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Jacob Vargas

Jacob Vargas (born August 18, 1971) is a Mexican-American actor. He began his acting career when he was discovered breakdancing in a schoolyard at age 12. His introduction to acting came with a bit part as a breakdancer on the hit TV show Diff'rent Strokes (1978). His first movie role was in the TV movie The Children of Times Square (1986). He started to appear in more films including Last Resort (1986), Ernest Goes to Camp (1987), The Principal (1987), Little Nikita (1988), American Me (1992), and Gas Food Lodging (1992). In 1995, he won the very first ALMA Award (for Emerging Artist of the Year) for his work in both Allison Anders' Mi Vida Loca (1993) and Gregory Nava's My Family (1995). He next starred in films including Crimson Tide (1995), Get Shorty (1995), Selena (1997), Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), and the cult favorite Next Friday (2000) as Ice Cube's nemesis, Joker. His next role was Tijuana cop Manolo, 'Benicio del Toro"s partner in Steven Soderbergh's Academy Award- winning film Traffic (2000), which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award and another ALMA Award. In 2001, he executive produced and starred in the independent film Road Dogz (2002). He wrote, directed and acted in EDNY (2003). He also co-produced and starred in the stage play "Latinologues", which ran on Broadway in 2005 and is available on DVD. He voiced for Pepito in Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001). Next, he played Sammi the chef in John Moore's Flight of the Phoenix (2004), Marine sniper Juan Cortez in Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes' war drama Jarhead (2005), a straight-arrow DEA agent in the action drama The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2006), a politically charged busboy Miguel in Emilio Estevez's historical drama Bobby (2006), and a psychologically tortured drone pilot Rudy Ramirez in Alex Rivera's sci-fi political love story Sleep Dealer (2008). He had roles in The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007), Are We Done Yet? (2007), Death Race (2008), Cesar Chavez (2014, Heaven is For Real (2014), The Tell-Tale Heart (2016), Plan B, (2021), and Kimi (2022). His major TV roles are as Bob on Surfside Girls, Tony Medina on Mr. Iglesias, Horacio on Mosaic, Domingo Colon on Marvel's Luke Cage, Allesandro Montez on Sons of Anarchy and later on Mayans M.C., Guillermo on Moonlight, Ernesto Tiant on Greetings from Tucson, and Dr. Roberto Martinez on Max Steel. He had recurring roles on Colony, Blue, and Six Feet Under. He has also guest starred on a number of shows including National Treasure: Edge of History, The Mentalist, Burn Notice, Psych, Numb3rs, Medium, CSI: NY, Cold Case, The Pretender, JAG, ER, Full House, and Hunter. He has voiced for characters on animated series including Solar Opposites, Young Justice, and a recurring role on Tarantula.

  • Nacimiento: 1971-08-18, Michoacan, Mexico
  • Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 3,5 de 5

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  • Hijos de la anarquía (2008) — Allesandro Montez
  • La trampa del mal (2010) — Ramirez
  • Death Race: La carrera de la muerte (2008) — Gunner
  • El retorno de los malditos (Las colinas tienen ojos 2) (2007) — Crank
  • Traffic (2000) — Manolo Sanchez
  • Marvel - Luke Cage (2016) — Domingo Colon
  • Selena (1997) — A. B. Quintanilla
  • Jarhead, el infierno espera (2005) — Juan Cortez

