Emil Jannings

Very proficient in money matters, Jannings was one of the highest paid actors of his time.
. Because of his involvement in Nazi propaganda, Jannings was prohibited to work after the war, and retired to his farm in Austria. Guest Appearences. Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels named him "Artist of the State" in 1941. John has produced 10 films, including Piñero and made over 13 T.V. He made several pro-Nazi films, ending any chance he may have had for a comeback in the United States. In 1998, he debuted in Broadway in the production of "Freak", which was also turned into an HBO film by director Spike Lee.

He returned to Europe, where he starred opposite Marlene Dietrich in the classic The Blue Angel, filmed in English simultaneously with its German version Der Blaue Engel. John has participated in over 53 films, including "The Alibi" where he will play the role of "Hannibal" and which is in the post-production stages as of 2005. Born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz in Rorschach, Switzerland, of a German mother and an American father, Jannings, as a theater actor, had a promising Hollywood career come to an end when talkies made his thick German accent difficult to understand. Since then, other movies followed such as: "Carlito's Way" (1993) as "Benny Blanco" alongside Al Pacino, "Romeo and Juliet" (1996) as "Tybalt", "The Fan" (1996) as "Manny", "Executive Decision" (1996) as "Captain Rat", "Doctor Dolittle" (1998) as "Rat #2", "Summer of Sam" (1999) and "Moulin Rouge" as "Toulouse Lautrec". He won the 1927/1928 Oscar for two films -- The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command. The 1993 movie production "Super Mario Brothers" where he played the role of "Luigi Mario", is considered to be the film which skyrocketed his acting career in Hollywood. Emil Jannings (July 23, 1884 - January 3, 1950) was the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor. The production won a Drama Desk Award and four Cable ACE Awards.

In 1993, John wrote and participated in "Spic-O-Rama", where he makes fun of the sterotyping of Latinos in the U.S. 43". He was listed as one of 12 "Promisising New Actors of 1991" in "John Willis' Screen Worlds Vol. Mambo Mouth won an Obie Award and an Outer Critics Awards.

That same year , he wrote and participated in the Off-Broadway production "Mambo Mouth", where he played seven different characters. In 1991, John participated in "Hanging with the Homeboys". In 1985, John landed a small uncredited part, making his movie debut, in "Mixed Blood" and in 1989 he also had a small part in "Casualties of War". debut with a small part in Miami Vice.

In 1984, he made made his T.V. John started out as a stand-up comic doing the New York nightclub circuit. After graduating from high school, John enrolled in the New York University where he took theater classes. He was voted "Most Talkative" by his fellow classmates.

As a student in high school, John would write comical material and test it out on his classmates. John received his primary and secondary education in Queens. In 1968 the couple immigrated with their children to the United States and settled down in the Jackson Heights section of Queens in New York City. John was born in Bogotá, Colombia. His father, Alberto Leguizamo was a Puerto Rican Realtor living in Colombia who meet and married a young Colombian girl by the name of Luz.

John Leguizamo (born July 22, 1964) in Bogota, Colombia), is a Colombian-Puerto Rican comedian, actor and producer working in the Hollywood, film industry. Super Mario Bros. (1993). To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995). Romeo and Juliet (1996).

The Pest (1997). Moulin Rouge! (2001). Collateral Damage (2002). Empire (2002).

Assault on Precinct 13 (2005).