John Leguizamo filmography explained

The following is the complete list of filmography of John Leguizamo.

Leguizamo is a Colombian-American actor, stand-up comedian, film producer, playwright and screenwriter (born 1964).His early films include Casualties of War (1989), Die Hard 2 (1990), and Regarding Henry (1991). He had a leading role as Luigi in Super Mario Bros. (1993). He had supporting roles in Brian De Palma's Carlito's Way (1993), A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995) To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), for which he earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture nomination, and the Baz Luhrman films Romeo + Juliet (1996), and Moulin Rouge! (2001).

He is also known for his voice role as Sid the Sloth in Ice Age (2002), (2006), (2009), (2011), (2012), and (2016). He also voiced Bruno Madrigal in the Disney Animated film, Encanto (2021). His other notable roles include in the films The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), Kick-Ass 2 (2013), Ride Along (2014), Chef (2014), John Wick (2014), The Infiltrator (2016), (2017), Critical Thinking (2020), The Survivor (2021), and The Menu (2022).

Acting credits

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Borderline ^[1]	friend	uncredited background extra in Madonna music video
1985	Mixed Blood	Macetero
1989	Casualties of War	PFC Antonio Diaz
1990	Street Hunter	Angel
	Gentille Alouette	Ortiz
	Revenge	Ignacio
	Die Hard 2	Burke
1991	Poison	Chanchi	Credited as Damien Garcia
	Hangin' with the Homeboys	Johnny
	Out for Justice	Boy in alley
	Regarding Henry	Liquor store gunman
	NYPD Mounted	Unknown
1992	Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical)	"Guess my nationality" guy
	Whispers in the Dark	John Castillo
	Time Expired	Ruby
1993	Night Owl	Angel
	Super Mario Bros.	Luigi Mario
	Carlito's Way	Benny Blanco
1995	A Pyromaniac's Love Story	Sergio
	To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar	Chi-Chi Rodriguez	Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
1996	Executive Decision	Rat
	The Fan	Manny
	Romeo + Juliet	Tybalt Capulet
1997	The Pest	Pestario "Pest" Vargas
	A Brother's Kiss	Lefty
	Spawn	Clown/Violator
1998	Frogs for Snakes	Zip
	Body Count	Chino
	Dr. Dolittle	Rat #2	Voice^[2]
1999	Joe the King	Jorge
	Summer of Sam	Vinny
2000	Titan A.E.	Gune	Voice
	King of the Jungle	Seymour
2001	Moulin Rouge!	Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
	What's the Worst That Could Happen?	Berger
	Dr. Dolittle 2	Rat #2	Voice (uncredited)
2002	Collateral Damage	Felix Ramirez
	Zig Zag	Dean Singer
	Ice Age	Sid	Voice
	Point of Origin	Keith Lang
	Empire	Victor Rosa
	Spun	Spider Mike
2003	Undefeated	Lex Vargas
2004	Crónicas	Manolo Bonilla
2005	Assault on Precinct 13	Beck
	The Honeymooners	Dodge
	Land of the Dead	Cholo DeMora
	Sueño	Antonio
2006	AKA	Sean Edison
	The Alibi	Hannibal
		Sid	Voice
	The Groomsmen	T.C.
2007	Where God Left His Shoes	Frank Diaz
	The Babysitters	Michael Beltran
	Love in the Time of Cholera	Lorenzo Daza
	The Take	Felix De La Pena
2008	Paraiso Travel	Roger Pena
	The Happening	Julian
	Miracle at St. Anna	Enrico
	Righteous Kill	Detective Simon Perez
	Nothing like the Holidays	Mauricio Rodriguez
	Surviving Sid	Sid	Voice
2009	The Ministers	Dante / Perfecto Mendoza
	Rage	Jed
		Sid	Voice Nominated - Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production
	Gamer	Freek
2010	Repo Men	Asbury	Uncredited
	Vanishing on 7th Street	Paul
	Big Balls	Unknown	Short film
2011	One for the Money	Jimmy Alpha
	The Lincoln Lawyer	Val Valenzuela
		Sid	Christmas special
2012		Sid	Voice
	El Paseo 2	Lucho Calvo^[3]
