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- John Leguizamo is a multi-faceted artist who has been appearing for the reason that Eighties
- The Emmy Award nominee has been married to his spouse, Justine Maurer, for 20 years
- John and Justine have two grownup youngsters
- John was married as soon as earlier than Justine
John Leguizamo is a flexible actor who has greater than 150 appearing credit to his identify, in response to his IMDb web page. He bought his begin in Madonna‘s 1986 music video for “Borderline” and had his film debut in 1984’s Mixed Blood. From there, he appeared in some episodes of Miami Vice, landed a task in Die Hard 2, and continued constructing his resume to this present day. Notably, he performed Tybalt in 1996’s Romeo + Juliet and he lent his voice as Sid within the Ice Age movies and as Bruno within the standard Disney movie, Encanto. In addition, he has greater than 20 producing credit to his identify, earned a Special Tony Award in 2018 for his run of Latin History for Morons on Broadway, and landed a Critic’s Choice and Emmy Award nomination for his function of Raymond Santana Sr. within the Netflix’s miniseries, When They See Us.
Throughout most of his phenomenal profession, John, 62, has loved the assist of his spouse, Justine Maurer, and their two youngsters. He was additionally married to actress Yelba Osorio for 2 years throughout the second decade of his profession. Read on to be taught extra about John and his previous marriages.
Justine Maurer
John, a Catholic with roots in Latin America, and Justine Maurer, who’s Jewish, have been married since 2003. Coincidentally, John’s character of Mauricio in 2008’s Nothing Like The Holidays had the identical spiritual dynamic in his marriage. “They never said it was written for me. No one’s told me the truth. It’s too weird a coincidence,” he informed Time in 2008. “It made it great, too, because that’s my life — I had lots to draw from. My wife knows that [my family members are] all very passionate and we talk about everything and there’s no holds barred when we get together. We talk about everything and anything loudly.”
In the identical interview, John expressed what marriage means to him. “I still think marriage is more than a ceremony and a document. It’s definitely a commitment that two people make and I don’t know if you need all those elements to make it a marriage,” he famous. “To me marriage is a devout commitment to make things work and figure it out and fight to stay together. I think you have to really make that commitment in your soul. Both people have to.”
While not a lot is thought about their relationship, John as soon as confessed that he has very lively desires that drive his spouse to consolation him. “I’m always being chased — by dogs, murderers — like an action movie,” he informed PEOPLE in Dec. 2022. “She has to put her hand on me because I’m about to yell.”
The couple has two youngsters: daughter Allegra Sky, who was born in 1999, and son Ryder Lee, who they welcomed in 2000. Allegra grew to become a scholar at Northwestern University starting in 2018, which her actor father documented on Instagram, as seen within the above video.
In June 2022, John gushed about how a lot being a father means to him. “Happy father’s day to me!” he exclaimed alongside an image together with his two youngsters, seen right here. “And every Dad that is present. Because It’s the most important job and most fulfilling in the world! I an (sic) humbled by the task snd (sic) inspired to be my best by my kids!”
Yelba Osorio
The Summer of Sam actor married actress Yelba Osorio in 1994. The pair acted collectively within the 1997 movie Pest, during which John starred because the titular character. The pair went their separate methods in 1996, and it’s unclear why. Yelba stopped appearing in 2014 and lives away from the highlight.