LEGUIZAMO - Boricua, half, or not??

[virgen_amaro_laboy]

It maybe of interest to some.

PBS Arts : John Leguizamo's Tales from a Ghetto Klown

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Originally Posted by RPR

Reminds me of Carlos Mencia who is Honduran born and of German ancestry and has made a living pretending to be Mexican-American.

if it's true that would be weird.

[Sonambulo]

According to Leguizamo, his paternal grandfather was of Puerto Rican and Italian descent and his maternal grandfather was Lebanese.. I believe this means, assuming his other grandparents were Colombian, that he is 5/8 Colombian, 1/8 Puerto Rican, 1/8 Italian and 1/8 Lebanese [OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT- FINAL INVESTIGATION PENDING, LOL]. That being said, the brother is alright in my book and a great entertainer/actor. He has been blessed beyond his dreams.

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Originally Posted by Sonambulo

According to Leguizamo, his paternal grandfather was of Puerto Rican and Italian descent and his maternal grandfather was Lebanese.. I believe this means, assuming his other grandparents were Colombian, that he is 5/8 Colombian, 1/8 Puerto Rican, 1/8 Italian and 1/8 Lebanese [OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT- FINAL INVESTIGATION PENDING, LOL]. That being said, the brother is alright in my book and a great entertainer/actor. He has been blessed beyond his dreams.

true. he can play a very wide range of characters and has broken out of being typecast which is very hard to do as a minority in hollywood it seems.

[MikeRavens]

if you have talent you can break any outcast.............Beneficio Del Toro can play any role because he has talent....Jose Ferrer also, both 100% Puerto Ricans both born in Puerto Rico and both won Oscars. Also Raul Julia is another Puerto Rican on that list.


Leguizamo is an average actor but Hollywood dont take comedians seriously for serious roles.


There are many latinos who can act better than Leguizamo, just look at Hispanic channels in Novelas and Spanish movies to see real good talent......HBO LATINO shows movies from Spain, Chile, Argentina and Mexico and those actors have talent.

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Originally Posted by virgen_amaro_laboy

It maybe of interest to some.

PBS Arts : John Leguizamo's Tales from a Ghetto Klown

good post.