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Luis Guzmán

Luis Guzmán

11 films · 892 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19932025

Born 28 August 1956 · Cayey, Puerto Rico

Luis Guzmán 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.

How their films are shot

Measured across 892 frames from the 11 films we hold. This is the look of the work Luis takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 11 films we hold, 60% of their frames are night, 52% low key — the look of the work Luis takes.

Time of day

Night60%
Day30%
Interior7%

Lighting

Low key52%
Natural36%
High key8%

Shot size

Medium55%
Closeup21%
Wide17%
Fullbody4%

Camera angle

Eye level87%
High angle6%
Low angle6%

Mood

Neutral58%
Tense26%
Lonely7%
Ominous5%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 892 frames from Luis Guzmán's 11 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.