John Leguizamo

Emmy Award winner John Leguizamo has appeared in over 100 films and countless television shows while establishing a career that defies categorization. With boundless and visceral creativity, his work in film, theatre, television, and literature covers a variety of genres, continually threatening to create a few of his own.

Leguizamo is the host of and executive produces MSNBC’s travel show, Leguizamo Does America. He stars in the independent feature Bob Trevino Likes It, opposite Barbie Ferreira for director Tracie Laymon, recently premiered at SXSW where it won the Grand Jury Award and the Audience Award. John also co-stars in the Amazon series The Power, based on The New York Times bestseller, alongside Toni Collette.

Recently, Leguizamo starred in Waco: The Aftermath, a five-part drama series for Showtime. Leguizamo co-starred in Mark Mylod’s horror comedy The Menu, opposite Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes, and Nicholas Hoult, and Violent Night co-starring David Harbour.

Leguizamo garnered a Tony Award® for his 2022 performance in Latin History for Morons, his one-man show where he delivers his take on 500 years of Latin History spanning the Aztec and Incan Empires, to World War II. Latin History for Morons was co-produced by Berkeley Rep and New York’s Public Theater.

Leguizamo was seen in the second season of Bloodline, where he played Ozzy Delveccho. He was also seen in The Hollow Point, opposite Patrick Wilson, Ian McShane, and Jim Belushi; The Infiltrator, opposite Bryan Cranston and Diane Kruger and Ice Age: Collision Course.

John garnered a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as a sensitive drag queen in To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, was the recipient of the 2002 ALMA Special Achievement Award for Entertainer of the Year, and picked up ALMA Award nominations for his roles in Moulin Rouge (Best Supporting Actor) and King of the Jungle (Best Lead Actor).

Other film credits for him include The Crash; 11:55; Porzingod; Stealing Cars; Sisters; Meadowland; Experimenter; American Ultra; Cymbeline; Fugly; John Wick; Chef; Ride Along; Underdogs; Walking with Dinosaurs 3D; The Counsellor; Kick-Ass-2; Fish N Chips: The Movie; Inocente; The Trip 2; Ice Age: Continental Drift; One for the Money; The Lincoln Lawyer; Vanishing on 7th Street; Big Balls; Repo Men; The Ministers; Rage; Gamer; Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs; Nothing Like the Holidays; Miracle at St. Anna; Righteous Kill; The Happening; The Babysitters; The Take; Ice Age: The Meltdown; Land of the Dead; The Honeymooners; Zig Zag; Ice Age; Collatoral Damage; Doctor Dolittle; Romeo + Juliet; The Fan; A Pyromaniac’s Love Story; Super Mario Bros. ; Night Owl; Poison; Die Hard 2; and Casualties of War.

Leguizamo’s TV work also includes The Kill Point; ER; My Name is Earl; The Brothers Garcia; House of Buggin’; and Miami Vice.

In 1991, Leguizamo created his first Off-Broadway sensation as the writer and performer of his one-man show Mambo Mouth, in which he portrayed seven different characters. He received Obie, Outer Critics Circle and Vanguardia awards for this specific performance. Leguizamo went on to create his second Off-Broadway one-man show Spic-O-Rama, which garnered a Dramatists Guild Hull-Warriner Award for Best American Play, the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Actor, the Theatre World Award for Outstanding New Talent, and the Drama Desk Award for Best Solo Performance. Leguizamo’s debut to Broadway was his one-man show, Freak, for which he received a Tony Award® nomination for Best Play and Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play. Additional theater credits include, Sexaholix… A Love Story, which received a Tony Award® nomination for Best Special Theatrical Performance; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, La Puta Vida Trilogy; and American Buffalo.

John went on to film special presentations for HBO for his one-man shows including Mambo Mouth; Spic-O-Rama; Freak, for which he won a Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Music Program; Sexaholix… A Love Story; and Ghetto Klown.

Leguizamo lengthened his lists of credits with his first literary project in 2006 with his memoir, Pimps, Hos, Playa Hatas and All the Rest of My Hollywood Friends: My Life. He also released Ghetto Klown, the graphic novel adaptation of his 2011 Drama Desk award winning one-man Broadway show in 2015.

Leguizamo currently resides in New York City with his wife and two children.