John Leguizamo is an American actor of Colombian descent, comedian, dancer, producer, Emmy Award winner. The actor was born in Bogota, the capital of Colombia, on July 22, 1964 in the family of a Colombian and Puerto Rican. Graduated from the Lee Strasberg Institute, the studio of Herbert Berghof, mastered the wisdom of theatrical art at the University of New York.
The actor received public recognition for performing stage roles in comedy shows. For several years he appeared in comic roles in various
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John Leguizamo is an American actor of Colombian descent, comedian, dancer, producer, Emmy Award winner. The actor was born in Bogota, the capital of Colombia, on July 22, 1964 in the family of a Colombian and Puerto Rican. Graduated from the Lee Strasberg Institute, the studio of Herbert Berghof, mastered the wisdom of theatrical art at the University of New York.
The actor received public recognition for performing stage roles in comedy shows. For several years he appeared in comic roles in various clubs, and also participated in the shooting of small independent films.
Leguizamo's film debut was War Loss, followed by relatively small roles, mostly Latinos, although by then he had films such as War Loss.
"Die Hard - 2" "Relative to Henry," "The Mario Super Brothers,"
Carlito's Way .
In the movie Wong Fu, thank you for everything! Julie Newmar, in which he was lucky to star with Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes, critics and audience noted the talented performance of the actor.
In
Moulin Rouge He got the role of Toulouse-Lautrec. In order to fully enter the image of his hero, John Leguizamo had to drink absinthe right on stage, and after filming, rush to nightclubs. In addition, he had to fight off attacks courtship acrobats-lililiputka, who were in this picture statisticians.
When asked by reporters what he thought of Arnold Schwarzenegger, he replied that he considered him a very strange person who is not able to adequately perceive reality.
Leguizamo for two years seriously engaged in kung fu with Ian Min, who taught Wesley Snipes, Björk and Jennifer Lopez.
Once in the subway, John caused a riot, for which he was arrested and charged with breaking glass.
Leguizamo was married twice. The first - in the 90s on actress Yelba Osario, and after the divorce - on Justin Morer, a real estate agent.