2013	Underdogs	Ziggy	Voice, English dub
	Kick-Ass 2	Javier
	The Counselor	Randy
	Walking with Dinosaurs	Alex	Voice
	Fish N Chips, Best Enemies Forever	Chips	Voice
2014	Ride Along	Santiago
	Chef	Martin
	Cymbeline	Pisanio
	John Wick	Aurelio
	Fugly!	Jesse
2015	Experimenter	Taylor
	Meadowland	Pete
	Stealing Cars	Montgomery De La Cruz
	American Ultra	Rose
	Get Squirrely	Fly Boy, Liam	Voice
	Sisters	Dave
2016	The Hollow Point	Atticus	^[4]
		Sid	Voice
	The Infiltrator	Emil Abreu	^[5]
		Berto	^[6]
2017	The Crash	George	^[7]
		Aurelio	^[8]
2018	Nancy	Jeb	^[9]
2019	The Sun Is Also a Star	Jeremy Martinez
	Playing with Fire	Rodrigo Torres	^[10]
2020	The Night Clerk	Detective Espada	^[11]
	Critical Thinking	Mario Martinez	Also director^[12]
2021	The Survivor	Pepe	^[13]
	Encanto	Bruno Madrigal	Voice
2022	Violent Night	Jimmy "Scrooge" Martinez	^[14]
The Menu	George Diaz	Credited as Movie Star^[15]
2024	Bob Trevino Likes It	Bob Trevino	^[16]
2026	Ice Age 6	Sid	^[17]
	The Adventures of Drunky		Voice
Tin Soldier	Luke	^[18]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986–1989	Miami Vice	Orlando Calderone, Angelo Alvarez	3 episodes
1991	Mambo Mouth	Various characters	Television film
1993	Spic-O-Rama		Television special
1995	House of Buggin'		Creator, writer, producer; 10 episodes
1997	All That	Mocking Alien	1 episode
1998	Freak	Himself	Television film
2000	Arabian Nights	Genie of the Ring/Genie of the Lamp	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2000–2004	The Brothers Garcia	Narrator	45 episodes
2002	Sesame Street	Himself/Captain Vegetable	Episode: "Snuffy's Grandma Visits"
2002	Sexaholix... A Love Story	Himself	Television film
2004	Dora the Explorer	Flying Monkeys, Mail Bird, Pirate Pig	Voice, 3 episodes
2004	Lugar Heights	Spanish Fly	Voice, 1 episode
2005–2006	ER	Dr. Victor Clemente	12 episodes
2006	My Name Is Earl	Uncle Diego	Episode: "South of the Border"
2007	The Kill Point	Mr. Wolf	8 episodes
2011		Sid	Voice, TV special
2012	Kings of Van Nuys	Del Boy	Unaired pilot
2013	American Dad!	Luis Ramirez	Voice, episode: "The Full Cognitive Redaction of Avery Bullock by the Coward Stan Smith"
2014	Sanjay and Craig	Carlos Bandana	Voice, episode: "Tuffcon"
2014	John Leguizamo's Ghetto Klown	Himself	Television film
2015	The Adventures of Puss in Boots	Jack Sprat	Voice, 3 episodes
2016		Sid	Voice, television special
2016–2017	Bloodline	Ozzy Delvecchio^[19]	17 episodes
2016–2017	Live with Kelly	Himself	Guest host
2018	Waco	Jacob Vazquez^[20]	Miniseries; 3 episodes
2018	Animals	Fluffy	Voice, episode: "Dogs"
2018	BoJack Horseman	Mr. Buenaventura	Voice, episode: "Planned Obsolescence"
2018	Latin History for Morons	Himself	Netflix stand-up special
2019	When They See Us	Raymond Santana Sr.	Miniseries
2020	Elena of Avalor	Tziloco	Voice, episode: "Giant Steps"
2020	The Mandalorian	Gor Koresh	Voice, episode: ""^[21]
2021	Inexplicable: Latinoamerica	Himself	Host
2021–2022	Fairfax	Glenn the Pigeon	Voice, recurring role^[22]
2023–present	The Power	Dr. Rob Lopez	Main role^[23]
2023	The Daily Show	Himself	Guest host (week of March 27)^[24]
2023–present	Leguizamo Does America		Host
	Firebug	Esposito	Upcoming miniseries^[25]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003		Globox
2006	Ice Age 2: The Meltdown	Sid
2009	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Sid
2010	Dora the Explorer Dora's Big Birthday Adventure	Flying Monkeys
2012	Ice Age: Continental Drift – Arctic Games	Sid
2016	Ice Age: Arctic Blast	Sid

Music videos

Year	Song title	Album	Artist
2015	"What Do You Mean?"^[26]	Purpose	Justin Bieber
2017	"Somos Anormales"^[27]	Residente	Residente

