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John Leguizamo: Moulin Rouge
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In 1993, John wrote and participated in "Spic-O-Rama", where he makes fun of the stereotyping of Latinos in the U.S.. The production won a Drama Desk Award and four Cable ACE Awards. The 1993 movie production "Super Mario Brothers" where he played the role of "Luigi Mario", is considered to be the film which skyrocketed his acting career in Hollywood. Since then, other movies followed such as: "Carlito's Way" (1993) as "Benny Blanco" alongside Al Pacino, "Romeo and Juliet" (1996) as "Tybalt", "The Fan" (1996) as "Manny", "Executive Decision" (1996) as "Captain Rat", "Doctor Dolittle" (1998) as "Rat #2", "Summer of Sam" (1999) and "Moulin Rouge" as "Toulouse Lautrec". John has participated in over 53 films, including "The Alibi" where he will play the role of "Hannibal" and which is in the post-production stages as of 2005.
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In 1993, Leguizamo wrote and participated in Spic-O-Rama, where he made fun of the stereotyping of Latinos in the U.S.. The production won a Drama Desk Award and four Cable ACE Awards. The 1993 movie production Super Mario Brothers where he played the role of "Luigi Mario", is considered to be the film which skyrocketed his acting career in Hollywood, even though the film bombed spectacularly. Since then, other movies followed, such as: Carlito's Way (1993) as "Benny Blanco" alongside Al Pacino, Romeo + Juliet (1996) as "Tybalt", The Fan (1996) as "Manny", Executive Decision (1996) as "Captain Rat", as con man Pestario "Pest" Vargas The Pest in 1997 in which he starred alongside his wife at one point, Yelba Osorio whom he later was divorced from, Doctor Dolittle (1998) as "Rat#2", Summer of Sam (1999) and Moulin Rouge! as "Toulouse Lautrec".
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Leguizamo has appeared in more than 50 films. The actor and comedian's versatile career includes turns as a drag queen, a boxer a gangster and a zombie. Among his film credits are Summer of Sam, "Romero and Juliet", Moulin Rouge and "George Romero's Land of the Dead". He has ... had a recurring role on the popular American medical drama series, ER as Dr. Victor Clemente.
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