John Leguizamo is awarded this year’s Artistic Achievement Award for his distinguished acting career, his prominence as a star on the silver screen, and his dedication to the world of cinema. Fast-talking and feisty-looking John Leguizamo has continued to impress movie audiences with his versatility: he can play sensitive and naïve young men, such as Johnny in Hangin' with the Homeboys; cold-blooded killers like Benny Blanco, gunning down reformed gangster Al Pacino in Carlito's Way; a heroic Navy SEAL, stopping aerial terrorists in Executive Decision; and drag queen Chi-Chi Rodriguez in To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar.