Often, actors in their profession reach such peaks that they become crowded in this framework. So it happened with the American actor John Leguizamo. Having played a huge number of roles in paintings of different genres, he began producing films. In addition, he is known as a singer, dancer and theater artist.
John Alberto Leguizamo was born in the Colombian city of Bogotá in 1964. In his family tree there are Colombians, Italians, Lebanese and Puerto Ricans. His father at one time wanted to become a director, even studied at one of the film studios, but he did not have enough money to get an education. Therefore, when John went to the actors, his father supported him.
When he was four years old, the Leguizamo family moved to the United States and settled in Queens. This is a huge area where mainly immigrants from Latin America and partly from Asia live. The Jackson Heights quarter, where John spent his childhood, was notable for the cruelty of its inhabitants, fights and scandals. The boy from the emigrant family first learned to fight, and then began to make people laugh in order to defuse the situation. He did it very well.
Despite poverty, parents managed to send their son to study at the Higher Business School. John studied well, but he constantly thought that he wanted to become an actor, not a businessman. Therefore, immediately after receiving a business education, he entered the theater courses.
And then his "comic everyday life" began: he performed in clubs as a pop artist - he made the audience laugh. In 1986, he managed to get on the series "Miami Police: Department of Morals", and this work he liked.
Movie career
Serious filming in the cinema began with him in the 90s, and the first success came after the filming of the drama "Hanging Out with His Own" (1991). Here, John had a major role, and she inspired her so much that he did his theater show "Mambo Mouth", where he himself created 7 characters. The comedian's talent helped this show become a hit of the show, receive positive reviews from critics. A little later this show was shot on television. After that, John was recognized as an excellent showman, and he began regular performances in Chicago and New York.
The first roles of John in the movie were the roles of villains, and they turned out excellently for him. A favorite comedic character was the role of a woman in the movie "Wong Fu
."where he played with Wesley Snipes and Patrick Swayze and was nominated for a Golden Globe.
The beginning of the new century brought John Leguizamo world success - he starred in the film "Moulin Rouge", and for the role of Toulouse Lautrec he was nominated for the Screenwriters Guild Award.
From the last works of Leguizamo, one can note the paintings "Salamander", "Neesi" and the series "The Waco Tragedy".
