John Leguizamo
- Born: 22 Jul, 1964
Award-winning Colombian-born writer-performer John Leguizamo won acclaim for his satirical one-man show, "Mambo Mouth", in which he created a panorama of Latino characters including Agamemnon, a macho public-access talk-show host; a transvestite; a 13-year old homeboy called The Sperminator; and a wanna-be Japanese crossover king. The veteran of New York comedy clubs and small independent features had gained notice for his performance as the indecisive soldier bullied by Sean Penn into raping a Vietnamese woman in Brian De Palma's "Casualties of War" (1989), but it took the success of "Mambo Mouth" and its hilarious yet provocative follow-up "Spic-o-Rama" before he received consistent consideration for better roles. After all, subsequent to "Cas...
FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- father Alberto Leguizamo: divorced from Leguizamo's mother in 1978; Puerto Rican immigrant
- mother Luz Leguizamo: divorced from Leguizamo's father in 1978; Colombian immigrant
- brother Sergio Leguizamo: younger
- daughter Allegra Sky Leguizamo: born on October 23, 1999; mother, Justine Maurer
- son Ryder Lee Leguizamo: born on December 5, 2000; mother Justine Maurer
- Carolyn McDermott: met in 1986
- Samantha Mathis: co-starred in "Super Mario Bros"
- wife Yelba Matamoros: born c. 1962; met in acting workshop in 1991; eloped in September 1994; Leguizamo filed for divorce in November 1996
- Justine Maurer: dating from 1997
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