- Born in Puerto Rico, but grew up in the East Village section of Manhattan, in New York City. In an interview, he explained that his mother traveled to New York fifteen minutes after his birth.
- He was a social worker, working especially with young people. He also was very involved with his community, arranging events, before becoming an actor.
- In the show Community, he is portrayed as a former student of Greendale. Ironically he attended City College the rival school of Greendale.
- He prefers his first name pronounced LOO-ee.
- Performed in several spots for Cabot Cheese, which is based near where he lives in Cabot, Vermont, living the life of a gentleman farmer.
- Was considered for the role of Willie Lopez in Ghost (1990). The role went to Rick Aviles instead. Their resemblance is so uncanny that people often ask Luis why he "killed" Patrick Swayze. He has to explain to them that it wasn't him, it was Rick.
- Frequently cast by film director Steven Soderbergh.
- Frequently cast by film director Paul Thomas Anderson.
- Frequently associated with crime movies, either playing thugs or cops.
- Friends with Debra Messing.
- Formerly of Cabot, VT, now resides elsewhere in the "Northeast Kingdom" area of the state. (2009)
- He and Chuck Zito are the only actors to appear in both Carlito's Way (1993) and its prequel, Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005).
- Although he played the father of Nicholas Turturro on two episodes of NYPD Blue (1993), he is in fact only five years older than Turturro.
- Last name is pronounced gooz-MAHN.
- Has been in two movies with the word "way" in the title: The Cowboy Way (1994) and Carlito's Way (1993).
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