John Leguizamo Says Voicing Sid the Sloth in ‘Ice Age’ Paid for a New York Brownstone, a Hamptons Beach House, and Both His Kids’ College Tuition
The role that let John Leguizamo do his silliest work also built his real estate portfolio.
The paycheck that changed things came from the third film, 2009’s ‘Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.’ By then Leguizamo had leverage the first movie never gave him, and he told Page Six that installment “got me a brownstone. It got me a beachfront house in the Hamptons, it got me two pools!”
He’d been paid scale for the 2002 original and negotiated up only after the 2006 sequel earned $667 million. The real estate followed: a $5.75 million West Village townhouse in 2008 that he and wife Justine Maurer spent a year renovating, and a $1.227 million beach house in Amagansett in 2012.
His kids went through school on that money too. Daughter Allegra studied theater at Northwestern, son Lucas earned a political science degree at Vassar, and in 2023 Leguizamo reportedly bought Allegra a $1.66 million apartment near the family brownstone.
The franchise has since grown into a $6 billion business across films, TV specials, merchandise, and games. Leguizamo reprises Sid in ‘Ice Age: Boiling Point,’ out February 5, 2027, reuniting him with Ray Romano and Denis Leary alongside Queen Latifah and Jennifer Lopez.
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