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Jacob Vargas

Birth date: 18.08.1971

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 The Death and Life of Bobby Z (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 The Sleep Dealer (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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Filmography

# The Sleep Dealer (2006) .... Rudy # The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2006) .... Jorge Escobar # The Hills Have Eyes II (2007) .... PFC "Crank" # Bobby (2006) .... Miguel # The Virgin of Juarez (2006) .... Detective Lauro # "Numb3rs" .... Victor Borrego (1 episode, 2006) ... aka Num3ers (USA: promotional title) - Mind Games (2006) TV Episode .... Victor Borrego # TV: The Movie (2006) ... aka National Lampoon's TV the Movie (USA: complete title) # Jarhead (2005) .... Cortez ... aka Jarhead - Willkommen im Dreck (Germany) # The Wendell Baker Story (2005) .... Reyes # Tom 51 (2005) # Flight of the Phoenix (2004) .... Sammi # "CSI: NY" .... Luis Torres (1 episode, 2004) - Outside Man (2004) TV Episode .... Luis Torres # Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother (2004) .... Vincent Enano # "Kingpin" (2003) (mini) TV Series .... Ernesto 'El Huevudo' Romo # E.D.N.Y. (2003) (TV) # "Greetings from Tucson" (2002) TV Series .... Ernesto (unknown episodes) # RFK (2002) (TV) .... Cesar Chavez # "The Proud Family" .... Big Alto (1 episode, 2002) - The Altos (2002) TV Episode (voice) .... Big Alto # "Watching Ellie" .... Miguel (1 episode, 2002) - Gift (2002) TV Episode .... Miguel # "The Brothers Garcia" .... Cheuy (1 episode, 2002) - West Side Stories (2002) TV Episode .... Cheuy # Dragonfly (2002) .... Victor ... aka Im Zeichen der Libelle (Germany) # Final Breakdown (2002) .... Gonzalez ... aka Truth Be Told (USA: video title) ... aka Turnaround (USA) # "Six Feet Under" .... Manuel 'Paco' Bolin (1 episode, 2001) - Familia (2001) TV Episode .... Manuel 'Paco' Bolin # Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) (voice) .... Pepito ... aka DR.2 (USA: promotional abbreviation) ... aka DR2 (USA: promotional abbreviation) # Come and Take It Day (2001) .... Miguel # "Max Steel" (2001) TV Series .... Berto Martinez (unknown episodes) # She-Bat (2001) .... Zer # "Off Limits" (2001) TV Series .... Cast # Traffic (2000) .... Manolo Sanchez ... aka Traffic - Die Macht des Kartells (Germany) # Next Friday (2000) .... Joker # Road Dogz (2000) .... Danny Pacheco # The Hi-Lo Country (1998) .... Delfino Mondragon ... aka Hi-Lo Country - Im Land der letzten Cowboys (Germany: TV title) # USMA West Point (1998) (TV) # "Clueless" .... Ricardo (1 episode, 1997) - Salsa, Chlorine & Tears (1997) TV Episode .... Ricardo # Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) .... Ramon # Selena (1997) .... Abie Quintanilla # Santa Fe (1997) .... Jesus # "The Pretender" .... Javi Padillo (1 episode, 1996) - Every Picture Tells a Story (1996) TV Episode .... Javi Padillo # "Malibu Shores" .... Benny (10 episodes, 1996) - The Fall (1996) TV Episode .... Benny - Hotline (1996) TV Episode .... Benny - The Road Not Taken (1996) TV Episode .... Benny - The Competitive Edge (1996) TV Episode .... Benny - Cheating Hearts (1996) TV Episode .... Benny (5 more) # "ER" .... Diablo (1 episode, 1995) - A Miracle Happens Here (1995) TV Episode .... Diablo # "JAG" .... Corporal Cortez (1 episode, 1995) - War Cries (1995) TV Episode .... Corporal Cortez # Hotel Oasis (1995) .... Young Book Salesman ... aka Hotel Oasis (Spain) # Get Shorty (1995) .... Yayo Portillo # Crimson Tide (1995) .... Sonarman #2 # My Family (1995) .... Jose Sanchez ... aka Cafe con leche ... aka East L.A. (UK: video title) ... aka My Family, Mi Familia # Fatal Instinct (1993) .... Flower Delivery Man # Silent Rain (1993) .... Dave Alvers # Airborne (1993) .... Snake # Mi vida loca (1993) .... Ernesto ... aka My Crazy Life # Huck and the King of Hearts (1993) .... Pedro # "Full House" .... Enrique (1 episode, 1992) - Educating Jesse (1992) TV Episode .... Enrique # Gas, Food Lodging (1992) .... Javier # Steel Justice (1992) (TV) .... Arturo Gomez # American Me (1992) .... Paulito (age 15) # Seeds of Tragedy (1991) (TV) .... Cholo #2 # Never Forget (1991) (TV) .... Student # The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990) (TV) .... Miguel ... aka The Great Los Angeles Earthquake # Crack House (1989) .... Danny # "Hard Time on Planet Earth" .... Billy (1 episode, 1989) - The Hot Dog Man (1989) TV Episode .... Billy # Judgement (1989) .... Hispanic Boy ... aka Hitz # Little Nikita (1988) .... Miguel ... aka The Sleepers # "The Tracey Ullman Show" .... Taco Place Manager (1 episode, 1987) - Francesca's First Job (1987) TV Episode .... Taco Place Manager # The Principal (1987) .... Arturo Diego # Ernest Goes to Camp (1987) .... Butch 'Bubba' Vargas # The B.R.A.T. Patrol (1986) (TV) .... Student #2 # Last Resort (1986) .... Carlos ... aka She Knew No Other Way # Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story (1986) (TV) .... Enrique Mendoza # The Children of Times Square (1986) (TV) .... Alberto ... aka Street Wise (Australia: video title) # "Hunter" .... Emilio (1 episode, 1986) - Fagin 1986 (1986) TV Episode .... Emilio