John Leguizamo
- Highest Rated: John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons (2018)
- Lowest Rated: A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995)
- Birthday: Jul 22, 1964
- Birthplace: Bogotá, Colombia
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John Leguizamo is a Colombian-born comedian and actor best known for his memorable, often sharply satirical, characterizations of Latinos on stage and in films. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in New York clubs and as a performer in small independent feature films. These engagements led to his playing small roles in major features such as Casualties of War (1989) and Die Hard 2 (1990) where he was typically cast as a violent, unsavory fellow; none of these films seemed to utilize his talents and potential on film. Leguizamo has fared better in smaller films such as Time Expired (1991). His stage career also continues to grow. For his one-man show Mambo Mouth, a scathing look at Hispanic stereotypes, he won awards and great acclaim. His follow-up play Spic-o-Rama is equally funny and thought provoking. Leguizamo played his first leading film role in Super Mario Brothers. (1993). That year he also played an important and acclaimed role in De Palma's Carlito's Way. In 1995 he finished two movies, A Pyromaniac's Love Story and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar where he played the lovely drag queen Miss Chi Chi Rodriguez. That year, Leguizamo also created, scripted, executive produced and starred in a sketch comedy show on Fox, House of Buggin. Done in the style of Fox's smash hit series In Living Color, Leguizamo's show was billed as the first show of its kind to feature an all Latino cast. Unfortunately, though the show received good ratings, it failed to attract an audience and was cancelled after only a few months. The Colombian funnyman has since returned to feature films. In 1996, he starred, wrote and co-produced another showcase for his talents, The Pest.
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Highest Rated Movies
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11:55
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A Brother's Kiss
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Meadowland
96%
Filmography
Movies
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Box
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Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playing with Fire | Actor | — | 2019 | |
| 51% | The Sun Is Also a Star | Jeremy Martinez | — | 2019 |
| The Night Clerk | Actor | — | 2019 | |
| 86% | Nancy | Jeb | — | 2018 |
| 100% | John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons | Actor | — | 2018 |
| 100% | 11:55 | Berto | — | 2017 |
| 89% | John Wick: Chapter 2 | Aurelio | $92M | 2017 |
| 17% | The Crash (Jekyll Island) | George Diebold | — | 2017 |
| 36% | The Hollow Point | Atticus | — | 2016 |
| A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown (Get Squirrely) | Fly Boy/Liam | — | 2016 | |
| 17% | Ice Age: Collision Course | Sid | $64.1M | 2016 |
| 71% | The Infiltrator | Emir Abreu | $15.5M | 2016 |
| Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade | Sid | — | 2016 | |
| 60% | Sisters | Dave | $66.7M | 2015 |
| The Latin Explosion: A New America | Actor | — | 2015 | |
| 96% | Meadowland | Pete | — | 2015 |
| 84% | Experimenter | Taylor | $0.2M | 2015 |
| 43% | American Ultra | Rose | — | 2015 |
| 75% | Rubble Kings | Narrator | — | 2015 |
| Stealing Cars | Montgomery De La Cruz | — | 2015 | |
| 31% | Cymbeline | Pisanio | — | 2015 |
| 67% | Underdogs (Metegol) | Actor | $0.2M | 2015 |
| Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe | Sid | — | 2015 | |
| Get Squirrely | Actor | — | 2015 | |
| Fugly! | Screenwriter Jesse Sanchez Producer | — | 2014 | |
| 87% | John Wick | Aurelio | — | 2014 |
| 87% | Chef | Martin | $23.7M | 2014 |
| John Leguizamo's Ghetto Klown | Actor | — | 2014 | |
| 80% | The Standbys | Actor | — | 2014 |
| 18% | Ride Along | Santiago | $110.4M | 2014 |
| 23% | Walking With Dinosaurs | Alex | $23.5M | 2013 |
| 34% | The Counselor | Randy | $14.7M | 2013 |
| 32% | Kick-Ass 2 | Javier | $28.9M | 2013 |
| Fish N Chips: The Movie | Actor | — | 2013 | |
| Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas | Actor | — | 2013 | |
| 86% | Ballplayer: Pelotero | Narrator | $45.2K | 2012 |
| 37% | Ice Age: Continental Drift | Sid | $161.4M | 2012 |
| 2% | One for the Money | Jimmy Alpha | $26.2M | 2012 |
| The Latino List | Actor | — | 2012 | |
| El Paseo 2 | Actor | — | 2012 | |
| 84% | The Lincoln Lawyer | Val Valenzuela | $58M | 2011 |
| 47% | Vanishing On 7th Street | Paul | $22.7K | 2011 |
| The Ministers | Producer Dante Mendoza/Perfecto Mendoza | — | 2009 | |
| 30% | Gamer | Freek | $20.5M | 2009 |
| 46% | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Ice Age 3) | Sid | $124.7M | 2009 |
| 29% | Rage | Jed | — | 2009 |
| 53% | Nothing Like the Holidays | Mauricio | $7.5M | 2008 |
| 18% | Righteous Kill | Det. Perez | $40M | 2008 |
| 33% | Miracle at St. Anna | Enrico | $7.8M | 2008 |
| 18% | The Happening | Julian | $64.6M | 2008 |
| Surviving Sid | Sid | — | 2008 | |
| 43% | Paraiso Travel | Roger Pena Producer | — | 2007 |
| 25% | Love in the Time of Cholera | Lorenzo Daza | $4.6M | 2007 |
| The Kill Point | Actor | — | 2007 | |
| 67% | Where God Left His Shoes | Frank Diaz | — | 2007 |
