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Film & TV
Cayey, Puerto Rico
Luis Guzmán (born August 28, 1956) is a Puerto Rico-American actor. He is known for his character work. For much of his career, his squat build, wolfish features, and brooding countenance have garnered him roles largely as sidekicks, thugs, or policemen, but his later career has seen him move into more mainstream roles. He is a favorite of director Steven Soderbergh, who cast him in Out of Sight,…
Known for
- Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk — (voice)2027
- Coyote vs. Acme — Judge Troppogrosso2026
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie — Wart (voice)2026
- The King of Cannabis — Julio Rivera2026
- Out of Order — Gustav2025
- Guns Up — Ignatius Locke2025
- Havoc — Raul2025
- Kinda Pregnant — Neighborhood Man (uncredited)2025
- Miles Away — Julio2025
- Netflix Tudum 2025 — Self2025
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1956-08-28 ) August 28, 1956 (age 69) , Cayey, Puerto Rico
- Alma mater
- City College of New York
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1977–present
- Spouse
- Angelita Galarza ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1985 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Luis
- Family name
- Guzmán
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cayey
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- American University
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Image
- Wednesday NYCC 2022 1 (Guzmán cropped).jpg
- Residence
- Sutton
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- Luis Guzmán
- date of birth
- 1956-10-22
- name in native language
- Luis Guzmán
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Luis Guzmán (born August 28, 1956) is a Puerto Rican actor. His career spans over 40 years and includes a number of films and television series. He has appeared in Paul Thomas Anderson's films Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999) and Punch-Drunk Love (2002), and Steven Soderbergh's films Out of Sight (1998), The Limey (1999) and Traffic (2000). His other film credits include Q & A (1990), The Hard Way (1991), Carlito's Way (1993), Snake Eyes (1998) and Keanu (2016). For his role in The Limey, he received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male.
On television, he starred as Raoul Hernandez on the HBO prison drama Oz (1998–2000), José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha on Narcos (2015), Jesse "Mama" Salander on the CBS medical drama Code Black (2015–2018), Alejandro "Guapo" Villabuena in Godfather of Harlem (2019), Hector Contreras on Perpetual Grace, LTD (2019), and Gomez Addams on Wednesday (2022–present).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Luis Gómez” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.