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.

Filmography

• 2027Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk — (voice)
• 2026Coyote vs. Acme — Judge Troppogrosso
• 2026The King of Cannabis — Julio Rivera
• 2026The Super Mario Galaxy Movie — Wart (voice)
• 2025Guns Up — Ignatius Locke
• 2025Havoc — Raul
• 2025Kinda Pregnant — Neighborhood Man (uncredited)
• 2025Miles Away — Julio, Executive Producer
• 2025Out of Order — Gustav
• 2024Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F — Chalino Valdemoro
• 2024Holy Cash — Actor
• 2023Alone at Night — JazzyLou
• 2023Genie — Detective Perez
• Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur — President Council Peña (voice)
• Poker Face — Raoul
• 2023Story Ave — Luis Torres, Executive Producer
• 2023You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah — Eli Katz
• 2022Entergalactic — Huge Mover (voice)
• The Resort — Illan Iberra
• Wednesday — Gomez Addams
• 2021Lady of the Manor — The Bartender
• 2021The Birthday Cake — Jochee
• 2021The Disappearance of Toby Blackwood — Chester Mendoza
• Ultra City Smiths — Rodrigo Smalls (voice)
• Hightown — Jorge Cuevas
• Godfather of Harlem — Alejandro 'El Guapo' Villabuena
• 2019Hold On — Pastor Rivera
• Perpetual Grace LTD — Hector Contreras
• 2018Belleville Cop — Ricardo
• 2018The Padre — Gaspar
• 20179/11 — Eddie
• 2017Literally, Right Before Aaron — Federico
• 2017Sandy Wexler — Oscar
• 2016Keanu — Bacon
• Roadies — Gooch
• 2016The Do-Over — Jorge the Shooter Boy
• 2015Ana Maria in Novela Land — Schmidt
• Code Black — Jesse Salander
• 2015Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha — Farmer
• Narcos — José Rodríguez Gacha
• 2015Puerto Ricans in Paris — Luis, Executive Producer
• 2014Henry & Me — Lefty Gomez (voice)
• 2014In the Blood — Chief Ramón Garza
• 2014Reclaim — Superintendent
• 2014The Lookalike — Vincent
• 2014Top Five — Bobby the Cop
• 2014Two Men in Town — Terence
• 2013Aztec Warrior — Aztec Warrior
• 2013The Last Stand — Mike Figuerola
• 2013Turbo — Angelo (voice)
• 2013We're the Millers — Mexican Cop
• 2012Journey 2: The Mysterious Island — Gabato Laguatan
• 2011Arthur — Bitterman
• 2011Rise of the Damned — Ramone
• Shameless — Mikey O'Shea
• 2011The Caller — George
• How to Make It in America — Rene Calderon
• Republic of Doyle — Charles Alomar
• Community — Luis Guzmán
• 2009Fighting — Martinez
• 2009He's Just Not That Into You — Javier (uncredited)
• 2009Old Dogs — Nick - Child Proofer #2
• 2009Still Waiting... — Raddimus
• 2009The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 — Phil Ramos
• 2008Beverly Hills Chihuahua — Chucho (voice)
• 2008I Kicked Luis Guzman in the Face — Luis
• 2008Nothing Like the Holidays — Johnny
• 2008Yes Man — Jumper
• 2007Cleaner — Det. Jim Vargas
• John from Cincinnati — Ramon Gaviota
• 2007Maldeamores — Ismael (segment "En la Urbanización")
• 2007War — Benny
• 2006Fast Food Nation — Benny
• 2006Hard Luck — Million Dollar Mendez
• I Love Toys
• 2006School for Scoundrels — Sergeant Moorehead
• 2005Carlito's Way: Rise to Power — Nacho Reyes
• 2005Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story — Balon
• I Love the '90s: Part Deux
• 2005Waiting... — Raddimus
• 2004Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events — Bald Man
