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John Leguizamo (born July 22, 1964) in Bogotá,
Colombia), is a Colombian-Puerto Rican comedian,
actor and producer working in the Hollywood, film
industry.

John was born in Bogotá, Colombia.  His father,
Alberto Leguizamo was a Puerto Rican Realtor
living in Colombia who met and married a young
Colombian girl by the name of Luz.  In 1968 the
couple immigrated  with their children to the
United States and settled down in the Jackson
Heights section of Queens, New York|Queens in New
York City. John received his primary and secondary
education in Queens.  As a student in high school,
John would write comical material and test it out
on his classmates.  He was voted "Most Talkative"
by his fellow classmates.  After graduating from
high school, John enrolled in the New York
University where he took theater classes.  

John started out as a stand-up comic doing the New
York nightclub circuit.  In 1984, he made made his
T.V. debut with a small part in Miami Vice.  In
1985, John landed a small uncredited part, making
his movie debut, in "Mixed Blood" and in 1989 he
also had a small part in "Casualties of War".  In
1991, John participated in "Hanging with the
Homeboys".  That same year, he wrote and
participated in the Off-Broadway  production
"Mambo Mouth", where he played seven different
characters.  Mambo Mouth won an Obie Award and an
Outer Critics Awards.  He was listed as one of 12
"Promising New Actors of  1991" in "John Willis'
Screen Worlds Vol. 43".

In 1993, John wrote and participated in
"Spic-O-Rama", where he makes fun of the
stereotyping of Latinos in the United States|U.S..
 The production won a Drama Desk Award and four
Cable ACE Awards.  The 1993 movie production
"Super Mario Bros (film)|Super Mario Brothers"
where he played the role of "Luigi Mario", is
considered to be the film which skyrocketed his
acting career in Hollywood.  Since then, other
movies followed such as: "Carlito's Way (1993
movie)|Carlito's Way" (1993) as "Benny Blanco"
alongside Al Pacino, "Romeo and Juliet (1996
movie)|Romeo and Juliet" (1996) as "Tybalt", "The
Fan (movie)|The Fan" (1996) as "Manny", "Executive
Decision" (1996) as "Captain Rat", "Doctor
Dolittle (movie)|Doctor Dolittle" (1998) as "Rat
#2", "Summer of Sam" (1999) and "Moulin Rouge" as
"Toulouse Lautrec".  John has participated in over
53 films, including "The Alibi" where he will play
the role of "Hannibal" and which is in the
post-production stages as of 2005.

In 1998, he debuted in Broadway in the production
of "Freak", which was also turned into an HBO film
by director Spike Lee.  John has produced 10
films, including Piñero
(movie)|Piñero and made 13 TV guest
appearances.   

Later, in 2003, he voice acted Globox from Rayman
3. The game versions with his voice acting were
PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, PC, and Mac.
      
==Selected filmography==
*Land of the Dead (2005)
*The Honeymooners (2005 movie)|The Honeymooners
(2005)
*Assault on Precinct 13 (2005 movie)|Assault on
Precinct 13 (2005)
*Ice Age (movie)|Ice Age (2002)
*Collateral Damage (2002)
*Spun (2002)
*Moulin Rouge! (2001)
*Summer of Sam (1999)
*The Pest (1997)
*Spawn (movie) (1997)
*Romeo and Juliet (1996 movie)|Romeo and Juliet
(1996)
*To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
(1995) 
*Super Mario Bros. (movie)|Super Mario Bros.
(1993)
*Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)

==See also==
*List of famous Puerto Ricans

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0000491|name=John Leguizamo

	Web Quotableonline.com Frasescelebres.org Greatbookscollection.org

John Leguizamo (born July 22, 1964) in Bogotá,
Colombia), is a Colombian-Puerto Rican comedian,
actor and producer working in the Hollywood, film
industry.


John was born in Bogotá, Colombia. His father,
Alberto Leguizamo was a Puerto Rican Realtor
living in Colombia who met and married a young
Colombian girl by the name of Luz.  In 1968 the
couple immigrated  with their children to the
United States and settled down in the Jackson
Heights section of Queens, New York|Queens in New
York City. John received his primary and secondary
education in Queens. As a student in high school,
John would write comical material and test it out
on his classmates. He was voted "Most Talkative"
by his fellow classmates. After graduating from
high school, John enrolled in the New York
University where he took theater classes.  

John started out as a stand-up comic doing the New
York nightclub circuit. In 1984, he made made his
T.V. debut with a small part in Miami Vice. In
1985, John landed a small uncredited part, making
his movie debut, in "Mixed Blood" and in 1989 he
also had a small part in "Casualties of War". In
1991, John participated in "Hanging with the
Homeboys". That same year, he wrote and
participated in the Off-Broadway production "Mambo
Mouth", where he played seven different
characters.  Mambo Mouth won an Obie Award and an
Outer Critics Awards. He was listed as one of 12
"Promising New Actors of 1991" in "John Willis'
Screen Worlds Vol. 43".

In 1993, John wrote and participated in
"Spic-O-Rama", where he makes fun of the
stereotyping of Latinos in the United States|U.S..
The production won a Drama Desk Award and four
Cable ACE Awards. The 1993 movie production "Super
Mario Bros (film)|Super Mario Brothers" where he
played the role of "Luigi Mario", is considered to
be the film which skyrocketed his acting career in
Hollywood. Since then, other movies followed such
as: "Carlito's Way (1993 movie)|Carlito's Way"
(1993) as "Benny Blanco" alongside Al Pacino,
"Romeo and Juliet (1996 film)|Romeo and Juliet"
(1996) as "Tybalt", "The Fan (movie)|The Fan"
(1996) as "Manny", "Executive Decision" (1996) as
"Captain Rat", "Doctor Dolittle (movie)|Doctor
Dolittle" (1998) as "Rat #2", "Summer of Sam"
(1999) and "Moulin Rouge" as "Toulouse Lautrec".
John has participated in over 53 films, including
"The Alibi" where he will play the role of
"Hannibal" and which is in the post-production
stages as of 2005.

In 1998, he debuted in Broadway in the production
of "Freak", which was also turned into an HBO film
by director Spike Lee. John has produced 10 films,
including Piñero (movie)|Piñero and
made 13 TV guest appearances.

Later, in 2003, he voice acted Globox from Rayman
3. The game versions with his voice acting were
PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, PC, and Mac.
      
==Selected filmography==
*Crónicas (2004)
*Land of the Dead (2005)
*The Honeymooners (2005 film)|The Honeymooners
(2005)
*Assault on Precinct 13 (2005 film)|Assault on
Precinct 13 (2005)
*Ice Age (film)|Ice Age (2002)
*Collateral Damage (2002)
*Spun (2002)
*Moulin Rouge! (2001)
*Summer of Sam (1999)
*The Pest (1997)
*Spawn (film)|Spawn (1997)
*Romeo and Juliet (1996 film)|Romeo and Juliet
(1996)
*To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
(1995) 
*Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros. (1993)
*Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)

==See also==
* List of famous Puerto Ricans

==External links==
* imdb name|id=0000491|name=John Leguizamo