
Luis Guzmán
Department: 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.
Known For

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
2003

Yes Man
2008

The Limey
1999

War
2007

Boogie Nights
1997

The Count of Monte Cristo
2002

Carlito's Way
1993

The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002

Maldeamores
2007

Waiting...
2005

The Salton Sea
2002

Punch-Drunk Love
2002

Mind Prey
1999

The Patience of Vultures
—

Snake Eyes
1998

Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
2005

The Bone Collector
1999

Anger Management
2003

Nothing Like the Holidays
2008

Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
2005

The Brave
1997

Cleaner
2007

Hard Luck
2006

School for Scoundrels
2006

Innocent Blood
1992

Double Whammy
2001

Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008

Luckytown
2000

Arthur
2011

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009

The Cowboy Way
1994

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
2012

Rise of the Damned
2011

The Caller
2011

Variety
1985

The Last Stand
2013

Top Five
2014

Turbo
2013

One Tough Cop
1998

Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'
2000

Stonewall
1995

The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
2007

Out of Order
2025

The Face is Familiar
2009

Sam the Man
2001

Thin Air
2000

Table One
2000

Q & A
1990

Guns Up
2025

Two Men in Town
2014

Fighting
2009

Genie
2023

In the Blood
2014

Hand Gun
1994

Naked in New York
1993

The Substitute
1996

Dead Guy
—

Still Waiting...
2009

You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
2023

Starwater
2001

Home Invaders
2001

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
2018

The Hard Way
1991

Jumpin' at the Boneyard
1991

Reclaim
2014

We're the Millers
2013

Henry & Me
2014

The Lookalike
2014

The Huntress
2000

Old Dogs
2009

Heartbeat
1987

Ana Maria in Novela Land
2015

Crocodile Dundee II
1988

Entergalactic
2022

Pronto
1997

Guilty as Sin
1993

On Seventh Avenue
1996

Pickled
2022

Puerto Ricans in Paris
2015

Aztec Warrior
2013

The Disappearance of Toby Blackwood
2021

Story Ave
2023

Short Eyes
1977

True Believer
1989

The Do-Over
2016

Keanu
2016

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004

Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
2015

Black Rain
1989

Rafael Hernández, jibarito del mundo
1992

Magnolia
1999

Out of Sight
1998

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024

Traffic
2000

De Puerto Rico para el mundo
2016

Family Business
1989

He's Just Not That Into You
2009

Literally, Right Before Aaron
2017

Sandy Wexler
2017

9/11
2017

Hold On
2019

To Catch a Killer
1992

Confidence
2003

Double Deception
1993

Belleville Cop
2018

Mr. Wonderful
1993

Fast Food Nation
2006

In the Shadow of a Killer
1992

Runaway Jury
2003

The Padre
2018

The Burning Season
1994

No Picnic
1986

Seven Women, Seven Sins
1986

McBain
1991

Ballchewer
2002

Rooftops
1989

Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk
—

Alone at Night
2023

The Birthday Cake
2021

Havoc
2025

Lady of the Manor
2021

Holy Cash
2024

*batteries not included
1987

Kinda Pregnant
2025

Miles Away
2025

Coyote vs. Acme
2026

I Kicked Luis Guzman in the Face
2008

Netflix Tudum 2025
2025

Welcome to Collinwood
2002

El Vagabundo Con Suerte
1994

Everybody Wants to Be Gen X
2025

Empire City
1992

Lotto Land
1995

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
2026

Law & Order
1990

John from Cincinnati
2007

seaQuest DSV
1993

Early Edition
1996

Miami Vice
1984

The Beat
2000

Walker, Texas Ranger
1993

Oz
1997

Frasier
1993

New York Undercover
1994

The Equalizer
1985

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993

Hunter
1984

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

Community
2009

I Love the '90s: Part Deux
2005

I Love Toys
2006

House of Buggin'
1995

Luis
2003

Free Radio
2008

I Love the '70s: Volume 2
2006

I Love the '80s Strikes Back
2003

Ultra City Smiths
2021

How to Make It in America
2010

Godfather of Harlem
2019

Code Black
2015

The Resort
2022

Roadies
2016

Narcos
2015

Drop the Mic
2017

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021

Hightown
2020

NYPD Blue
1993

Perpetual Grace LTD
2019

Raw
1993

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023

Wednesday
2022

Republic of Doyle
2010

Poker Face
2023

The Eric Andre Show
2012

Shameless
2011

Miami Vice
1984

Hot Ones Versus
2024