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John Leguizamo was born on July 22, 1964 in Bogotá Columbia from a Colombian mother and a Puerto Rican father. In 1967, his parents moved to New York, leaving three-year-old John and his younger brother to live with their grandmother. In 1969, when John was five, he and his brother moved to Jackson Heights, Queens to live with their parents. When John was 13, his parents divorced, leaving him and his brother to live with their mother.
Later, after dropping out of school in 1984, John acted in occasional minor television roles and also performed at many of New York’s comedy clubs. By the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, John was being cast regularly in films, including Casualties of War in 1989, Die Hard 2 in 1990, Hangin’ with the Homeboys in 1991, Regarding Henry in 1991, Whispers in the Dark in 1992, and Super Mario Brothers in 1993.
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