Filmografía

  • La Búsqueda: más allá de la historia (2022) — Rafael
  • Satanic Hispanics (2022) — El Jefe
  • Las chicas de Surfside (2022) — Bob
  • Kimi (2022) — Glasses Thug
  • Plan B (2021) — Pastor Pedro
  • Billy D and the Hall of Feathered Serpents featuring Money Shot by Puscifer (2021) — Bartesian
  • La princesa de la fila (2020) — Donald
  • El gran crossover cómico (2020) — Tony Ochoa
  • Solar Opposites (2020)
  • Sr. Iglesias (2019) — Tony Medina
  • La Biblioteca (The Public) (2019) — Ernesto Ramirez
  • Peel (2019) — Chuck
  • Endgame (2018) — Alberto
  • Mayans M.C. (2018) — Allesandro Montez
  • Mosaic (2018) — Horacio
  • Beyond Skyline (2017) — Garcia
  • Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017) — Mario
  • Los peores años de mi Vida (2016) — Animation Voice (voz)
  • Marvel - Luke Cage (2016) — Domingo Colon
  • Crossing Point (2016) — Jesus
  • The Tell-Tale Heart (2016) — Adams
  • Colony (2016) — Carlos
  • Los 33 (Una Historia De Esperanza) (2015) — Edison 'Elvis' Peña
  • Complications (2015) — Ramon
  • La mano de Dios (2014) — Julio Farkas (sin acreditar)
  • Water & Power (2014) — Asuncion Garcia
  • El cielo es real (2014) — Michael
  • Cesar Chavez (2014) — Richard Chavez
  • Cielo rojo (2014) — Jorge 'P-Dawg' Vasquez
  • Go for Sisters (2013) — Navajas
  • Blue (2012) — Roy
  • La joven Liga de la Justicia (2010) — Sebastian Cardona / Cisco Ramon (voz)
  • La trampa del mal (2010) — Ramirez
  • The Good Guys (2010) — Tico
  • The Odds (2010) — Sergio Vargas
  • Sleep Dealer (2008) — Rudy Ramirez
  • El mentalista (2008) — Chief Rick Anaya
  • Hijos de la anarquía (2008) — Allesandro Montez
  • Death Race: La carrera de la muerte (2008) — Gunner
  • Dinero sucio (2008) — Detective Billy Jones
  • Moonlight (2007) — Guillermo
  • Bobby Z (2007) — Jorge Escobar
  • Último aviso (2007) — Omar Hernandez
  • Una casa patas arriba (2007) — Mike the Plumber
  • El retorno de los malditos (Las colinas tienen ojos 2) (2007) — Crank
  • Bobby (2006) — Miguel
  • National Lampoon's TV: The Movie (2006) — Tijuana Cop 2 / Announcer / Charlotte
  • Psych (2006) — Juan Lava
  • La virgen de Juárez (2006) — Detective Lauro
  • Jarhead, el infierno espera (2005) — Juan Cortez
  • Un caradura de confianza (2005) — Reyes Morales
  • Numb3rs (2005) — Victor Borrego
  • Medium (2005) — Eduardo Garcia
  • El vuelo del Fénix (2004) — Sammi
  • CSI: Nueva York (2004) — Luis Torres
  • Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother (2004) — Vincent Enano
  • Caso abierto (2003) — Angelo Rivera (2009)
  • Kingpin: La corporación (2003)
  • E.D.N.Y. (2003)
  • CSI: Miami (2002) — Felix Medina
  • Greetings from Tucson (2002) — Ernesto Tiant
  • Road Dogz (2002) — Danny Pacheco
  • Watching Ellie (2002) — Miguel
  • Dragonfly (La sombra de la libélula) (2002) — Victor
  • Truth Be Told (2002) — Gonzalez
  • Los Proud (2001) — Punch Alto (voz)
  • Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) — Pepito (voz)
  • A dos metros bajo tierra (2001) — Manuel 'Paco' Bolin
  • Come and Take It Day (2001) — Miguel
  • Traffic (2000) — Manolo Sanchez
  • Max Steel (2000) — Dr. Roberto Martinez (voz)
  • A Tope En Viernes (2000) — Joker
  • The Hi-Lo Country (1998) — Delfino Mondragon
  • Santa Fe (1997) — Jesus
  • Romy & Michele (1997) — Ramon
  • Selena (1997) — A. B. Quintanilla
  • Clueless (1996)
  • The Pretender (1996) — Javi Padillo
  • Malibu Shores (1996) — Benny
  • Cómo conquistar Hollywood (1995) — Yayo Portillo
  • J.A.G.: Alerta roja (1995) — Corporal Cortez
  • Marea roja (1995) — Sonarman #2
  • Mi familia (1995) — Young Jose
  • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) — Prince Luis (voz)
  • Urgencias (1994) — Diablo
  • Mi Vida Loca (1994) — Ernesto
  • Huck and the King of Hearts (1994) — Pedro
  • Distracción fatal (1993) — Flower Delivery Man
  • Airborne (1993) — Snake
  • Área de servicio (1992) — Javier
  • American Me (Sin remisión) (1992) — Paulito - Age 15
  • Seeds of Tragedy (1991) — Cholo #2
  • The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990) — Miguel
  • Espías sin identidad (1988) — Miguel
  • Padres forzosos (1987) — Enrique
  • El rector (1987) — Arturo Diego
  • La batalla del campamento (1987) — Bubba Vargas
  • Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story (1986) — Enrique Mendoza
  • Locas vacaciones en el Caribe (1986) — Carlos
  • Hunter (1984) — Emilio Morales