John Leguizamo reveals ‘Ice Age’ Sid paid for his luxury home and children’s education: ‘It paid off my debt’ |

John Leguizamo made waves on the internet for her appearance in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’. Promoting the film, the actor, best known for playing Sid the Sloth in the Ice Age franchise, revealed how portraying the beloved character over the past two decades has been both artistically and financially rewarding.Before the release of “Ice Age: Boiling Point” in February 2027, the actor opened up about the success of the franchise. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Leguizamo credited the franchise for turning his fortune around, saying, “It paid my bills. It got me a second and third house. It paid for my kids’ college.”The actor, who first appeared as the lovable sloth Sid in the original Ice Age, released in 2002. The film also launched a franchise that has generated over $6 billion in film, television, commercials and games.Opening up about how the films paid for two houses, he shared that in 2003, a year after the film’s release, he bought a four-bedroom beach house in upstate New York. Two years later, they expanded and built a two-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles in the Venice neighborhood.However, Leguizamo’s credits only came from the first Ice Age film. He then discussed his salary after the success of the second installment, ‘Ice Age: The Meltdown’ (2006). This good work paid off by the time ‘Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs’ came out in 2009.Looking back on his salary, he said, “It got me a brownstone.In 2008, the actor bought a four-story townhouse in the West Village of New York City, which he and his wife, Justine Maurer, spent a year renovating. A few years later, around the release of ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’ in 2012, he added a beach house in Amagansett.The license also helped Leguizamo support his children’s education. His daughter, Allegra, studied theater at Northwestern University, while his son, Lucas, majored in political science at Vassar College. In 2023, reports said that the actor bought Allegra’s apartment near the family’s New York home.Leguizamo also shared how Sid remains one of the funniest characters he’s ever played. He said the character “allowed me to really be as funny as I want to be. In movies, I like a lot of times, but in that I had to be proud. I had to be very stupid and make this wonderful character and creature.”‘Ice Age: Boiling Point’ will see him reuniting with the founders of the franchise – Ray Romano as Manny the mammoth, Denis Leary as Diego the saber-toothed tiger, Queen Latifah as Ellie and Jennifer Lopez as Shira. Scheduled to be released in February 2027, the film is the sixth title in the franchise.