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Birthplace:
Bogotá, Colombia
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Actor, comedian, writer and producer John Leguizamo began his career on the experimental theater stages of New York’s East Village, where his electrifying and highly physical performing style earned critical raves in one-man shows “Mambo Mouth” and “Spic-o-Rama.” Leguizamo’s successful stage creations were based on his childhood experiences growing up in a poor Columbian immigrant family in Queens, and his strong association with Latino culture meant he was often cast in rather flat, peripheral Latino character roles as gangsters and drug dealers on film. But the multi-talented and tireless
Co-Executive Producer
2001
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
2001
1969
Moved to New York from Colombia with family at age four
Moved to Colombia and back to New York twice with younger brother before age nine
Grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens
Arrested while in high school for truancy and then for commandeering the public address system of a subway train with a friend
Began writing comedy material in high school, trying it out on classmates
While attending NYU, discovered by casting director Bonnie Timmerman who saw him in the award-winning student film "Five Out of Six"
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