| 85% | The Take | Felix de la Peña | — | 2007 |
| 52% | The Groomsmen | T.C. | — | 2006 |
| 57% | Ice Age 2: The Meltdown | Sid | $195.4M | 2006 |
| 57% | Lies & Alibis | Hannibal | — | 2006 |
| 43% | Sueño | Antonio | — | 2005 |
| 71% | Crónicas | Manolo Bonilla | $0.2M | 2005 |
| 74% | Land of the Dead | Cholo | $20.5M | 2005 |
| 13% | The Honeymooners | Dodge | $12.9M | 2005 |
| 59% | Assault on Precinct 13 | Beck | $20M | 2005 |
| Undefeated | Lex Vargas Executive Producer Director Screenwriter | — | 2003 | |
| 37% | Spun | Spider Mike | $0.3M | 2003 |
| 43% | Piñero | Executive Producer | $0.2M | 2002 |
| 21% | Empire | Executive Producer Victor Rosa Producer | $17.6M | 2002 |
| 44% | Zigzag | Dean Singer | — | 2002 |
| Point of Origin (In the Heat of Fire) | Actor | — | 2002 | |
| Point of Origin | Keith Lang | — | 2002 | |
| Zig Zag | Actor | — | 2002 | |
| 77% | Ice Age | Sid | $176.5M | 2002 |
| 19% | Collateral Damage | Felix Ramirez | $40M | 2002 |
| Sexaholix: A Love Story | Actor | — | 2002 | |
| 10% | What's the Worst That Could Happen? | Berger | $31.1M | 2001 |
| 76% | Moulin Rouge! | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | $55.1M | 2001 |
| 24% | King of the Jungle | Seymour Executive Producer | — | 2000 |
| Nuyorican Dream | Executive Producer | — | 2000 | |
| 51% | Titan A.E. | Gune | — | 2000 |
| 60% | Arabian Nights | Actor | — | 2000 |
| 67% | Joe the King | Jorge Executive Producer | — | 1999 |
| 51% | Summer of Sam | Vinny | — | 1999 |
| 27% | Frogs for Snakes | Zip | — | 1999 |
| Freak | Actor | — | 1998 | |
| 43% | Dr. Dolittle | Rat #2 | — | 1998 |
| Body Count | Chino | — | 1998 | |
| 18% | Spawn | Clown | — | 1997 |
| 8% | The Pest | Pestario 'Pest' Vargas | — | 1997 |
| 100% | A Brother's Kiss | Lefty | — | 1996 |
| 72% | Romeo + Juliet | Tybalt | — | 1996 |
| 34% | The Fan | Manny | — | 1996 |
| 64% | Executive Decision | Rat | — | 1996 |
| 41% | To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | Chi Chi Rodriguez | — | 1995 |
| 0% | A Pyromaniac's Love Story | Sergio | — | 1995 |
| Nite Owl | Actor | — | 1993 | |
| Night Owl | Angel | — | 1993 | |
| 23% | Super Mario Bros. | Luigi Mario | — | 1993 |
| 81% | Carlito's Way | Benny Blanco | — | 1993 |
| John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama | Actor Screenwriter | — | 1993 | |
| 33% | Whispers in the Dark | Johnny C. | — | 1992 |
| The Puerto Rican Mambo | TV Announcer, Garment Center boss | — | 1992 | |
| Time Expired | Actor | — | 1992 | |
| N.Y.P.D. Mounted | Actor | — | 1991 | |
| 43% | Regarding Henry | Gunman | — | 1991 |
| 83% | Hangin' with the Homeboys | Johnny | — | 1991 |
| 23% | Out for Justice | Boy in Alley | — | 1991 |
| 68% | Die Hard 2 | Burke | — | 1990 |
| 38% | Revenge | Ignacio | — | 1990 |
| Street Hunter | Angel | — | 1990 | |
| 84% | Casualties of War | Diaz | — | 1989 |
| Mixed Blood | Andres Rodriguez | — | 1985 |
TV
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Year |
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| 96% |
When They See Us
2019
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Raymond Santana Sr. |
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The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2015
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Guest |
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Late Night With Seth Meyers
2014
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Guest |
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| 68% |
Waco
2018
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Jacob Vazquez |
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| 62% |
Bloodline
2015-2017
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The Chew
2011-2018
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Guest |
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The Late Late Show With James Corden
2015
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Guest |
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| 100% |
The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore
2015-2016
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Panelist |
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The Big Interview With Dan Rather
2013
|
Guest |
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The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson
2005-2014
|
Guest |
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The Wendy Williams Show
2008
|
Guest |
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Chelsea Lately
2007-2014
|
Guest |
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Conan
2010
|
Guest |
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The View
1997
|
Guest |
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American Dad (target for inaccurate feed data)
2005
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Voice |
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The Talk
2010
|
Guest |
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Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
|
Guest |
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MADtv
1995-2009
|
Guest |
|
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| 82% |
My Name Is Earl
2005-2009
|
Diego |
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ER
1994-2009
|
Victor Clemente |
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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
1999-2015
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Guest |
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The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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Guest |
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All That
1995-2005
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Guest |
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Miami Vice
1984-1990
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Calderone 0rlanda |
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| 20% |
House of Buggin'
1995
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Performer |
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QUOTES FROM John Leguizamo CHARACTERS
- Aurelio
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Oh look at you. This is great. You're gonna come into my shop and you're gonna pull a gun on me. That's great, man. Come on! Now, you either kill me right now or you get the fuck out of my shop!
- Sarah
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Stop being angry.
- Pete
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I'm not mad.
- Sarah
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You are.
- Sarah
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Stop being angry.
- Pete
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I'm not mad.
- Sarah
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You are.
- Viggo Tarasov
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Why did you hit my son?
- Aurelio
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Because he stole John Wick's car and killed his dog.
- Viggo Tarasov
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Oh.
- Alex
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Look at his little baby hands he`s so cute!
- Alex
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Look at his little baby hands! He's so cute!
- Sid
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I know my berries!
- Sid
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Granny? You're alive!
- Diego
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...And can we say how thrilled we are to see you...
- Diego
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And can we say how thrilled we are to see you...
- Sid
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Aaah! Hold me!
- Sid
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You know, my mother once told me that bad news was just good news in disguise.
- Diego
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Was this before she abandoned you?
- Sid
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Yes it was..
- Sid
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Yes it was...
- Diego
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Get down! Get down, and follow me.
- Manny
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What are you saying?
- Diego
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There's an ambush waiting for you.
- Manny
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What do you mean ambush.....? You set us up.
- Diego
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I was my job. I was supposed to bring the baby, then....
- Manny
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You brought us home for dinner!!!
- Sid
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That's it, you're out of the herd!
- Diego
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I'm sorry.
- Manny
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No, you're not! Not, yet!
- Diego
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Give it up Sid. You know humans can't talk.
- Sid
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Diego!!
- Sid
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Diego!
- Diego
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Nine lives, baby.
- The Colonel
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Colonel stars and stripes reporting for duty
- Javier
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Colonel stars and stripes reporting for duty.
- Rhino
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Save it for a mammal that cares.
- Sid
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I'm a mammal that cares.
- Iggy
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Was she corpulent, very corpulent?
- Luigi Mario
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No, she was just really round.
- Spike
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Ah, Big Bertha, the bouncer at the Boom-Boom Bar!
- Daisy
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(in unison) Are you all right?
- Luigi Mario
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(in unison) Are you all right?
- Lorenzo Daza
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Age has no reality except in the physical world. The essence of a human being is resistant to the passage of time. Our inner lives are eternal, which is to say that our spirits remain as youthful and vigorous as when we were in full bloom.
- Sid
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Yippee! We're being rescued, we're being rescued!
- Paul
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We're the last spin on the reel before it stops for good.
- Cholo
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Looks like God left the phone off the hook.
- Toulouse-Lautrec
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The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.
- Female Siren
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I've got a snack for you! [Throws up a prone]
- Sid
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She cooks too!
- Captain Gutt
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Surrender you ship, or face my fury!
- Sid
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Or face your furry what?
- Captain Gutt
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Not furry. FURY!
- Luigi Mario
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No. It's Luigi Mario. Se because we're brothers, we gotta have the same last name.
- Luigi Mario
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No. It's Luigi Mario. See because we're brothers, we gotta have the same last name.
- Sid
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This water's a little.... SALTY!
- Sid
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This water's a little... SALTY!
- Luigi Mario
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I got a feeling we're not in Brooklyn no more.
- Diego
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(finding out that he and Sid just kissed) Why are we kissing?
- Diego
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[finding out that he and Sid just kissed] Why are we kissing?
- Sid
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Because cruises are romantic?
- Rat
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I hope there's a good movie on this flight!
- Sid
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[Gasps] Mom! Dad!
- Sid
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Come on ocean is that the best you can do?
- Clown
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Peek a boo! I see you!
- Sid
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Holly crab!
- Manny
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Oh, I know what you've got. The L word.
- Sid
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Yeah, leprosy.
- Manny
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No, its four letters, starts with L and ends with E.
- Sid
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Oh yeah, lice!
- Manny
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No!!
- Manny
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No!
- Sid
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My mother once told me that bad news was just good news in disguise.
- Diego
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Is this before she abandoned you?
- Sid
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Yes it was.
- Al Simmons/Spawn
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Just get me to a hospital.
- Clown
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A hospital? Have you looked in a mirror lately, burnt man walking? Even the entire cast of "E.R." couldn't put you back together again.
- Clown
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A hospital? Have you looked in a mirror lately, burnt man walking? Even the entire cast of 'E.R.' couldn't put you back together again.
- Shira
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"Your pretty soft for a saber"
- Shira
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Your pretty soft for a saber.
- Diego
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"Excuse me I happen to be a remoralse assassin"
- Diego
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Excuse me I happen to be a remoralse assassin.
- Sid
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"Oh Diego poo! I made you another coral neckless. He keeps losing them. Hehehe la-la-la-la"
- Sid
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Oh Diego poo! I made you another coral neckless. He keeps losing them. Hehehe la-la-la-la.
- Sid
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[Sing-song voice] Oh, Diego-poo! Hey, I made you another coral necklace! [To Shira] He keeps losing them! [Laughs, then skips away] Da da da, da da da...
- Sid
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May I try? [Performing a dance] Wooga, wooga, wooga, wooga! Pooda, pooda, pooda, pooda! [Blows raspberries]
- Sid
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Hey! There really is a rainbow around every corner!
- Sid
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We're being rescued! We're being rescued!
- Sid
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Whoa! Excuse me!
- Sid
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May I try?
- Sid
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My mom always said that bad news was just good news in disguise.
- Sid
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My mom always said that bad news was just good news in disguise.
- Manny
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Was this before she abandoned you?
- Sid
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Yes, it was.
- Sid
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That the best you got, ocean?
- Sid
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[Tauntingly] Ha-ha! Is that the best you got, ocean? [A huge crab comes out from the sea] HOLY CRAB!
- Sid
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Ow!
- Sid
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Two words: Anger management.
- Manny
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[Whacks Sid in the back of the head with his trunk]
- Sid
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Ow!
- Sid
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Whoa!
- Sid
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Holy crab!
- Sid
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Granny, you're alive!
- Sid
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Granny, grab my paw!
- Sid
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Granny, grab my paw!
- Sid
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Sid: Is that the best you got ocean?.............HOLY CRAB!!!!
- Sid
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Is that the best you got ocean? HOLY CRAB!
- Sid
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Well, I think mating for life is stupid. I mean, there's plenty of Sid to go around.
- Diego
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The baby? Please. I was just returning it to its herd.
- Sid
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Oh, yeah. Nice try, Bucktooth.
- Diego
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You calling me a liar?
- Sid
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I didn't say that.
- Diego
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You were thinking it.
- Sid
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[whispering, to Manny] I don't like this cat. He reads minds.
- Sid
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[about the baby] I bet he's hungry.
- Manny
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How 'bout some milk?
- Sid
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Ooh, I'd love some!
- Diego
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Not you. The baby.
- Sid
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Well, I ain't exactly lactating right now, pal.
- Diego
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You're a little low on the food chain to be mouthing off, aren't you...
- Manny
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[in a shout that echoes] ENOUGH!
- Sid
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From now on, you'll have to refer to me as "Sid, Lord of the Flame."
- Sid
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From now on, you'll have to refer to me as 'Sid, Lord of the Flame.'
- Manny
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Hey, Lord of the Flame, your tail's on fire.
- Cholo
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Takes a true friend to stab you right in the front, doesn't it?
- Sid
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Thanks for waiting. [lies down on geyser]
- Manny
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[with Diego] Three, two, one. [geyser shoots Sid up in the air]
- Manny
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Sure is faithful. [baby claps]
- Sid
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They left without me. They do this every year. Why? Doesn't anyone love me? Isn't there anyone who cares about Sid the Sloth?
- Jimmy Alpha
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I'm gonna nail Morelli.
- Stephanie Plum
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I'm gonna nail Morelli.
- Sid
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[Arguing with Diego] I ain't exactly lactating right now, pal!
- Sid
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Hey, Manny. Aren't you forgettin' somethin'?
- Sid
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Diego, you hold the baby.
- Sid
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[To Diego, referring to Roshan] Here, you hold it.
- Sid
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[to Diego, referring to Roshan] Here, you hold it.
- Diego
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[Bonks Sid on the head, who sticks his tongue out; then he shakes his head and wakes up]
- Diego
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[bonks Sid on the head, who sticks his tongue out; then he shakes his head and wakes up]
- Sid
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[Upon seeing Manny and Ellie's newborn child] It's a boy!
- Sid
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[upon seeing Manny and Ellie's newborn child] It's a boy!
- Diego
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That's her tail.
- Sid
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It's a girl!
- Dinosaur Babies
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Mommy!
- Sid
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[Touched] I'm their mommy.
- Sid
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[touched] I'm their mommy.
- Sid
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[Being chased by an ox, whom he tried to milk] I THOUGHT YOU WERE A FEMALE!
- Sid
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[being chased by an ox, whom he tried to milk] I THOUGHT YOU WERE A FEMALE!
- Sid
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We're gonna live! ...We're gonna DIE!
- Luigi Mario
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There's Mario Mario and Luigi Mario!
- Toulouse-Lautrec
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The story is about...it's about...about
- Christian
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It's about love!
- Duke of Worcester
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Love?
- Christian
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Love. Overcoming all obstacles.
- Toulouse-Lautrec
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And it's set in Switzerland!
- Duke of Worcester
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Switzerland?
- Zidler
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It's not in Switzerland!
- Christian
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INDIA! It's set in India! And there's this courtesan. The most beautiful courtesan in all the world. But her kingdom's been invaded by an evil mah rajah. And in order to save her kingdom, she must seduce the evil mah rajah. But on the night of the seduction, she mistakes a penniless.... a penniless sitar player for the evil mah rajah. And she falls in love with him! He wasn't trying to trick her or anything. It's just that he was dressed as a mah rajah because he's appearing in a play.
- Christian
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INDIA! It's set in India! And there's this courtesan. The most beautiful courtesan in all the world. But her kingdom's been invaded by an evil mah rajah. And in order to save her kingdom, she must seduce the evil mah rajah. But on the night of the seduction, she mistakes a penniless... a penniless sitar player for the evil mah rajah. And she falls in love with him! He wasn't trying to trick her or anything. It's just that he was dressed as a mah rajah because he's appearing in a play.
- Manny
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You know, I don't like animals that kill for pleasure.
- Rhino
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Save it for a mammal that cares.
- Sid
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I'm a mammal that cares!
- Sid
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They left without me. They do this every year! Why?! Doesn't anyone love me?! Isn't there anyone who cares about Sid the Sloth?!
- Sid
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They left without me. They do this every year! Why?! Doesn't anyone love me?! Isn't there anyone who cares about Sid the Sloth?
- Sid
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Sexy!
- Luigi Mario
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not going broke, Mario, we are already there.
- Luigi Mario
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We aint going broke Mario, we're already there!
- Toulouse-Lautrec
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The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.
- Benny Blanco
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Hey, remember me, Benny Blanco from the Bronx?
- Val Valenzuela
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"YOU HAVE MORE BALLS THEN CHINESE PING-PONG TOURNAMENT"
- Val Valenzuela
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YOU HAVE MORE BALLS THAN CHINESE PING-PONG TOURNAMENT
- Val Valenzuela
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YOU HAVE MORE BALLS THAN A CHINESE PING-PONG TOURNAMENT