Luis Guzmán

This article is about the Puerto Rican actor born 1956. For other people named Luis Guzmán, see Luis Guzmán (disambiguation).

Luis Guzmán
Guzmán in February 2012 at the French premiere of Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Born	(1956-08-28) August 28, 1956 Cayey, Puerto Rico
Residence	Sutton, Vermont
Alma mater	City College of New York,Greendale Community College
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1977–present
Spouse(s)	Angelita Galarza-Guzmán (1985–present)
Children	5

Luis Guzmán (born August 28, 1956)^[1] is a Puerto Rican actor, who is known for his character work. For much of Guzmán's career, he has played character roles largely as sidekicks, thugs, or policemen.

Guzmán 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. He recently starred in the HBO original series How to Make It in America and the Netflix series Narcos. He currently stars in the CBS medical drama Code Black, where he portrays senior nurse Jesse "Mama" Salander. He also co-starred on Cameron Crowe's Roadies, a comedy-drama on Showtime, as Gooch, a seasoned crew tour bus driver.

Early life

Guzmán was born in Cayey, Puerto Rico, and was raised in New York City's Greenwich Village and the surrounding Lower East Side neighborhood. His mother, Rosa, was a hospital worker, and his stepfather, Benjamin Cardona, was a TV repairman.^[2] He began working as a social worker and moonlighted as an actor, eventually becoming heavily involved in street theater and independent films.^[3]

Career

Guzmán at the 2009 premiere of Whatever Works.

Guzman's numerous movie credits include Carlito's Way, Carlito's Way: Rise to Power, Welcome to Collinwood, Stonewall, Waiting..., The Salton Sea, and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. He has also appeared on the TV shows Homicide: Life on the Street, Frasier and Oz and had a role in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and its prequel Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. Guzmán starred in the short-lived 2003 television comedy Luis, and is a commentator on VH1's I Love the '80s, as well as I Love Toys and its sequels, including I Love the '70s and I Love the '90s. He co-starred on the canceled 2007 HBO series John from Cincinnati. In early 2008, Guzmán starred in "Naturally Aged Cheddar Hunks" TV ads for Cabot Creamery.^[4] He also appeared in the music video "Yes We Can." He recently starred in HBO's How to Make It in America.

Personal life

Guzmán currently resides in Sutton, Vermont.^[5] His children include Cemi Guzman, Yoruba Briggs-Guzman, Yemaya Briggs-Guzman, Luna Guzman, and Margarita Briggs-Guzman.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Short Eyes	Prisoner
1983	Variety	Jose
1986	No Picnic	Arroyo
1987	Heartbeat	Gang Member #2
1987	*batteries not included	Bystander	Uncredited
1988	Crocodile Dundee II	Jose
1989	True Believer	Ortega
1989	Rooftops	Martinez
1989	Family Business	Julio Torres
1989	Black Rain	Frankie
1990	Q&A	Detective Valentin
1991	The Hard Way	Det. Benny Poole, NYPD
1991	McBain	Papo
1992	Jumpin' at the Boneyard	Taxi Driver
1992	To Catch a Killer	Waiter	Television film Uncredited
1992	Innocent Blood	Morales
1992	Quiet Killer	Adelaido Ortiz
1993	Guilty as Sin	Detective Martinez
1993	Double Deception	Ronald Sharkey	Television film
1993	Mr. Wonderful	Juice
1993	Carlito's Way	Pachanga
1994	Hand Gun	Rick
1994	The Burning Season	Estate Boss	Television film
1994	The Cowboy Way	Chango
1994	El vagabundo con suerte	Luis
1995	Lotto Land	Ricki
1995	Stonewall	Vito
1996	The Substitute	Rem
1996	On Seventh Avenue	Eddie Diaz	Television film
1997	The Brave	Luis
1997	Pronto	Buck Torres	Television film
1997	Boogie Nights	Maurice TT Rodriguez	Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
1998	Out of Sight	Chino
1998	One Tough Cop	Gunman Papi
1998	Snake Eyes	Cyrus
1999	The Limey	Eduardo Roel	Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
1999	The Bone Collector	Eddie Ortiz
1999	Magnolia	Luis	Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Cast Ensemble Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2000	Luckytown	Ray Castro
2000	Thin Air	Chollo
2000	Traffic	Ray Castro	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2000	Table One	Xavier
2001	Double Whammy	Juan Benitez
2001	Sam the Man	Murray
2001	Home Invaders	Peligro
2002	The Count of Monte Cristo	Jacopo
2002	Punch-Drunk Love	Lance	Imagen Award Best Supporting Actor
2002	The Salton Sea	Quincy
2002	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Felix Laranga
2002	Welcome to Collinwood	Cosimo
2003	Anger Management	Lou
2003	Confidence	Officer Omar Manzano
2003	Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd	Ray
2003	Runaway Jury	Jerry Hernandez	Uncredited
2004	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Bald Man
2005	Carlito's Way: Rise to Power	Nacho
2005	Waiting...	Raddimus
2005	Dreamer	Balon
2006	Disappearances	Brother St. Hilaire
2006	Fast Food Nation	Benny
2006	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	Ricardo Díaz
2006	School for Scoundrels	Sergeant Moorehead
2006	Hard Luck	Million Dollar Mendez
2007	War	Benny
2007	Cleaner	Detective Vargas
2007	Maldeamores	Ismael	Imagen Award for Best Actor
2008	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Chucho (voice)
2008	Nothing Like the Holidays	Johnny
2008	I Kicked Luis Guzman in the Face	Luis	Short film
2008	Nothing Like the Holidays	Johnny
2008	Yes Man	Jumper
2009	He's Just Not That Into You	Javier	Uncredited
2009	Fighting	Martinez
2009	Still Waiting...	Raddimus
2009	The Taking of Pelham 123	Ramos	Nominated—ALMA Award for Best Supporting Actor
2009	Old Dogs	Nick	Uncredited
2011	The Caller	George
2011	Arthur	Bitterman
2011	Rise of the Damned	Ramon
2012	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island	Gabato Laguatan
2012	Departure Date	Frank	Short film
2013	The Last Stand	Mike Figuerola
2013	Turbo	Angelo (voice)
2013	We're the Millers	Mexican Cop
2014	In the Blood	Chief Ramón Garza
2014	Henry & Me	Lefty Gomez (voice)
2014	Reclaim	Superintendent
2014	Two Men in Town	Terence
2014	The Lookalike	Vincent
2014	Top Five	Himself
2015	Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha	Farmer
2015	Ana Maria in Novela Land	Luis
2015	Puerto Ricans in Paris	Luis	Executive producer
2016	Keanu	Bacon
2016	The Do-Over	Jorge
2016	Aztec Warrior	Aztec Warrior	Executive producer
2016	The Duck	Leonard	Short film Post-production

