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Jacob Vargas

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53 Years Old

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.

Born

Michoacan, Mexico on 18th August 1971

All Credits

The Mentalist Image
The Mentalist
Chief Rick Anaya
Sons of Anarchy Image
Sons of Anarchy
Allesandro Montez
Psych Image
Psych
Juan Lava
CSI: NY Image
CSI: NY
Luis Torres
Medium Image
Medium
Eduardo Garcia
Young Justice Image
Young Justice
Sebastian Cardona / Cisco Ramon (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Image
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Prince Luis (voice)
Cold Case Image
Cold Case
Angelo Rivera (2009)
Full House Image
Full House
Burn Notice Image
Burn Notice
Omar Hernandez
Marvel's Luke Cage Image
Marvel's Luke Cage
Domingo Colon
Numb3rs Image
Numb3rs
The Proud Family Image
The Proud Family
Punch Alto (voice)
ER Image
ER
Diablo
Six Feet Under Image
Six Feet Under
Manuel 'Paco' Bolin
JAG Image
JAG
Corporal Cortez
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Image
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Mario
Solar Opposites Image
Solar Opposites
Hunter Image
Hunter
Emilio Morales
Colony Image
Colony
Carlos
Mayans M.C. Image
Mayans M.C.
Allesandro Montez
Clueless Image
Clueless
Mr. Iglesias Image
Mr. Iglesias
Tony Medina
Moonlight Image
Moonlight
Guillermo
National Treasure: Edge of History Image
National Treasure: Edge of History
Rafael
The Pretender Image
The Pretender
Javi Padillo
Blue Image
Blue
Roy
Mosaic Image
Mosaic
Horacio
Hand of God Image
Hand of God
Julio Farkas (uncredited)
Complications Image
Complications
Ramon
Max Steel Image
Max Steel
Dr. Roberto Martinez (voice)
Surfside Girls Image
Surfside Girls
Bob
Death Race Image
Death Race
Gunner
Malibu Shores Image
Malibu Shores
Heaven Is for Real Image
Heaven Is for Real
Michael
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event Image
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
Tony Ochoa
The Hills Have Eyes 2 Image
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Crank
Jarhead Image
Jarhead
Juan Cortez
Crimson Tide Image
Crimson Tide
Sonarman #2
Traffic Image
Traffic
Manolo Sanchez
No Image
Greetings From Tucson
Ernesto Tiant
Dragonfly Image
Dragonfly
Victor
Next Friday Image
Next Friday
Joker
Are We Done Yet? Image
Are We Done Yet?
Mike the Plumber
Get Shorty Image
Get Shorty
Yayo Portillo
The 33 Image
The 33
Edison 'Elvis' Peña
Flight of the Phoenix Image
Flight of the Phoenix
Sammi
Kimi Image
Kimi
Glasses Thug
Selena Image
Selena
A. B. Quintanilla
Devil Image
Devil
Ramirez
Dr. Dolittle 2 Image
Dr. Dolittle 2
Pepito (voice)
Kingpin Image
Kingpin
Bobby Image
Bobby
Miguel
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life Image
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Animation Voice (voice)
American Me Image
American Me
Paulito - Age 15
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion Image
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Ramon
The Death and Life of Bobby Z Image
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Jorge Escobar
Beyond Skyline Image
Beyond Skyline
Garcia
The Principal Image
The Principal
Arturo Diego
Plan B Image
Plan B
Pastor Pedro
Airborne Image
Airborne
Snake
My Family Image
My Family
Young Jose
Mi Vida Loca Image
Mi Vida Loca
Ernesto
The Hi-Lo Country Image
The Hi-Lo Country
Delfino Mondragon
Red Sky Image
Red Sky
Jorge 'P-Dawg' Vasquez
National Lampoon's TV: The Movie Image
National Lampoon's TV: The Movie
Tijuana Cop 2 / Announcer / Charlotte
Little Nikita Image
Little Nikita
Miguel
Love Lies Bleeding Image
Love Lies Bleeding
Detective Billy Jones
Peel Image
Peel
Chuck
The Journey of a Female Comic Image
The Journey of a Female Comic
Cesar Chavez Image
Cesar Chavez
Richard Chavez
The Wendell Baker Story Image
The Wendell Baker Story
Reyes Morales
Sleep Dealer Image
Sleep Dealer
Rudy Ramirez
Ernest Goes to Camp Image
Ernest Goes to Camp
Bubba Vargas
Last Resort Image
Last Resort
Carlos
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake Image
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Miguel
Princess of the Row Image
Princess of the Row
Donald
Crossing Point Image
Crossing Point
Jesus
The Public Image
The Public
Gas Food Lodging Image
Gas Food Lodging
Javier
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Satanic Hispanics
El Jefe
Go for Sisters Image
Go for Sisters
Navajas
No Image
E.D.N.Y.
Road Dogz Image
Road Dogz
Danny Pacheco
Santa Fe Image
Santa Fe
Jesus
Water & Power Image
Water & Power
Asuncion Garcia
Seeds of Tragedy Image
Seeds of Tragedy
Cholo #2
Billy D and the Hall of Feathered Serpents featuring Money Shot by Puscifer Image
Billy D and the Hall of Feathered Serpents featuring Money Shot by Puscifer
Bartesian
The Tell-Tale Heart Image
The Tell-Tale Heart
Adams
Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother Image
Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother
Vincent Enano
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story Image
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
Enrique Mendoza
The Odds Image
The Odds
Sergio Vargas
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Truth Be Told
Gonzalez
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Come and Take It Day
Miguel