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Luis Guzmán (born August 28, 1956)[1] is a Puerto Rican actor. His career spans over 40 years and includes a number of films and television series. He has appeared in Paul Thomas Anderson's films Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999) and Punch-Drunk Love (2002), and Steven Soderbergh's films Out of Sight (1998), The Limey (1999) and Traffic (2000). His other film credits include Q & A (1990), The Hard Way (1991), Carlito's Way (1993), Snake Eyes (1998) and Keanu (2016). For his role in The Limey, he received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male.
On television, he starred as Raoul Hernandez on the HBO prison drama Oz (1998–2000), José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha on Narcos (2015), Jesse "Mama" Salander on the CBSmedical dramaCode Black (2015–2018), Alejandro "Guapo" Villabuena in Godfather of Harlem (2019), Hector Contreras on Perpetual Grace, LTD (2019), and Gomez Addams on Wednesday (2022–present).
Guzmán was born in Cayey, Puerto Rico, and was raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He went to Seward Park High School.[2] His mother, Rosa, was a hospital worker, and his stepfather, Benjamin Cardona, was a TV repairman.[3] Guzmán graduated from City College of New York, and shortly after began his career as a social worker, working as a youth counselor at the Henry Street Settlement. He moonlighted as an actor, eventually becoming heavily involved in street theatre and independent films.[4][5]
Guzman's numerous movie credits include Carlito's Way, Carlito's Way: Rise to Power, Punch-Drunk Love, Welcome to Collinwood,Stonewall, Waiting..., The Salton Sea, and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.[6][7] He has also appeared on the TV shows Homicide: Life on the Street, Frasier, Community (as himself) and Oz and voiced Ricardo Diaz 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 2007 HBO series John from Cincinnati, which lasted one season.
In early 2008, Guzmán starred in "Naturally Aged Cheddar Hunks" TV ads for Cabot Creamery.[8] He also appeared in the music video "Yes We Can." In 2010, he starred in HBO's How to Make It in America and appeared in a comical series of Snickers commercials that played during that year's Super Bowl.[9][10]
Guzmán married Angelita Galarza in 1985.[11] Their first son had died during childbirth, and that, alongside his frustration at social work, persuaded Guzmán to act full-time.[12] This also made them adopt their next three children, Cemí, Clara, and Margarita, starting from 1991. Later, one biological daughter was born, Luna. Their youngest daughter, Yamaya, is a social media influencer.[11]
Guzmán resides in Cabot, Vermont.[13]
Guzmán endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for President in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[14]
2018年、グスマンはニューヨーク・ヤンキースのオールスター選手バーニー・ウィリアムズと共に、ジョン・タファーのバー・レスキューのシーズン6のエピソードに出演し、ハリケーン・マリアによって壊滅的な被害を受けたロイサのエル・クラホ・タバーンと町のコミュニティセンターに支援を提供した。
テレグラムゲート事件の際、グスマンはMSNBCのインタビューでプエルトリコの状況について意見を述べ、「リッキーは辞任しなければならない」と述べ、島内の汚職は解決を望む大きな問題だと語った。[ 15 ]
リッチ・アイゼン・ショーのインタビューで、グスマンは、映画『ゴースト』（1990年）で殺人犯「ウィリー・ロペス」を演じた俳優リック・アビレスとよく間違えられると主張した。アビレスもプエルトリコ出身だったが、1995年に亡くなった。[ 16 ]