Jacob Vargas

Jacob Vargas

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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1971-08-18
Place of Birth: Michoacan, Mexico
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Movies List of Jacob Vargas

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The Hi-Lo Country

1998 Movie
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Traffic

2000 Movie
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Next Friday

2000 Movie
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Death Race

2008 Movie
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Sleep Dealer

2008 Movie
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Get Shorty

1995 Movie
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Flight of the Phoenix

2004 Movie
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Mi Vida Loca

1994 Movie
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The Hills Have Eyes 2

2007 Movie
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Airborne

1993 Movie
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Seeds of Tragedy

1991 Movie
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Love Lies Bleeding

2008 Movie
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Devil

2010 Movie
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My Family

1995 Movie
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Gas Food Lodging

1992 Movie
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Road Dogz

2002 Movie
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Dragonfly

2002 Movie
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Go for Sisters

2013 Movie
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Cesar Chavez

2014 Movie
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Heaven Is for Real

2014 Movie
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Last Resort

1986 Movie
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Little Nikita

1988 Movie
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Jarhead

2005 Movie
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Beyond Skyline

2017 Movie
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The Odds

2010 Movie
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Satanic Hispanics

2022 Movie
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The 33

2015 Movie
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Water & Power

2014 Movie
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The Tell-Tale Heart

2016 Movie
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Crossing Point

2016 Movie
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Truth Be Told

2002 Movie
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Selena

1997 Movie
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The Public

2019 Movie
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Are We Done Yet?

2007 Movie
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Ernest Goes to Camp

1987 Movie
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Peel

2019 Movie
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American Me

1992 Movie
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Dr. Dolittle 2

2001 Movie
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The Principal

1987 Movie
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Princess of the Row

2020 Movie
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Santa Fe

1997 Movie
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Crimson Tide

1995 Movie
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Red Sky

2014 Movie
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Bobby

2006 Movie
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Kimi

2022 Movie
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Plan B

2021 Movie
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EDNY

2003 Movie