Name: Jacob Vargas
Date of Birth: 18 August 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)_ (qv). In 1995 he won the very first ALMA Award (for Emerging Artist of the Year) for his work in both 'Allison Anders' (qv)' _Mi vida loca (1993)_ (qv) and 'Gregory Nava' (qv)'s _My Family (1995)_ (qv). He later starred in films such as _Selena (1997)_ (qv), _Get Shorty (1995)_ (qv), _A... merican Me (1992)_ (qv), _Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)_ (qv) and the cult favorite _Next Friday (2000)_ (qv) as 'Ice Cube' (qv)'s nemesis, Joker. He later shined as Tijuana cop Manolo, 'Benicio del Toro''s partner in 'Steven Soderbergh' (qv)'s Academy Award- winning film _Traffic (2000)_ (qv), which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award and another ALMA Award. He then made us laugh as Sammy the chef in 'John Moore (V)' (qv)'s _Flight of the Phoenix (2004)_ (qv) and brought depth to Marine sniper Cortez in Academy Award-winning director 'Sam Mendes (I)' (qv)' war drama _Jarhead (2005)_ (qv). In 2006 he starred as a straight-arrow DEA agent opposite 'Laurence Fishburne' (qv) and 'Paul Walker (I)' (qv) 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' (qv)'s historical drama _Bobby (2006)_ (qv) and played a psychologically tortured drone pilot in 'Alex Rivera (II)' (qv)'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)_ (qv). 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.Read more Jacob Vargas movies (actor)User Comments |
