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Jacob Vargas Age: 53

Actor | Producer

    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

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    Satanic Hispanics

    El Jefe ( Actor )

    ... 2022

    Kimi

    Glasses Thug ( Actor )

    ... 2022

    Plan B

    Pastor Pedro ( Actor )

    ... 2021

Fullname:

Jacob Vargas

Date of Birth:

Aug 18, 1971

Country of birth:

Mexico

Biography of

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.

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Jacob Vargas

Found 55 Movies in total

Satanic Hispanics

El Jefe ( Actor )

... 2022

Kimi

Glasses Thug ( Actor )

... 2022

Plan B

Pastor Pedro ( Actor )

... 2021

... 2021

Princess of the Row

Donald ( Actor )

... 2020

... 2019

Peel

Chuck ( Actor )

... 2019

Beyond Skyline

Garcia ( Actor )

... 2017

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

Animation Voice (voice) ( Actor )

... 2016

Crossing Point

Jesus ( Actor )

... 2016

The Tell-Tale Heart

Adams ( Actor )

... 2016

The 33

Edison 'Elvis' Peña ( Actor )

... 2015

... 2014

... 2014

Heaven Is for Real

Michael ( Actor )

... 2014

Cesar Chavez

Richard Chavez ( Actor )

... 2014

Red Sky

Jorge 'P-Dawg' Vasquez ( Actor )

... 2014

Go for Sisters

Navajas ( Actor )

... 2013

Devil

Ramirez ( Actor )

... 2010

Sleep Dealer

Rudy Ramirez ( Actor )

... 2008

Death Race

Gunner ( Actor )

... 2008

Love Lies Bleeding

Detective Billy Jones ( Actor )

... 2008

The Death and Life of Bobby Z

Jorge Escobar ( Actor )

... 2007

Are We Done Yet?

Mike the Plumber ( Actor )

... 2007

The Hills Have Eyes 2

Crank ( Actor )

... 2007

Bobby

Miguel ( Actor )

... 2006

National Lampoon's TV: The Movie

Tijuana Cop 2 / Announcer / Charlotte ( Actor )

Co-producer

... 2006

Jarhead

Juan Cortez ( Actor )

... 2005

The Wendell Baker Story

Reyes Morales ( Actor )

... 2005

Flight of the Phoenix

Sammi ( Actor )

... 2004

Road Dogz

Danny Pacheco ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2002

Dragonfly

Victor ( Actor )

... 2002

Truth Be Told

Gonzalez ( Actor )

... 2002

Dr. Dolittle 2

Pepito (voice) ( Actor )

... 2001

Traffic

Manolo Sanchez ( Actor )

... 2000

Next Friday

Joker ( Actor )

... 2000

The Hi-Lo Country

Delfino Mondragon ( Actor )

... 1998

Santa Fe

Jesus ( Actor )

... 1997

... 1997

Selena

A. B. Quintanilla ( Actor )

... 1997

Get Shorty

Yayo Portillo ( Actor )

... 1995

Crimson Tide

Sonarman #2 ( Actor )

... 1995

My Family

Young Jose ( Actor )

... 1995

Mi Vida Loca

Ernesto ( Actor )

... 1994

Airborne

Snake ( Actor )

... 1993

Gas Food Lodging

Javier ( Actor )

... 1992

American Me

Paulito - Age 15 ( Actor )

... 1992

Seeds of Tragedy

Cholo #2 ( Actor )

... 1991

... 1990

Little Nikita

Miguel ( Actor )

... 1988

The Principal

Arturo Diego ( Actor )

... 1987

Ernest Goes to Camp

Bubba Vargas ( Actor )

... 1987

Last Resort

Carlos ( Actor )

... 1986

... 1986