John Leguizamo

Date of Birth: 22 Jul 1960
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 107 (Actor), 2 (Director), 5 (Writer)
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To survive the night, cops and criminals alike will have to unite and fight. A classic head-to-head showdown ignites in this all-new update of the 1976 action thriller of the same name. (Rogue Pictures)
Family man and firefighter Gordon Brewer (Schwarzenegger) is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio "The Wolf" Perrini (Curtis). Frustrated with the official investigation and haunted by the thought that the man responsible for murdering his family might never be brought to justice, Brewer takes matters into his own hands and travels to Colombia to track down the terrorist. (Warner Bros.)
Dr. John Dolittle nearly runs over a dog with his car. The dog yells "bonehead" and disappears. From then on, his childhood ability is back: to communicate with animals.
The story of gangster Victor Rosa's (Leguizamo) quest for the American Dream as he tries to escape his criminal past and free himself from the trapppings of easy money on the violent streets of the South Bronx. This is the first release Arenas Entertainment, the new Latino film label in partnership with Universal Pictures. (Arenas Entertainment)
Based on the groundbreaking TV series, The Honeymooners is the story of two best friends, bus driver Ralph Kramden (Cedric the Entertainer) and sewer worker Ed Norton (Epps) who hatch a get-rich-quick scheme to get them out of Brooklyn and onto easy street. Standing by their husbands are devoted wives Alice (Union) and Trixie (Hall), who help their guys make ends meet by waitressing at a neighborhood diner. (Paramount Pictures)
A quartet of misfits (including a fast talking but dim sloth named Sid; a moody woolly mammoth named Manny; a devilish saber-toothed tiger named Diego; and an acorn-crazy saber-toothed squirrel known as Scrat) unexpectedly, and reluctantly, comes together in a quest to return a human infant to his father. (Twentieth Century Fox)
A destitute 14 year old (Noah Fleiss) struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's (Karen Young) hands, harsher abuse at his father's (Val Kilmer), and a growing separation from his slightly older brother (Max Ligosh). Petty thefts for food grow into more major takes until he steals a cash box from the diner where he works. Although Joe uses the money to pay off some of his father's debts and to replace his mother's records that his father smashed in a fit of temper, Joe gets no thanks... (imdb)
When his mother is slain by a neighborhood thug as a result of her work as a vocal social activist, Seymour (Leguizamo), a mentally-challenged man, is shattered. The only witness to the murder, he goes looking for revenge. (Urbanworld Films)
What's left of mankind is cordoned off behind the walls of a fortified city while zombies roam the vast wasteland beyond. The few wealthy and powerful try to maintain an illusion of life as it was, dwelling high above the city in the exclusive towers of Fiddler's Green.
The year is 1899, and Christian, a young English writer, has come to Paris to follow the Bohemian revolution taking hold of the city's drug and prostitute infested underworld. And nowhere is the thrill of the underworld more alive than at the Moulin Rouge, a night club where the rich and poor men alike come to be entertained by the dancers, but things take a wicked turn for Christian as he starts a deadly love affair with the star courtesan of the club, Satine... (imdb)
An out-of-control speed freak (Schwartzman) is introduced his drug of choice's creator (Rourke) by his dealer (Leguizamo). A massive three-day adventure ensues (with Fugit, Murphy, and Suvari in tow). (imdb)
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another. (imdb)
The year is 3028 and mankind has conquered space. However, with new freedom comes new enemies, forcing Earth to prepare for an attack by the Drej, a vicious alien race.
The story of two seemingly very different men, caught up in a stupendous battle of egos. Max Fairbanks (DeVito) is a very wealthy, powerful man who has built an incredibly successful business empire by being ruthless. Kevin Caffrey (Lawrence) is a sophisticated procurer of other people's possessions. An accidental meeting brings the two men together, and in a simple moment their fates are sealed. (MGM)
An autistic 15-year-old boy steals money from his boss to provide rent for his abusive father, who uses the money to repay a loan shark.
John Leguizamo stars in this Latin Musical as Antonio, a very talented young musician from Mexico, pursuing his dream of becoming a singer in Los Angeles. (Sony)
A gripping crime drama starring John Leguizamo as Manolo Bonilla, a star reporter for a Miami-based tabloid TV show, who is determined to unearth a serial killer in a small town in Ecuador. (Palm Pictures)
John McClane is forced to battle mercenaries who sieze control of an airport's communications and threaten to cause plane crashes if their demands are not met. (imdb)
Manny, Sid and Diego return in another incredible adventure. The Ice Age is coming to an end, and the animals are delighting in their new world: a melting paradise of water parks, geysers and tar pits. But when Manny, Sid and Diego discover that the miles of melted ice will flood their valley, they must warn everyone and somehow figure out a way to escape the coming deluge. (20th Century Fox)
Henry is a lawyer who survives a shooting only to find he cannot remember anything. If that weren't enough... (imdb)
A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of New York City.
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager. (imdb)
Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue. (imdb)
Brooklyn cop Gino Felino is about to go outside and play catch with his son Tony when he receives a phone call alerting him that his best friend Bobby Lupo has been shot dead in broad daylight on 18th Avenue in front of his wife (imdb)
A mercenary is killed, but comes back from Hell as a reluctant soldier of the Devil. (imdb)
When terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation. (imdb)
An all star baseball player becomes the unhealthy focus of a down on his luck salesman. (imdb)
Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town. (imdb)
A groom (Ed Burns) and his four attendants wrestle with issues related to friendship and maturity a week before the big day. (imdb)
Miami scam artist Pest Vargas (John Leguizamo) is on the run from the Scottish mob and a German headhunter, the mob after 50,000 dollars, the German guy after his head. Pest dons many disguises in an attempt to evade their clutches. (imdb)
Michael "Jay" Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years. He's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican businessman who he once flew to Alaska for a hunting trip... (imdb)
Ray Elliot helps people cheat on their spouses by arranging iron-clad alibis for a price. About the time he hires a new assistant, Lola, he learns there's a $5 million contract out on Jack McAdam, his former partner; and, his first and longest-running client wants him to set up a weekend for his son, who's about to marry... (imdb)
A vampire in the East Village picks up women, and while having sex with them kills them and drinks their blood. Meanwhile, a young Puerto Rican guy begins searching the Village for his sister, who is one of the vampire's victims. (imdb)
Florentino (Bardem), rejected by the beautiful Fermina (Mezzogiorno) at a young age, devotes much of his adult life to carnal affairs as a desperate attempt to heal his broken heart. (imdb)
A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for the fire that destroys his workplace. Garet, the real arsonist, is apalled that someone else would try to take credit for his act of love. Before long, Sergio and Garet become entangled in a zany love-quadrangle involving Hattie and Stephanie. (imdb)
After he's shot during a heist in East L.A., an armored-truck driver (Leguizamo) wrestles with rehabilitation and tracking down the man (Gibson) who committed the crime. (imdb)
Arabian Nights (2000) - TV Movie
Long ago, the Sultan Schariar has gone mad after his traumatizing near assassination in which his wife collaborated and died at his hands as a result. Now he has a paranoid suspicion of women which he plans to express in a diabolical plan, and that is to marry a woman from the harem and then have her executed the very next morning... (imdb)
A teenager turns her babysitting service into a call-girl service for married guys after fooling around with one of her customers. (imdb)
A paranoid thriller about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity. (imdb)
Point of Origin (2002) - TV Movie
John Orr is an arson investigator searching for the perpetrator of a series of fires in California. Orr tells his co-investigators that the arsonist is motivated by ego, and they are forced to consider the possibility that the man they are looking for could himself be a fireman. Based on a true story.
Love drives two young lovers from Medellin, Colombia to seek fortune in New York City, only to find a harsh reality that will put to test their true love for one another. (imdb)
A psychiatrist is helping a patient who has a submissive and very satisfying sexual relationship with her lover. A new man the psychiatrist is seeing turns out to be her patient's lover. When someone is murdered, the psychiatrist must decide whether the lover is a homicidal maniac or someone she loves. (imdb)
Two Veteran New York City Detectives hunt a vigilante who may be one of their own.
Set in 1944 Italy, the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII. (imdb)
A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Along the way, they meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas of her own. (imdb)
A Puerto Rican family living in the area of Humboldt Park in west Chicago face what may be their last Christmas together.
A failed boxer (Leguizamo) struggles to find a job and an apartment for his family on Christmas Eve
Two African-Americans and two Puerto-Ricans (though one pretends to be Italian) go out on the town on a Friday night. (imdb)
The sub zero heroes are back. Scrat is still trying to nab the ever elusive nut, while maybe finding true love. Manny and Ellie await the birth of their mini-mammoth. Diego the saber toothed tiger wonders if he's growing too soft and Sid gets into trouble when he creates his own makeshift family by hijacking some dinosaur eggs.
Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player (Butler) from a game called "Slayers" looks to regain his independence while taking down the game's mastermind (Hall).
A young blogger at a New York fashion house shoots behind-the-scenes interviews on his cell-phone. (imdb)
A NYPD detective attempts to avenge the death of her father, but unwittingly becomes involved with one of his killers.
Set in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, it revolves around a man who struggles to make the payments on a heart he has purchased. He must therefore go on the run before said ticker is repossessed.
Surviving Sid (2008) - Direct-to-Video
This is a short, about sid, who leads a band of 'boyscouts' to the woods to learn about nature.
When a massive power outage plunges the city of Detroit into total darkness, a disparate group of individuals find themselves alone. Soon the daylight begins to disappear completely, and as the survivors gather in an abandoned tavern, they realize the darkness is out to get them, and only their rapidly diminishing light sources can keep them safe.
Matthew McConaughey stars in the big-screen adaptation of Michael Connelly's best-selling novel about struggling lawyer Mickey Haller, who conducts business from his Lincoln Town Car. When Mickey finally lands a big case, it has deadly consequences. Tasked with defending rich lothario Louis Roulet (Ryan Phillippe), who's been charged with assault, Mickey finds himself and his family in danger when he deduces that the sinister Louis may be guilty.
Logan Blade is a tough police officer who has to confront a gang led by ruthless colonel Walsh. (imdb)
Big Balls (2010) - Direct-to-Video
Fast Eddie's Nard Yard will get you in and out the door with the best pair of balls in town. You'll be the envy of every man in town with your brand new confidence builders hanging between your thighs. (Funny or Die)
Unemployed and newly-divorced Stephanie Plum lands a job at her cousin's bail-bond business, where her first assignment puts her on the trail of a wanted local cop from her romantic past. (imdb)
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011) - TV Special
Sid, Manny and Diego have another adventure, this time during Christmas.
Freak (1998) - TV Special
John Leguizamo's semi-falsified, one-man stand-up performance as...himself. This is his autobiographical story, about his life growing up, and his journey to try to be accepted by his father. We see this story through a bizarre myriad of characters and situations, which include the eccentric Uncle Sandy, the Fat Boy Called Bitch (John's little brother, Poochie), his mom, his evil grandmothers, and Lee Stratsberg, not to mention a brief appearance by Cantinflas as God. (imdb)
Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world. (imdb)
Two top baseball prospects in the Dominican Republic face fierce competition and corruption as they chase their big league dreams.
The costumed high-school hero Kick-Ass joins with a group of normal citizens who have been inspired to fight crime in costume. Meanwhile, the Red Mist plots an act of revenge that will affect everyone Kick-Ass knows. (imdb)
Fast-talking security guard Ben joins his cop brother-in-law James on a 24-hour patrol of Atlanta in order to prove himself worthy of marrying Angela, James' sister. (imdb)
See and feel what it was like when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, in a story where an underdog dino triumphs to become a hero for the ages.
A chef who loses his restaurant job starts up a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family. (imdb)
Fish N Chips, Best Enemies Forever (2013) - Direct-to-Video
Fish, a fish, is desperate to evolve into a landling. Chips, a cat, would like to return to his privileged lifestyle. Both of them need a talisman to achieve their goal. Unfortunately they are fighting for the same one, a magical bone. (imdb)
An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. (imdb)
An epic battle between dirty cops and a drug dealing biker gang set in a corruption-riddled 21st century America. (imdb)
Sarah and Philip deal with the unthinkable in the wake of their son's strange disappearance. Philip, a New York City policeman, attempts a more traditional form of healing, only to lose his moral compass. Sarah goes down an unexpected path towards acceptance as she places herself in increasingly dangerous situations. (imdb)
A stoner and his girlfriend's sleepy, small-town existence is disrupted when his past comes back to haunt him in the form of a government operation set to wipe him out. (imdb)
Experimenter is based on the true story of famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram, who in 1961 conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans willingness to obey by using electric shock. We follow Milgram, from meeting his wife Sasha through his controversial experiments that sparked public outcry. (imdb)
Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe (2015) - Short Film
Scrat's epic pursuit of the elusive acorn catapults him into the universe where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the Ice Age World. To save themselves, Sid, Manny, Diego, and the rest of the herd must leave their home and embark on a quest full of comedy and adventure, traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colorful new characters. (Twentieth Century Fox)
Two sisters decide to throw one last house party before their parents sell their family home. (imdb)
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade (2016) - TV Movie
When Sid takes a job as an egg nanny, he's unaware an old enemy has plans of his own. The shenanigans lead to the first egg hunt and creation of popular Easter traditions. (imdb)
A rebellious teenager navigates his way through the juvenile court system. (imdb)
Manny, Diego, and Sid join up with Buck to fend off a meteor strike that would destroy the world. (imdb)
A U.S. Customs official uncovers a money laundering scheme involving Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.
