Date of Birth
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28-August-1956
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Place of Birth
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Cayey
(Puerto Rico, San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metropolitan Statistical Area, United States, with Territories)
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Nationality
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United States of America, Puerto Rico
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Also know as
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Luis Guzman, Luiz Gusman, Luiz Guzman, 루ì´ìŠ¤ 구즈만, 루ì´ìŠ¤ 거즈먼, 루ì´ìŠ¤ 구즈먼, Luis Guzman
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Profession
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Actor, Social Worker, Voice Actor
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Luis Guzmán is a Puerto Rican American actor, who is known for his character work. For much of Guzmán's career, he has played character roles largely as sidekicks, thugs, or policemen.
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. He recently starred in the HBO original series How to Make It in America.
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