Jacob Vargas

Jacob Vargas

Biography: 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.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: August 18, 1971

Deathday: N/A

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Known For

The Hi-Lo Country
The Hi-Lo Country

1998-12-30

Traffic
Traffic

2000-12-27

Next Friday
Next Friday

2000-01-12

Death Race
Death Race

2008-08-22

Sleep Dealer
Sleep Dealer

2008-12-10

Get Shorty
Get Shorty

1995-10-20

Flight of the Phoenix
Flight of the Phoenix

2004-12-17

The Wendell Baker Story
The Wendell Baker Story

2005-08-03

Mi Vida Loca
Mi Vida Loca

1994-06-08

The Hills Have Eyes 2
The Hills Have Eyes 2

2007-03-22

National Lampoon's TV: The Movie
National Lampoon's TV: The Movie

2006-08-06

Airborne
Airborne

1993-09-17

Seeds of Tragedy
Seeds of Tragedy

1991-06-15

Love Lies Bleeding
Love Lies Bleeding

2008-01-15

Devil
Devil

2010-09-16

My Family
My Family

1995-05-03

Gas Food Lodging
Gas Food Lodging

1992-07-10

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

1990-11-11

Road Dogz
Road Dogz

2002-03-26

Dragonfly
Dragonfly

2002-02-22

Go for Sisters
Go for Sisters

2013-11-08

Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story

1986-03-31

Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez

2014-03-28

Heaven Is for Real
Heaven Is for Real

2014-04-16

Last Resort
Last Resort

1986-03-31

Journey of a Female Comic
Journey of a Female Comic

2014-05-16

Little Nikita
Little Nikita

1988-03-17

Jarhead
Jarhead

2005-11-04

Beyond Skyline
Beyond Skyline

2017-10-26

The Odds
The Odds

2010-01-01

Satanic Hispanics
Satanic Hispanics

2022-11-25

The 33
The 33

2015-08-06

The Death and Life of Bobby Z
The Death and Life of Bobby Z

2007-07-23

Water & Power
Water & Power

2014-05-02

The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart

2016-04-05

Crossing Point
Crossing Point

2016-05-03

Truth Be Told
Truth Be Told

2002-01-01

Selena
Selena

1997-03-21

The Public
The Public

2019-04-05

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

1997-04-25

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

2016-10-07

Are We Done Yet?
Are We Done Yet?

2007-04-04

Ernest Goes to Camp
Ernest Goes to Camp

1987-05-22

Peel
Peel

2019-02-07

Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother
Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother

2004-09-18

American Me
American Me

1992-03-13

Dr. Dolittle 2
Dr. Dolittle 2

2001-06-22

The Principal
The Principal

1987-09-18

Princess of the Row
Princess of the Row

2020-11-27

Santa Fe
Santa Fe

1997-06-25

Crimson Tide
Crimson Tide

1995-05-12

Red Sky
Red Sky

2014-03-12

Bobby
Bobby

2006-09-05

Kimi
Kimi

2022-02-10

Billy D and the Hall of Feathered Serpents featuring Money Shot by Puscifer
Billy D and the Hall of Feathered Serpents featuring Money Shot by Puscifer

2021-04-17

Plan B
Plan B

2021-06-18

EDNY
EDNY

2003-01-01