John Leguizamo

Again voiced Sid the sloth in the animated sequel "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs"

Began tour of "John Leguizamo Live!" at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, CT

Co-starred in M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening"

Joined a Broadway revival of David Mamet's "American Buffalo"

Cast in the Spike TV eight part series, "The Kill Point"

Had a supporting role in the Mike Newell adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "Love in the Time of Cholera"

Published memoir, Pimps, Hos, Playa Hatas and All the Rest of My Hollywood Friends: My Life

Cast in George A. Romero's "Land of the Dead," a thriller where the living dead have taken over the world

Joined the cast of the NBC medical drama "ER" playing Dr. Victor Clemente

Co-starred in "Spun"; premiered at Cinevegas Film Festival

Made directorial debut with HBO production "Infamous"; also starred as a boxer who escapes his impoverished roots through fame

Voiced Sid the sloth for the animated feature "Ice Age"

Appeared on stage in one-person show "John Leguizamo LIVE"; opened on Broadway as "Sexaholix"; also aired on HBO

Cast as Toulouse-Lautrec in Baz Luhrmann's big screen musical "Moulin Rouge!"

Executive produced "Pinero," a biopic of the poet-playwright Miguel Pinero

Co-starred in Spike Lee's "Summer of Sam"

Executive produced "Joe the King," written and directed by Frank Whaley; also had a small role in film

Starred in HBO adaptation of "Freak," directed by Spike Lee; garnered Emmy Award for performance

Co-produced "The Pest" with writing partner Katz, revisiting a variety of characters he had created in the past

Premiered one-person show, "Freak: A Semi-Demi-Quasi-Autobiographical Comedy"; opened on Broadway in 1998; received Tony Award nominations for Best Play and Best Actor

Formed Lower East Side Prods. (with screenwriter David Bar Katz); also signed two-year, first-look deal with New Line Cinema

Portrayed Tybalt, a macho Latin gangster in Baz Lurhmann's "William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet"

Breakthrough lead performance as a touchingly funny transvestite in "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar"

Created (also wrote and starred) "House of Buggin'" (FOX), a Latino-oriented sketch comedy show

Portrayed Benny Blanco 'from the Bronx' in De Palma's "Carlito's Way"

Starred in "Super Mario Bros.," as Luigi Mario opposite Bob Hoskins

Created the one-man show, "Spic-o-Rama: A Dysfunctional Comedy"; later taped and broadcast as an installment of the "HBO Comedy Hour"

Appeared in "Hangin' With the Homeboys," directed by Joseph Vasquez

Played the thug who shoots Harrison Ford in "Regarding Henry"

Appeared in stage production, "Parting Gestures," with the Intar Hispanic American Arts Center

First notable film credit, Brian De Palma's "Casualties of War"

Wrote and starred in the one-man show, "Mambo Mouth"; later taped and broadcast as an installment of the "HBO Comedy Hour"

First substantial film role, "Gentile Alouette," a Chilean-French co-production starring Geraldine Chaplin (shelved until 1990)

Feature acting debut, in Paul Morrissey's "Mixed Blood," a French-produced crime comedy shot on NYC's Lower East Side

Played the recurring role of vengeful drug boss Orlando Calderone in three episodes of "Miami Vice" (NBC)

Moved to New York from Colombia with family at age four

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

Grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens

Moved to Colombia and back to New York twice with younger brother before age nine

Played NYC comedy clubs in mid-1980s; worked also as comedy duo with Carolyn McDermott

Was a member of the New York improvisational performance group First Amendment

While attending NYU, discovered by casting director Bonnie Timmerman who saw him in the award-winning student film "Five Out of Six"