Luis Guzmán
Acting
Biography
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, The Limey, and Traffic, and Paul Thomas Anderson, who cast him in Boogie Nights, Magnolia and Punch-Drunk Love. He also voiced Ricardo Diaz in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
Born: August 28, 1956
Place of Birth: Cayey, Puerto Rico
Known For
Out of Order
A lawyer trying to turn his life around, finds himself in double jeopardy when he takes on a big new case - representing both sides.
Double Deception
An ex-call girl hires private investigator Jon Kane to find her missing husband.
Hot Ones Versus
Welcome to Hot Ones Versus! On this brand new, Hot Ones spinoff series, guests have two choices: Tell the truth, or suffer the wrath of the Last Dab. Whoever eats the most wings, loses!
Wednesday
Smart, sarcastic and a little dead inside, Wednesday Addams investigates twisted mysteries while making new friends — and foes — at Nevermore Academy.
Shameless
Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. But the kids have found ways to grow up in spite of him. They may not be like any family you know, but they make no apologies for being exactly who they are.
Homicide: Life on the Street
An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.
Godfather of Harlem
Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.
Narcos
A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
Oz
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.
I Love the '80s Strikes Back
I Love the '80s Strikes Back is a miniseries on VH1 in which various music and TV personalities reminisce about 1980s popular culture in a mostly humorous manner. The series premiered on October 20, 2003 and is a sequel to I Love the '80s. The sequel designation is in reference to The Empire Strikes Back.
Filmography
as Judge Troppogrosso
as Self
as Gustav
as Self
as Ignatius Locke
as Raul
as Neighborhood Man (uncredited)
as Actor
as Chalino Valdemoro
as Self
as Detective Perez
as Luis Torres
as Eli Katz
as President Council Peña (voice)
as Raoul
as JazzyLou
as Gomez Addams
as Self
as Huge Mover (voice)
as Illan Iberra
as Chester Mendoza
as The Bartender
as Rodrigo Smalls (voice)
as Jochee
as Self - Contestant
as Jorge Cuevas
as Pastor Rivera
as Alejandro 'El Guapo' Villabuena
as Hector Contreras
as Self
as Ricardo
as Gaspar
as Self
as Eddie
as Federico
as Oscar
as Self
as Gooch
as Jorge the Shooter Boy
as Bacon
as Jesse Salander
as José Rodríguez Gacha
as Luis
as Schmidt
as Bobby the Cop
as Superintendent
as Lefty Gomez
as Vincent
as Terence
as Chief Ramón Garza
as Mexican Cop
as Angelo (voice)
as Mike Figuerola
as Aztec Warrior
as Self
as Gabato Laguatan
as George
as Ramone
as Bitterman
as Mikey O'Shea
as Rene Calderon
as Charles Alomar
as Nick - Child Proofer #2
as Luis Guzmán
as Phil Ramos
as Himself
as Martinez
as Raddimus
as Javier (uncredited)
as Johnny
as Jumper
as Chucho (voice)
as Self
as Det. Jim Vargas
as Benny
as Ramon Gaviota
as Ismael (segment "En la Urbanización")
as Benny
as Million Dollar Mendez
as Sergeant Moorehead
as Self
as Raddimus
as Nacho Reyes
as Luis
as Manzano
as Lou
as Jerry Fernandez
as Self
as Lance
as Cosimo
as Felix Laranga
as Quincy
as Jacopo
as Juan Benitez
as Peligro
as Murray
as Ray Castro
as Chollo
as Jimmy
as Xavier
as Paulie Dortmunder
as Luis
as Eddie Ortiz
as Eduardo Roel
as Det. Black
as Gunman Popi
as Cyrus
as José 'Chino' Chirino
as Maurice t.t. Rodriguez
as Luis
as Raoul 'El Cid' Hernandez
as Buck Torres
as John Hernandez
as Rem
as Vito
as Rick
as Estate Boss
as Chango
as Luis
as Pachanga
as Auditioner
as Juice
as Hector Martinez
as George
as Self - Guest
as General Guzmano
as Ronald Sharkey
as Lt. Bernard Martinez
as Gomez
as Lorenzo 'Larry' Molera
as Self
as Morales
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Louis Velazquez
as Taxi Driver
as Papo
as Pooley
as Cesar Pescador
as Luis Valentin
as Torres
as Frankie
as Martinez
as Ortega
as Jose
as Bystander (uncredited)
as Gang Member #2
as Lotto Man (segment "Greed")
as Arroyo
as Gypsy Cabbie
as Jose
as Carlos Delgado
as Miguel Revilla
as Goon #1
as Inmate