In the not so distant future, a team of white collar criminals are enlisted by the Federal government to thwart a cyber-attack that threatens to bankrupt the United States of America. (imdb)
After returning to the criminal underworld to repay a debt, John Wick discovers that a large bounty has been put on his life.
A former gang member comes back after deployment in Afghanistan to face the threat of his former life.
John Leguizamo's Ghetto Klown (2014) - TV Special
Lequizamo adapts his one-man stage show, leading the audience on a roller-coaster ride through the highs and lows of hiss personal and professional life, featuring vivid accounts of the colorful characters that have populated his story. (HBO)
The Kill Point (2007) - TV Series
A group of military veterans, who recently returned home from serving in Iraq, band together to pull off a major bank heist.
Eva is a legit actress, who also does debt collecting jobs on the side for her ex-husband, loan shark Al. She doesn't want to go on with collecting, but Al asks her to do one last job, finding a missing $600,000 stolen from him by Flav. (imdb)
Waco (2018) - TV Mini-Series
The FBI and ATF seize religious leader David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas in the spring of 1993. (imdb)
Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief. (imdb)
Latin History for Morons: John Leguizamo's Road to Broadway captures John's quest to cram 3,000 years of history into 90 minutes of stage time and bring a whole new set of historical characters back to life as one man. Infused throughout the documentary is John's special brand of humor and openness. (imdb)
A teenager finds love at a difficult time in her family's life. (imdb)
When They See Us (2019) - TV Mini-Series
Chronicle the true story of a notorious case of five black teenagers who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. (imdb)
A crew of rugged firefighters meet their match when attempting to rescue three rambunctious kids. (imdb)
Voyeuristic hotel clerk becomes the subject of a murder investigation. (imdb)
Two brothers, Lex and younger Mick, are living in Harlem. Mick is a policeman, and Lex, who spent youth years in reformatory because of injustice after he confronted the cop who tried to sodomize Mick on the street, is living with his wife Debbie trying to make ends meet and failing. One day Lex calls Mick - he has a problem...
The true story of the Miami Jackson High School chess team which was the first inner city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship. (imdb)
A young Colombian girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers (imdb.com).
Post World War II, Harry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by memories and guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing legends like Rocky Marciano as a way to find his first love again.
A young couple travel to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises. (imdb)
When a group of mercenaries attack the estate of a wealthy family, Santa Claus must step in to save the day (and Christmas).
Comic and actor John Leguizamo examines the repression of Hispanic culture throughout American history in his one-man show "Latin History for Morons."
The Lincoln Project (2022) - TV Mini-Series
Five-part documentary series takes viewers inside the war rooms of the SuperPAC of former elite Republican strategists and consultants who joined forces for the sole purpose of saving democracy by bringing down Donald Trump. (imdb)
The Power (2023) - TV Series
Based on the New York Times bestseller, The Power is our world, but for one twist of nature. Suddenly, women develop a mysterious new ability to electrocute at will, leading to an extraordinary global reversal of the power balance (imdb)
The Brothers Garcia (2000) - TV Series
The comic foibles of a Mexican-American family in San Antonio, Texas, US. (imdb)
Undefeated (2003) - TV Movie
A boxer must navigate a path between his newfound fame and his former life. (imdb)
When lonely 20-something Lily Trevino accidentally befriends a stranger online who shares the same name as her own self-centered father, encouragement and support from this new Bob Trevino could change her life. (imdb)
Smoke (2025) - TV Series
A troubled detective and an enigmatic arson investigator follow in the footsteps of two serial arsonists. (imdb)