• 2003Anger Management — Lou
• 2003Confidence — Manzano
• 2003Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd — Ray
• I Love the '80s Strikes Back
• Luis — Luis
• 2003Runaway Jury — Jerry Fernandez
• 2002Punch-Drunk Love — Lance
• 2002The Adventures of Pluto Nash — Felix Laranga
• 2002The Count of Monte Cristo — Jacopo
• 2002The Salton Sea — Quincy
• 2002Welcome to Collinwood — Cosimo
• 2001Double Whammy — Juan Benitez
• 2001Home Invaders — Peligro
• 2001Sam the Man — Murray
• 2001Starwater
• 2000Luckytown — Jimmy
• 2000Table One — Xavier
• The Beat
• 2000The Huntress — Paulie Dortmunder
• 2000Thin Air — Chollo
• 2000Traffic — Ray Castro
• 1999Magnolia — Luis
• 1999Mind Prey — Det. Black
• 1999The Bone Collector — Eddie Ortiz
• 1999The Limey — Eduardo Roel
• 1998One Tough Cop — Gunman Popi
• 1998Out of Sight — José 'Chino' Chirino
• 1998Snake Eyes — Cyrus
• 1997Boogie Nights — Maurice t.t. Rodriguez
• 1997Eerie
• Oz — Raoul 'El Cid' Hernandez
• 1997Pronto — Buck Torres
• 1997The Brave — Luis
• Early Edition — John Hernandez
• 1996On Seventh Avenue — Eddie Diaz
• 1996The Substitute — Rem
• House of Buggin'
• 1995Lotto Land — Ricki
• 1995Stonewall — Vito
• 1994El Vagabundo Con Suerte — Luis
• 1994Hand Gun — Rick
• New York Undercover
• 1994The Burning Season — Estate Boss
• 1994The Cowboy Way — Chango
• 1993Carlito's Way — Pachanga
• 1993Double Deception — Ronald Sharkey
• Frasier — George
• 1993Guilty as Sin — Lt. Bernard Martinez
• Homicide: Life on the Street — Lorenzo 'Larry' Molera
• 1993Mr. Wonderful — Juice
• NYPD Blue — Hector Martinez
• 1993Naked in New York — Auditioner
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Gomez
• seaQuest DSV — General Guzmano
• 1992Empire City
• 1992In the Shadow of a Killer — Louis Velazquez
• 1992Innocent Blood — Morales
• 1992Rafael Hernández, jibarito del mundo — Guard
• 1992To Catch a Killer — Waiter (uncredited)
• 1991Jumpin' at the Boneyard — Taxi Driver
• 1991McBain — Papo
• 1991The Hard Way — Pooley
• Law & Order — Cesar Pescador
• 1990No Picnic — Arroyo
• 1990Q & A — Luis Valentin
• 1989Black Rain — Frankie
• 1989Family Business — Torres
• 1989Rooftops — Martinez
• 1989True Believer — Ortega
• 1988Crocodile Dundee II — Jose
• Monsters — Luis
• 1987*batteries not included — Bystander (uncredited)
• 1987Heartbeat — Gang Member #2
• 1986Seven Women, Seven Sins — Lotto Man (segment "Greed")
• Screen Two — Vito
• The Equalizer — Gypsy Cabbie
• 1985Variety — Jose
• Hunter — Carlos Delgado
• Miami Vice — Miguel Revilla, Goon #1
• 1977Short Eyes — Inmate
• Dead Guy
• The Patience of Vultures

Appearances as themselves (17)

• 2025Everybody Wants to Be Gen X — Self
• 2025Netflix Tudum 2025 — Self
• Hot Ones Versus — Self
• 2022Pickled — Self
• Celebrity Wheel of Fortune — Self - Contestant
• 2018Omar Sy, c'est ta chance — Self
• Drop the Mic — Self
• 2016De Puerto Rico para el mundo — Self
• The Eric Andre Show — Self
• 2009The Face is Familiar — Himself
• Free Radio — Self
• 2007The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' — Self
• I Love the '70s: Volume 2 — Self
• 2002Ballchewer — Self
• 2000Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic' — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Raw — Self