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).
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.
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0889846
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q962944
Facebook: https://facebook.com/jacobvargasofficial
Instagram: https://instagram.com/jacobvargas
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Filmography (Movies)
Satanic Hispanics
Character:El Jefe
Release Date:25/11/2022
Kimi
Character:Glasses Thug
Release Date:10/02/2022
Plan B
Character:Pastor Pedro
Release Date:18/06/2021
Billy D and the Hall of Feathered Serpents featuring Money Shot by Puscifer
Character:Bartesian
Release Date:17/04/2021
Princess of the Row
Character:Donald
Release Date:27/11/2020
The Public
Character:Ernesto Ramirez
Release Date:05/04/2019
Peel
Character:Chuck
Release Date:07/02/2019
Beyond Skyline
Character:Garcia
Release Date:26/10/2017
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Character:Animation Voice (voice)
Release Date:07/10/2016
Crossing Point
Character:Jesus
Release Date:03/05/2016
The Tell-Tale Heart
Character:Adams
Release Date:05/04/2016
The 33
Character:Edison 'Elvis' Peña
Release Date:06/08/2015
The Journey of a Female Comic
Character:
Release Date:16/05/2014
Water & Power
Character:Asuncion Garcia
Release Date:02/05/2014
Heaven Is for Real
Character:Michael
Release Date:16/04/2014
Cesar Chavez
Character:Richard Chavez
Release Date:28/03/2014
Red Sky
Character:Jorge 'P-Dawg' Vasquez
Release Date:12/03/2014
Go for Sisters
Character:Navajas
Release Date:08/11/2013
Devil
Character:Ramirez
Release Date:16/09/2010
The Odds
Character:Sergio Vargas
Release Date:01/01/2010
Sleep Dealer
Character:Rudy Ramirez
Release Date:10/12/2008
Death Race
Character:Gunner
Release Date:22/08/2008
Love Lies Bleeding
Character:Detective Billy Jones
Release Date:15/01/2008
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Character:Jorge Escobar
Release Date:23/07/2007
Are We Done Yet?
Character:Mike the Plumber
Release Date:04/04/2007
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Character:Crank
Release Date:22/03/2007
Bobby
Character:Miguel
Release Date:05/09/2006
National Lampoon's TV: The Movie
Character:Tijuana Cop 2 / Announcer / Charlotte
Release Date:06/08/2006
The Virgin of Juarez
Character:Detective Lauro
Release Date:13/03/2006
Jarhead
Character:Juan Cortez
Release Date:04/11/2005
The Wendell Baker Story
Character:Reyes Morales
Release Date:03/08/2005
Flight of the Phoenix
Character:Sammi
Release Date:17/12/2004
Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother
Character:Vincent Enano
Release Date:18/09/2004
E.D.N.Y.
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2003
Road Dogz
Character:Danny Pacheco
Release Date:26/03/2002
Dragonfly
Character:Victor
Release Date:22/02/2002
Truth Be Told
Character:Gonzalez
Release Date:01/01/2002
Dr. Dolittle 2
Character:Pepito (voice)
Release Date:22/06/2001
Come and Take It Day
Character:Miguel
Release Date:22/02/2001
Traffic
Character:Manolo Sanchez
Release Date:27/12/2000
Next Friday
Character:Joker
Release Date:12/01/2000
The Hi-Lo Country
Character:Delfino Mondragon
Release Date:30/12/1998
Santa Fe
Character:Jesus
Release Date:25/06/1997
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Character:Ramon
Release Date:25/04/1997
Selena
Character:A. B. Quintanilla
Release Date:21/03/1997
Get Shorty
Character:Yayo Portillo
Release Date:20/10/1995
Crimson Tide
Character:Sonarman #2
Release Date:12/05/1995
My Family
Character:Young Jose
Release Date:03/05/1995
Mi Vida Loca
Character:Ernesto
Release Date:08/06/1994
Huck and the King of Hearts
Character:Pedro
Release Date:02/02/1994
Airborne
Character:Snake
Release Date:17/09/1993
Gas Food Lodging
Character:Javier
Release Date:10/07/1992
American Me
Character:Paulito - Age 15
Release Date:13/03/1992
Seeds of Tragedy
Character:Cholo #2
Release Date:15/06/1991
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Character:Miguel
Release Date:11/11/1990
Little Nikita
Character:Miguel
Release Date:17/03/1988
The Principal
Character:Arturo Diego
Release Date:18/09/1987
Ernest Goes to Camp
Character:Bubba Vargas
Release Date:22/05/1987
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
Character:Enrique Mendoza
Release Date:31/03/1986
Last Resort
Character:Carlos
Release Date:31/03/1986
Television Appearances
National Treasure: Edge of History
Character:Rafael
Surfside Girls
Character:Bob
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
Character:Tony Ochoa
Solar Opposites
Character:
Mr. Iglesias
Character:Tony Medina
Mayans M.C.
Character:Allesandro Montez
Mosaic
Character:Horacio
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Character:Mario
Marvel's Luke Cage
Character:Domingo Colon
Colony
Character:Carlos
Complications
Character:Ramon
Hand of God
Character:Julio Farkas (uncredited)
Blue
Character:Roy
Young Justice
Character:Sebastian Cardona / Cisco Ramon (voice)
The Good Guys
Character:Tico
The Mentalist
Character:Chief Rick Anaya
Sons of Anarchy
Character:Allesandro Montez
Moonlight
Character:Guillermo
Burn Notice
Character:Omar Hernandez
Psych
Character:Juan Lava
Numb3rs
Character:Victor Borrego
Medium
Character:Eduardo Garcia
CSI: NY
Character:Luis Torres
Cold Case
Character:Angelo Rivera (2009)
Kingpin
Character:
CSI: Miami
Character:Felix Medina
Greetings from Tucson
Character:Ernesto Tiant
The Proud Family
Character:Punch Alto (voice)
Six Feet Under
Character:Manuel 'Paco' Bolin
Max Steel
Character:Dr. Roberto Martinez (voice)
Clueless
Character:
The Pretender
Character:Javi Padillo
Malibu Shores
Character:
JAG
Character:Corporal Cortez
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Character:Prince Luis (voice)
ER
Character:Diablo
Full House
Character:
Hunter
Character:Emilio Morales
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