalorian | Gor Koresh | 2019-11-12 |
Movie | Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage | Self | 2019-09-13 |
Movie | Playing with Fire | Rodrigo | 2019-11-08 |
Series | Waco | Jacob Vazquez | 2018-01-24 |
Movie | Krystal | 2018-04-13 | |
Movie | Nancy | Jeb | 2018-06-08 |
Movie | John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons | Self | 2018-11-02 |
Movie | The Crash | George Diebold | 2017-01-13 |
Movie | 11:55 | Berto | 2017-06-09 |
Movie | John Wick: Chapter 2 | Aurelio | 2017-02-08 |
Movie | Porzingod | 2016-04-21 | |
Movie | Stealing Cars | Montgomery De La Cruz | 2016-04-05 |
Movie | Ice Age: Collision Course | Sid (voice) | 2016-06-23 |
Movie | Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade | Sid (voice) | 2016-03-19 |
Movie | Scrat: Spaced Out | Sid (voice) | 2016-10-11 |
Movie | The Infiltrator | Emir Abreu | 2016-07-13 |
Movie | The Hollow Point | Atticus | 2016-12-16 |
Movie | Perros | Misael | 2016-07-24 |
Series | Bloodline | Ozzy Delvecchio | 2015-03-20 |
Movie | Get Squirrely | Fly Boy / Liam (voice) | 2015-03-01 |
Movie | American Ultra | Rose | 2015-08-19 |
Series | The Adventures of Puss in Boots | Jack Sprat (voice) | 2015-01-16 |
Movie | John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry | Self | 2015-02-03 |
Movie | Sisters | Dave | 2015-12-18 |
Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
Movie | Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe | Sid (voice) | 2015-11-06 |
Movie | The Latin Explosion: A New America | Self - Narrator | 2015-11-16 |
Movie | Meadowland | Pete | 2015-10-16 |
Movie | Experimenter | Taylor | 2015-10-16 |
Movie | John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown | Himself | 2014-04-05 |
Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
Movie | Ride Along | Santiago | 2014-01-07 |
Series | BoJack Horseman | Mr. Buenaventura (voice) | 2014-08-22 |
Movie | Chef | Martin | 2014-05-08 |
Movie | Fugly! | Jesse | 2014-11-05 |
Movie | Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game | Self | 2014-11-03 |
Movie | John Wick | Aurelio | 2014-10-22 |
Movie | Cymbeline | Pisanio | 2014-09-03 |
Movie | Fish N Chips: The Movie | Chips (voice) | 2013-05-01 |
Movie | Tales From a Ghetto Klown | Self | 2013-06-13 |
Movie | The Counselor | Coverall Man Randy | 2013-10-25 |
Movie | Kick-Ass 2 | Javier | 2013-07-17 |
Movie | Walking with Dinosaurs | Alex (voice) | 2013-12-18 |
Movie | Ice Age - 4D Experience | Sid | 2012-03-31 |
Movie | One for the Money | Jimmy Alpha | 2012-01-26 |
Movie | Ice Age: Continental Drift | Sid (voice) | 2012-06-27 |
Movie | The Trip 2 | Lucho Calvo | 2012-12-25 |
Movie | The Latino List | Self | 2011-09-29 |
Movie | Ballplayer: Pelotero | Narrator (voice) | 2011-10-15 |
Movie | The Lincoln Lawyer | Val Valenzuela | 2011-03-17 |
Movie | Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas | Sid (voice) | 2011-11-24 |
Movie | Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2 | Sid (voice) | 2011-11-16 |
Movie | Repo Men | Asbury | 2010-03-18 |
Movie | Vanishing on 7th Street | Paul | 2010-09-11 |
Movie | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Sid (voice) | 2009-06-26 |
Series | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2009-03-02 |
Series | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009-07-16 |
Movie | Rage | Jed | 2009-09-24 |
Movie | Gamer | Freek | 2009-09-03 |
Movie | The Ministers | Dante Mendoza | 2009-10-16 |
Movie | The Happening | Julian | 2008-06-11 |
Series | Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence | Self | 2008-07-07 |
Movie | Righteous Kill | Detective Simon Perez | 2008-09-11 |
Movie | Paraiso Travel | Roger Pena | 2008-01-18 |
Movie | The Babysitters | Michael Beltran | 2008-05-09 |
Movie | Ice Age: Surviving Sid | Sid (voice) | 2008-10-20 |
Movie | Miracle at St. Anna | Enrico | 2008-09-15 |
Movie | Nothing Like the Holidays | Mauricio Rodriguez | 2008-12-12 |
Movie | Visions of 'The Happening' | Himself | 2008-10-07 |
Movie | The Happening: Elements of a Scene | Himself | 2008-10-07 |
Movie | The Take | Felix De La Pena | 2007-01-01 |
Movie | ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway | Self | 2007-04-19 |
Movie | Love in the Time of Cholera | Lorenzo Daza | 2007-10-04 |
