Object Details
- Exhibition Label
- Born Bogotá, Colombia
- The chameleon-like John Leguizamo first won over audiences in 1991 as the star and writer of Mambo Mouth, where he portrayed seven different Latino characters to sold-out theaters off Broadway. The award-winning production has been followed by four other critically acclaimed one-person shows: Spic-O-Rama (1993), Freak (1998), Sexaholic (2001), and Ghetto Klown (2011). With his signature fast pace and raunchy humor, Leguizamo sources much of his stage material from his unlikely path—from a working-class family in Queens to Broadway and Hollywood. He has played myriad characters in film, including a lowlife criminal (Carlito’s Way, 1993), drag queen (To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, 1995), and Toulouse-Lautrec (Moulin Rouge, 2001), among others. In this portrait, we see a hint of histrionic mischief through his angled gaze at the audience.
- John Leguizamo nacido en 1964
- Nacido en Bogotá, Colombia
- John Leguizamo es un actor camaleónico que captó la atención del público en 1991 como protagonista y autor de Mambo Mouth, obra en la que interpretaba siete personajes latinos y que se presentó a teatro lleno en el circuito “off Broadway”. A esa premiada producción han seguido otros cuatro espectáculos unipersonales de gran éxito de crítica: Spic-O-Rama (1993), Freak (1998), Sexaholic (2001) y Ghetto Klown (2011). Con el humor ágil y crudo que lo caracteriza, Leguizamo basa gran parte de su material teatral en su asombrosa trayectoria desde un hogar de clase trabajadora en Queens hasta Broadway y Hollywood. Ha interpretado un sinnúmero de papeles en el cine, entre ellos un delincuente (Carlito’s Way, 1993), un transformista (To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, 1995) y el pintor Toulouse-Lautrec (Moulin Rouge, 2001). En este retrato observamos un toque histriónico y travieso en el sesgo de la mirada que dirige al espectador.
- Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (nacido en 1952)
- Impresión por inyección de tinta, 2011
- Data Source
- National Portrait Gallery
- Artist
- Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, born 16 Feb 1952
- Sitter
- John Leguizamo, born 22 Jul 1964
- Date
- May 2011
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- Medium
- Inkjet print
- Dimensions
- Image: 86.2 × 68.5 cm (33 15/16 × 26 15/16")
- Sheet: 101.8 × 76.1 cm (40 1/16 × 29 15/16")
- Type
- Photograph