Audio

!Year!Title!Role!Author!Production Company

2021

The Riddler/Edward Nygma

Dennis McNicholas

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Actor John Leguizamo Plays Not My Job . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230601010429/https://www.npr.org/2011/02/19/133871822/actor-john-leguizamo-plays-not-my-job . 2023-06-01 . live .
2. Web site: John Leguizamo (visual voices guide) . September 8, 2024 . Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
3. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2298338 El Paseo 2 (2012) - IMDb
4. Web site: Holland . Jonathan . June 3, 2016 . The Hollow Point: Film Review . September 8, 2024 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
5. Web site: Tartaglione . Nancy . March 10, 2015 . Amy Ryan, John Leguizamo & More Join The Infiltrator With Bryan Cranston . September 8, 2024 . Deadline . en-US.
6. Web site: McNary . Dave . March 3, 2017 . Victor Almanzar's U.S. Marine Drama 11:55 Set for June Release . September 8, 2024 . Variety . en-US.
7. Web site: Kroll . Justin . October 29, 2013 . The Butler Producer Sets up Next Pic Starring Frank Grillo and Minnie Driver (EXCLUSIVE) . September 8, 2024 . Variety . en-US.
8. Web site: Jaafar . Ali . November 9, 2015 . John Wick 2 Fills Out Cast, Old Favorites Return . September 8, 2024 . Deadline . en-US.
9. Web site: Kroll . Justin . February 26, 2017 . Andrea Riseborough to Play Serial Imposter in Psychological Drama Nancy (EXCLUSIVE) . September 8, 2024 . Variety . en-US.
10. Web site: Galuppo . Mia . January 18, 2019 . Keegan-Michael Key, John Leguizamo Joining John Cena in Playing With Fire (Exclusive) . September 8, 2024 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
11. Web site: N'Duka . Amanda . May 23, 2018 . Helen Hunt, Ana de Armas & John Leguizamo Join The Night Clerk Thriller . September 8, 2024 . Deadline . en-US.
12. Web site: N'Duka . Amanda . November 16, 2018 . John Leguizamo, Bumblebee’s Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Michael K. Williams To Star In Critical Thinking; Leguizamo Directing . September 8, 2024 . Deadline . en-US.
13. Web site: Kay . Jeremy . March 1, 2019 . Danny DeVito, Vicky Krieps, Peter Sarsgaard, John Leguizamo join Harry Haft . September 8, 2024 . Screen . en.
14. Web site: Kit . Borys . February 14, 2022 . John Leguizamo, Beverly D’Angelo Join David Harbour in Violent Night (Exclusive) . September 8, 2024 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
15. Web site: Cordero . Rosy . August 19, 2021 . John Leguizamo Joins Anya Taylor-Joy & Ralph Fiennes In Searchlight's The Menu . September 8, 2024 . Deadline . en-US.
16. Web site: Han . Angie . March 9, 2024 . Bob Trevino Likes It Review: Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo Earn Your Tears in a Touching Dramedy of Connection . September 8, 2024 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
17. https://twitter.com/Disney/status/1854972443158270272
18. Web site: Wiseman . Andreas . May 18, 2022 . Jamie Foxx, Scott Eastwood, Robert De Niro, John Leguizamo Set For Action Movie Tin Soldier, Filming Begins Next Week — Cannes Market Hot Pic . September 8, 2024 . Deadline . en-US.
19. Web site: Alex Garofalo. Bloodline' Season 2 Spoilers: John Leguizamo Joins Cast, Will Help Fill Hole Left Behind By Danny Rayburn . IBTimes. 20 August 2015. 2015-12-21.
20. News: 'Waco': John Leguizamo Cast In Event Series From Weinstein TV. Petski. Denise. 2017-03-24. Deadline. 2017-09-21. en-US.
21. Web site: Thorne . Will . October 30, 2020 . The Mandalorian Season 2 Premiere: Is That Star Wars Character Back From the Dead? And More Burning Questions . September 8, 2024 . Variety . en-US.
22. Web site: Rosario . Alexandra Del . September 29, 2021 . Fairfax: Skyler Gisondo, Kiersey Clemons, Jaboukie Young-White & Peter S. Kim Among Voice Cast For Amazon Animated Comedy . September 8, 2024 . Deadline . en-US.
23. Web site: Ramos . Dino-Ray . January 14, 2020 . John Leguizamo, Toheeb Jimoh, Ria Zmitrowicz And 4 Others Join All Female-Directed Amazon Thriller Series The Power . September 8, 2024 . Deadline . en-US.
24. Web site: The Daily Show Guest Host Lineup . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230127133615/https://www.cc.com/topic/the-daily-show-guest-hosts . January 27, 2023 . 2023-06-25 . Comedy Central . en.
25. Web site: Petski . Denise . March 27, 2024 . John Leguizamo Joins Taron Egerton In Apple Drama Series Firebug; Kari Skogland To Direct & EP . September 8, 2024 . Deadline . en-US.
26. Web site: Ehrlich. Brenna. Watch Justin Bieber Get Shirtless And Badass In His 'What Do You Mean?' Vid Teaser. https://web.archive.org/web/20150829084734/http://www.mtv.com/news/2254146/justin-bieber-what-mean-video-teaser/. dead. August 29, 2015. MTV News. August 28, 2015. August 28, 2015.
27. Exposito. Suzy. Calle 13's Residente Talks Exploring Global Roots on Star-Studded Solo Debut. Rolling Stone. Wenner Media LLC. 10 April 2017. 4 April 2017.