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Biography

Leguizamo was born in Bogota, Colombia to Alberto and Luz Leguizamo. His paternal grandfather was of Italian and Puerto Rican descent; his maternal grandfather was Lebanese. Leguizamo's father was once an aspiring film director and studied at Cinecitta but eventually dropped out due to lack of finances. When Leguizamo was three years old, his family emigrated to the United States and lived in various neighborhoods of Queens in New York City. Leguizamo attended the Joseph Pulitzer Middle School (I.S.145) and later the Murry Bergtraum High School. As a student at Murry Bergtraum High School, Leguizamo wrote comedy material and tested it out on his classmates. He was voted "Most Talkative" by his fellow classmates. After graduating from high school, Leguizamo enrolled at New York University where he took theater classes. Leguizamo married Justine Maurer in 2003. They have two children, daughter Allegra Sky (born 1999) and son Ryder Lee (born 2000), and lives in Venice, California. Commonly referred to, in and around Hollywood circles, as "Johnny Legs". Leguizamo is very close friends with Rosie Perez. Both of them frequently attend church together.