Movie | Where God Left His Shoes | Frank Diaz | 2007-04-27 |
Series | The Kill Point | Jake Mendez | 2007-07-22 |
Movie | The Alibi | Hannibal | 2006-01-12 |
Movie | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Sid (voice) | 2006-03-29 |
Movie | The Groomsmen | TC (Tony) | 2006-06-09 |
Movie | Assault on Precinct 13 | Beck | 2005-01-19 |
Series | American Dad! | Luís Ramírez (voice) | 2005-02-06 |
Movie | The Honeymooners | Dodge | 2005-06-10 |
Movie | Sueno | Antonio | 2005-09-30 |
Series | My Name Is Earl | Diego | 2005-09-20 |
Movie | Land of the Dead | Cholo | 2005-06-18 |
Movie | Crónicas | Manolo Bonilla | 2004-05-16 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Spun | Spider Mike | 2003-02-07 |
Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | 2003-02-21 |
Movie | Undefeated | Lex Vargas | 2003-07-26 |
Movie | Ice Age | Sid (voice) | 2002-03-10 |
Movie | Collateral Damage | Felix Ramirez | 2002-02-06 |
Movie | John Leguizamo: Sexaholix... A Love Story | himself | 2002-04-13 |
Movie | Zig Zag | Dean Singer | 2002-06-14 |
Movie | Empire | Victor Rosa | 2002-12-06 |
Movie | Point of Origin | Keith Lang | 2002-06-20 |
Movie | The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' | Self | 2001-05-01 |
Movie | Moulin Rouge! | Toulouse-Lautrec | 2001-05-18 |
Movie | Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes | Clown / Violator (archive footage) | 2001-12-23 |
Movie | What's the Worst That Could Happen? | Berger | 2001-05-31 |
Movie | Titan A.E. | Gune (voice) | 2000-06-16 |
Series | Arabian Nights | Genie of the Lamp | 2000-04-30 |
Series | The Brothers García | Larry Garcia (voice) | 2000-07-23 |
Movie | King of the Jungle | Seymour | 2000-10-12 |
Movie | Joe the King | Jorge | 1999-01-22 |
Series | The Three Friends and Jerry | 1999-01-22 | |
Movie | Summer of Sam | Vinny | 1999-06-28 |
Movie | Doctor Dolittle | Rat #2 (Voice) | 1998-06-26 |
Movie | Body Count | Chino | 1998-04-28 |
Movie | John Leguizamo: Freak | Self | 1998-10-10 |
Movie | Frogs for Snakes | Zip | 1998-08-14 |
Movie | Kids Are Punny | Unknown | 1998-12-06 |
Movie | The Pest | Pest | 1997-02-07 |
Movie | A Brother's Kiss | Lefty | 1997-04-25 |
Movie | Spawn | Clown / Violator | 1997-07-31 |
Movie | The Making of 'Spawn' | Himself | 1997-07-15 |
Series | The View | Self - Guest | 1997-08-11 |
Series | The Daily Show | Self - Guest Host | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | Executive Decision | Rat | 1996-03-15 |
Movie | The Fan | Manny | 1996-08-15 |
Movie | Romeo + Juliet | Tybalt | 1996-11-01 |
Series | House of Buggin' | 1995-01-08 | |
Movie | A Pyromaniac's Love Story | Sergio | 1995-04-28 |
Movie | To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | Chi-Chi Rodriguez | 1995-09-07 |
Series | ER | Victor Clemente | 1994-09-19 |
Movie | John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama | Unknown | 1993-05-15 |
Movie | Super Mario Bros. | Luigi Mario | 1993-05-28 |
Movie | Carlito's Way | Benny Blanco | 1993-11-10 |
Movie | Night Owl | Angel | 1993-06-30 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | Time Expired | Unknown | 1992-01-01 |
Movie | The Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical) | Guess my nationality guy | 1992-03-20 |
Movie | Whispers in the Dark | John Castillo | 1992-08-06 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Poison | Chancho ("Homo") | 1991-04-05 |
Movie | NYPD Mounted | 1991-01-01 | |
Movie | Hangin' with the Homeboys | Johnny | 1991-04-05 |
Movie | Out for Justice | Boy in Alley | 1991-04-12 |
Movie | Mambo Mouth | Unknown | 1991-10-26 |
Movie | That Burning Question | Unknown | 1991-07-24 |
Movie | Regarding Henry | Liquor Store Gunman | 1991-07-10 |
Movie | Revenge | Ignacio | 1990-02-16 |
Movie | Die Hard 2 | Burke | 1990-07-03 |
Movie | Madonna: The Immaculate Collection | Friend of Boyfriend (segment "Borderline") | 1990-11-13 |
Movie | Street Hunter | Angel | 1990-11-02 |
Movie | Casualties of War | Private Antonio Diaz | 1989-08-18 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | 1988-09-05 |
Series | Miami Vice | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
Movie | Mixed Blood | Macetero | 1984-10-01 |
Series | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 1956-04-01 |
Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |