John Leguizamo

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.

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John Leguizamo Movies

Discover the best John Leguizamo movies. Explore the complete filmography, including top-rated classics, newest releases, and highest-grossing films starring John Leguizamo ranked by year and score.

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Ice Age: Boiling Point

Ice Age: Boiling Point (2027)

Adventure Animation Comedy
When the ice begins to crack and volcanic chaos erupts beneath their frozen world, Manny and his ragtag crew tumble into a primordial realm teeming with creatures thought long extinct....
Score -.-
2
The Odyssey

The Odyssey (2026)

Adventure Drama Fantasy
Ten years of war left Troy in ashes, but for Odysseus, King of Ithaca, the hardest road was still ahead. Homer's ancient epic comes to the screen as a sweeping...
Score -.-
3
Zootopia 2

Zootopia 2 (2025)

Adventure Animation Comedy
Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde have barely caught their breath after solving the case that shook Zootopia to its core. Then Gary De'Snake slithers into the city and everything goes...
Score 7.7
4
Tin Soldier

Tin Soldier (2025)

Action Thriller
Nash Cavanaugh knows exactly what the Bokushi is selling: purpose, brotherhood, and the illusion of belonging. He's watched this charismatic cult leader prey on veterans, twisting former comrades into a...
Score 4.8
5
The Menu

The Menu (2022)

Comedy Horror Thriller
A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
Score 7.2
6
John Wick: Chapter 2

John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

Action Crime Thriller
Barely out of the chaos that consumed the first film, John Wick finds himself dragged back in by an old debt he cannot refuse. A blood oath compels him to...
Score 7.3
7
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade (2016)

Adventure Animation Comedy
When a frantic prehistoric bird leaves her unhatched egg in Sid's clumsy care, the accidental babysitter suddenly finds himself running a booming egg-sitting operation. The good times do not last...
Score 6.4
8
John Wick

John Wick (2014)

Action Thriller
Retirement suited John Wick well enough, until it didn't. He had buried his wife, accepted her parting gift of a beagle puppy, and made his peace with a quieter life....
Score 7.4
9
Chef

Chef (2014)

Comedy
Carl Casper has built a respectable career cooking for one of Los Angeles's most prestigious restaurants, but a public meltdown over creative control leaves him without a job and without...
Score 7.1
10
Righteous Kill

Righteous Kill (2008)

Crime Mystery Thriller
Two seasoned NYPD detectives, partners for decades, find a new homicide pulling at the threads of an old conviction they were certain about. Someone is leaving bodies across the city,...
Score 5.9
11
The Happening

The Happening (2008)

Science Fiction Thriller
Something invisible is killing people across the northeastern United States, and nobody can explain why. Elliot Moore, a Philadelphia science teacher, grabs his wife Alma and flees the cities with...
Score 5.4
12
Spun

Spun (2003)

Comedy Crime Drama
Three days in the life of Ross, a college dropout whose world has collapsed into a single obsession: crystal meth. Between frantic runs with a local dealer known only as...
Score 6.6
13
Ice Age

Ice Age (2002)

Adventure Animation Comedy
When a human infant is separated from his tribe, three unlikely animals find themselves bound by circumstance. Manny, a weary mammoth; Sid, a chattering sloth desperate for belonging; and Diego,...
Score 7.4
14
Moulin Rouge!

Moulin Rouge! (2001)

Drama Music Romance
Paris, 1899. A broke, idealistic writer stumbles into the glittering chaos of Montmartre and falls helplessly for Satine, the Moulin Rouge's most dazzling courtesan. Baz Luhrmann drowns the story in...
Score 7.5
15
Summer of Sam

Summer of Sam (1999)

Crime Drama Thriller
Spike Lee examines the summer of 1977 when a serial killer's shadow fell across New York City, focusing on an Italian-American Bronx neighborhood unraveling under collective paranoia. As residents turn...
Score 6.5
16
Joe the King

Joe the King (1999)

Crime Drama
Joe navigates the wreckage of his parents' cruelty from opposite sides of a fractured home. His mother's violence and his father's neglect leave him with little ground to stand on,...
Score 6.0
17
Executive Decision

Executive Decision (1996)

Action Adventure Drama
When armed extremists seize a commercial flight bound for Washington, the official story is a hostage negotiation. Intelligence analyst David Grant thinks otherwise, convinced there is something far more lethal...
Score 6.3
18
Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros. (1993)

Adventure Comedy Family
Two Brooklyn plumbers named Mario and Luigi stumble into a parallel dimension where dinosaurs never went extinct and instead built a grimy, overcrowded city ruled by the tyrannical Koopa. Far...
Score 4.5
19
Die Hard 2

Die Hard 2 (1990)

Action Thriller
John McClane just wanted to pick up his wife from the airport. Instead, he finds himself the only man willing to act when a paramilitary group seizes control of Dulles...
Score 7.0

John Leguizamo TV Shows

Browse the ultimate list of John Leguizamo TV shows. Find top-rated television series, critically acclaimed dramas, and hit shows starring John Leguizamo.

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Smoke

Smoke (2025)

Crime Drama
An arson investigator accustomed to working alone finds herself forced into an uneasy partnership with a homicide detective when a pair of deliberately set fires begins claiming lives. As the...
Score 6.0
2
When They See Us

When They See Us (2019)

Drama
In 1989, five Black and Latino teenagers from Harlem found their lives destroyed by a criminal justice system that had already decided their guilt before any evidence was examined. Ava...
Score 8.2

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According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring John Leguizamo are Ice Age: Boiling Point, The Odyssey, and Zootopia 2.
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Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 21 titles starring John Leguizamo, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.
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