Jacob Vargas

ActorProductionDirectorWriterProducer Aug 18 (age 54) Michoacan, Mexico 1984–2022 (38 year career)

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Biography

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),…

Known For

Film

Selena

A. B. Quintanilla

Film

Traffic

Manolo Sanchez

Film

Crimson Tide

Sonarman #2

Film

Jarhead

Juan Cortez

Film

Death Race

Gunner

Film

Devil

Ramirez

Film

Get Shorty

Yayo Portillo

Film

Heaven Is for Real

Michael

Filmography

Acting (100)

Movies (61)

Kimi

as Glasses Thug

Satanic Hispanics

as El Jefe

Plan B

as Pastor Pedro

Billy D and the Hall of Feathered Serpents featuring Money Shot by Puscifer

2021

as Bartesian

Princess of the Row

as Donald

The Public

as Ernesto Ramirez

Peel

as Chuck

Beyond Skyline

as Garcia

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

2016

as Animation Voice (voice)

Crossing Point

as Jesus

The Tell-Tale Heart

as Adams

The 33

as Edison 'Elvis' Peña

Heaven Is for Real

as Michael

Cesar Chavez

as Richard Chavez

Red Sky

as Jorge 'P-Dawg' Vasquez

4.4

The Journey of a Female Comic

Water & Power

as Asuncion Garcia

Go for Sisters

as Navajas

Devil

as Ramirez

The Odds

as Sergio Vargas

Death Race

as Gunner

Sleep Dealer

as Rudy Ramirez

Love Lies Bleeding

as Detective Billy Jones

6.1

The Hills Have Eyes 2

as Crank

Are We Done Yet?

as Mike the Plumber

The Death and Life of Bobby Z

as Jorge Escobar

Bobby

as Miguel

The Virgin of Juarez

as Detective Lauro

National Lampoon's TV: The Movie

2006

as Tijuana Cop 2 / Announcer / Charlotte

4.2

Jarhead

2005

as Juan Cortez

6.7

The Wendell Baker Story

2005

as Reyes Morales

5.0

Flight of the Phoenix

2004

as Sammi

6.0

Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother

as Vincent Enano

E.D.N.Y.

Dragonfly

as Victor

Truth Be Told

as Gonzalez

Road Dogz

as Danny Pacheco

Dr. Dolittle 2

as Pepito (voice)

Come and Take It Day

as Miguel

Traffic

as Manolo Sanchez

Next Friday

as Joker

The Hi-Lo Country

as Delfino Mondragon

Selena

as A. B. Quintanilla

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

as Ramon

Santa Fe

as Jesus

Crimson Tide

as Sonarman #2

Get Shorty

as Yayo Portillo

My Family

as Young Jose

Mi Vida Loca

as Ernesto

Huck and the King of Hearts

as Pedro

Airborne

as Snake

Fatal Instinct

as Flower Delivery Man

American Me

as Paulito - Age 15

Gas Food Lodging

as Javier

Seeds of Tragedy

as Cholo #2

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

as Miguel

Little Nikita

as Miguel

The Principal

as Arturo Diego

Ernest Goes to Camp

as Bubba Vargas

Last Resort

as Carlos

Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story

1986

as Enrique Mendoza

1.0

Television (39)

National Treasure: Edge of History

as Rafael

Surfside Girls

as Bob

Solar Opposites

GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event

as Tony Ochoa

Mr. Iglesias

as Tony Medina

Mayans M.C.

as Allesandro Montez

Mosaic

as Horacio

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

as Mario

Marvel's Luke Cage

as Domingo Colon

Colony

as Carlos

Complications

as Ramon

Hand of God

as Julio Farkas (uncredited)

Blue

as Roy

Young Justice

as Sebastian Cardona / Cisco Ramon (voice)

The Good Guys

as Tico

The Mentalist

as Chief Rick Anaya

Sons of Anarchy

as Allesandro Montez

Burn Notice

as Omar Hernandez

Moonlight

as Guillermo

Psych

as Juan Lava

Numb3rs

as Victor Borrego

Medium

as Eduardo Garcia

CSI: NY

as Luis Torres

Cold Case

as Angelo Rivera (2009)

Kingpin

CSI: Miami

as Felix Medina

Watching Ellie

as Miguel

Greetings from Tucson

2002

as Ernesto Tiant

Six Feet Under

2001

as Manuel 'Paco' Bolin

8.1

The Proud Family

2001

as Punch Alto (voice)

7.7

Max Steel

2000

as Dr. Roberto Martinez (voice)

The Pretender

as Javi Padillo

Clueless

Malibu Shores

JAG

as Corporal Cortez

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

as Prince Luis (voice)

as Diablo

Full House

Hunter

as Emilio Morales

Crew (4)

Movies (4)

National Lampoon's TV: The Movie

2006

Co-Producer

4.2

E.D.N.Y.

2003

Director

E.D.N.Y.

2003

Writer

Road Dogz

2002

Executive Producer

6.7