- Name: Jacob Vargas
- Date of Birth: August 18, 1971
- Place of Birth: Michoacan, Mexico
Mini-bio:
Jacob Vargas 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 Str...( read more)
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 Str...( read more)
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Jacob Vargas mini-bio: Jacob Vargas 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). 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 later starred in films such as Selena (1997),
Get Shorty (1995), American Me (1992), Romy and Michele's High School
Reunion (1997) and the cult favorite Next Friday (2000) as Ice Cube's
nemesis, Joker. He later shined as 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. He then made us laugh as Sammy the chef in John Moore's
Flight of the Phoenix (2004) and brought depth to Marine sniper Cortez in
Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes' war drama Jarhead (2005). In
2006 he starred as a straight-arrow DEA agent opposite Laurence Fishburne
and Paul Walker in the action drama _Death and Life of Bobby Z, The
(2006)_ and joined an all-star cast as a politically charged busboy in
Emilio Estevez's historical drama Bobby (2006) and played a
psychologically tortured drone pilot in Alex Rivera's sci-fi political
love story _Sleep Dealer, The (2006)_. Not satisfied with just being
labeled as an actor, he has also been focusing his talents on writing and
producing through his production company, Third Son Productions. In 2001
he executive produced and starred in the independent film Road Dogz
(2000). He also co-produced and starred in the stage play "Latinologues",
which ran on Broadway in 2005 and is available on DVD. Through Third Son
Productions, he is currently developing several feature film and
television projects.
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canucks1624posted 337 days ago -
these are his other movies missing in his
filmography:
Selena
American Me
Are We Done Yetposted 723 days ago