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	The Equalizer	Gypsy Cabbie	Episode: "The Lock Box"
1985–86	Miami Vice	Goon #1 / Miguel Revilla	2 episodes
1990	Hunter	Carlos Delgado	Episode: "La Familia"
1991	Monsters	Luis	Episode: "Desirable Alien"
1991	Law & Order	Cesar Pescador	Episode: "Heaven"
1992	Civil Wars	Hector Rodriguez	Episode: "Tape Fear"
1993	Homicide: Life on the Street	Lorenzo Molera	Episode: "Son of a Gun"
1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	Gomez	Episode: "Storm Warning"
1994	seaQuest DSV	General Guzmano	Episode: "The Good Death"
1995	House of Buggin	Various	10 episodes
1995–96	New York Undercover	Joaquin / Det. Lopez	2 episodes
1998	Early Edition	John Hernandez	Episodes: "The Quality of Mercy"
1998	Michael Hayes	Santos	Episodes: "Vaughn Mowery"
1998–01	Oz	Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez	12 episodes
2002	Frasier	George	Episode: "Enemy at the Gate"
2003	Luis	Luis Cortez	9 episodes
2007	John from Cincinnati	Ramon Gaviota	10 episodes
2010–11	How to Make It in America	Rene Calderon	16 episodes NAMIC Visions Awards Best Performance in a Comedy
2011	Community	Himself	Episode: "Documentary Filmmaking: Redux"
2013	Republic of Doyle	Charles Alomar	Episode: "The Devil Inside"
2014	Mind Games	Nate	3 episodes
2015–present	Code Black	Jesse Sallander	18 episodes
2015	Narcos	José Rodríguez Gacha	6 episodes
2016	Roadies_(TV_series)	Gooch the crew's tour bus driver	3 episodes as of mid season

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	Ricardo Díaz	Voice

Music videos

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	"Undisputed"	Prisoner
2015	"Gorilla"	Strip zoo owner

References

↑ Luis Guzmán (I)
↑ "Luis Guzman Biography (1957?-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
↑ "Luis Guzman Biography". Star Pulse. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
↑ Swansburg, John "Cheese Puff" Slate.com (January 18, 2008). Retrieved on May 1, 2008.
↑ "Legislative Documents". Leg.state.vt.us. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
↑ "Joint Concurrent House Resolution". State of Vermont. Retrieved 16 August 2011.

External links

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Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (1995–2000)

Apollo 13 (1995): Kevin Bacon, Tom Hanks, Ed Harris, Bill Paxton, Kathleen Quinlan, Gary Sinise The Birdcage (1996): Hank Azaria, Christine Baranski, Dan Futterman, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, Robin Williams The Full Monty (1997): Mark Addy, Paul Barber, Robert Carlyle, Deirdre Costello, Steve Huison, Bruce Jones, Lesley Sharp, William Snape, Hugo Speer, Tom Wilkinson, Emily Woof Shakespeare in Love (1998): Ben Affleck, Simon Callow, Jim Carter, Martin Clunes, Judi Dench, Joseph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Antony Sher, Imelda Staunton American Beauty (1999): Annette Bening, Wes Bentley, Thora Birch, Chris Cooper, Peter Gallagher, Allison Janney, Kevin Spacey, Mena Suvari Traffic (2000): Steven Bauer, Benjamin Bratt, James Brolin, Don Cheadle, Erika Christensen, Clifton Collins Jr., Benicio del Toro, Michael Douglas, Miguel Ferrer, Albert Finney, Topher Grace, Luis Guzmán, Amy Irving, Tomas Milian, D. W. Moffett, Dennis Quaid, Peter Riegert, Jacob Vargas, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Complete list (1995–2000) (2001–2010) (2011–2020)

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