Luis Guzmn Has 5 Children & 4 Are Adopted All We Know About Their Lives

Posted by Carisa Kissane on Sunday, May 19, 2024

Margarita Briggs-Guzmán, Luis Guzmán, Cemí Briggs-Guzmán and Yemaya Briggs-Guzman. | Source: Getty Images

Character actor Luis Guzman's distinct look has landed him many roles as a villain and ruffian. However, his attentiveness to his five grown children is a testament that he is playing against type.

Luis Guzman's most recent role is portraying the Addams family patriarch Gomez Addams opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia and Jenna Ortega in the Netflix series "Wednesday."

Like his character, he is devoted to his wife of 37 years, Angelita Galarza-Guzman, which is where the similarities end. Most of his five children have followed creative pursuits after school.

Luis Guzman and his son attend the Charlotte Bobcats vs the New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden on January 9, 2012 in New York City. | Source Getty Images

Family and Culture Are Essential to Luis Guzmán

Angelita Galarza-Guzman and Luis married in 1985; the couple has five children. He adopted four children but has not elaborated more on the situation. He says that his favorite Latino tradition that he is passing down to his children is music:

"Once in a while [I'm] listening to my kid's iPods, and I hear like a Latin song on it, and it's like wow!"

Luis said in a 2015 interview that Latinos no longer have to wait for Hollywood to tell their stories; they can do it "on their own." The Guzmán patriarch pushed this ethos in his own home.

Cemí Guzmán attends the Critics Choice Association's 2nd annual celebration of Latino Cinema & Television at Fairmont Century Plaza on November 13, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. | Source: Getty Images

Cemí Guzmán Produced One of His Father's Films

Cemí Briggs-Guzmán, born November 17, is an actor, artist, and producer. He is a frequent collaborator of his dad under the umbrella of their production house, Dark Rabbit Productions.

The father-son pair produced and acted in the 2019 flick, "Hold On." The younger Guzmán appeared as himself in "Frankie" and a young street dealer in the crime thriller "Blowtorch," starring William Baldwin and Lois Robbins.

He is executive producing the upcoming comedy "Out Of Order," starring his dad, Brooke Shields, and Brandon Routh of "Superman Returns" fame. Other producing credits include "Alone at Night," "Bread and Games" with Ali Wong, and "Story Ave."

Cemí has been a spokesperson for NIMBY since July 2012 and briefly volunteered at The Bowery Mission in 2015. The latter is an organization focused on poverty alleviation in New York City.

The artist is often seen obscuring his eyes with the brim of his hat like a cowboy, as explained by his Twitter bio, which states that he is not a public figure. His dad shared a mixed-media original painting of his in January 2019 of a multi-colored gorilla.

The publicity-shy artist teased that he is painting again in an August 2022 tweet featuring a page from his notebook with "I will always follow the rabbit into the darkness" scribbled in his distinct black lettering.

Cemi Guzman, Yemaya Briggs-Guzman and actor Luis Guzman attend the world premiere of feature film "The Birthday Cake" at The Mob Museum on June 11, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. | Source: Getty Images

Yemaya Is a Social Media Ambassador

The "Boogie Nights" actor's oldest daughter, Yemaya Briggs-Guzman, was born on January 24, 1994, in New York. She studied Visual Communications at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in California.

As a student in June 2012, she was an assistant stylist for MTV's "Teen Wolf" for two months, followed by a month's assignment as an assistant at Scene Magazine New Orleans, where she styled a photo shoot.

The former New Yorker states that her design aesthetic is based on "modern simplicity, with an urban edge." She has been a freelance costumier since November 2015.

She has 10,400 likes on her Only Fans page under the name Miss G. The 100 posts are only viewable with a subscription that goes for $18.99 per month.

The Los Angeles-based influencer released the Undaunted Blush Palette in collaboration with the beauty brand Rude cosmetics in 2018. She also attended the world premiere of "The Birthday Cake" movie on June 2021 in Las Vegas with her brother, Cemí, and dad, Luis.

Luna-Aurora Is an Artist

Luna-Aurora Guzman is an abstract artist who uses imagery from the Bible, such as angels from the Book of Ezekiel. The animal lover has a dog and a horse named Coco. She was present at the horse's birth which has been in her life since she was seven.

Luis likened the conditions of the Lower East Side, where he grew up, to that of East Berlin

The artist graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in Vermont in June 2013. The not-for-profit private school prides itself on offering over 220 courses and classes for no more than 12 students.

Luis Guzmán's Youngest Kids, Yoruba and Margarita, Are Twins

The Briggs-Guzmán twins were born on November 13, 1995. Margarita Briggs-Guzmán has a light online footprint. She hung out with her father at the movie premiere of "We're The Millers" in 2013, and he posted an image of her on the beach a year later.

Yoruba Guzman attended Cabot High School and his sister Luna-Aurora's alma mater, St. Johnsbury Academy, graduating in 2014.

He does not post visual art that he explicitly claims as his own, often posting works that are either Jean-Michel Basquiat's or inspired by the late artist. The SJA alum also posts old media clips overlaid with Lofi hip-hop beats.

Luis Guzman with his wife Angelita at their rural farm on November 25, 2002, in Cabot, Vt. | Source: Getty Images

Luis Guzmán Grew up on the Lower East Side

The actor, who is most likely to respond when his name is pronounced "LOO-ee," has made a home with his family, and overcame his fear of horses, in Vermont. The homestead includes a "sugar shack" where they produce maple syrup.

Luis likened the conditions of the Lower East Side, where he grew up, to that of East Berlin. He qualified as a social worker, practicing in his twenties, and has called his break into acting a "fluke" in the past.

Luiz Guzman with his horse "Sobota" on November 25, 2002, in Cabot, Vt. | Source: Getty Images

Jenna Ortega's TV dad got his start in the entertainment industry later in life and is a favorite of directors Steven Soderbergh and Paul Thomas Anderson.

Before changing careers, Luis asked Galarza-Guzman's blessing, who said, "Yeah man, follow your heart." He has over 160 acting credits on his résumé and has a producing partner in his son, Cemí.

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