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), 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.
Filmography
all 91
Movies 56
TV Shows 35
Voice 5
Producer 1
Director 1
Satanic Hispanics (2023)
National Treasure: Edge of History (2022)
Surfside Girls (2022)
Kimi (2022)
Plan B (2021)
Billy D and the Hall of Feathered Serpents featuring Money Shot by Puscifer (2021)
Princess of the Row (2020)
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event (2020)
Mr. Iglesias (2019)
The Public (2019)
Peel (2019)
Mayans M.C. (2018)
Mosaic (2018)
Tarantula (2017)
Beyond Skyline (2017)
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017)
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)
Marvel's Luke Cage (2016)
Crossing Point (2016)
The Tell-Tale Heart (2016)
Colony (2016)
The 33 (2015)
Complications (2015)
Journey of a Female Comic (2014)
Heaven Is for Real (2014)
Cesar Chavez (2014)
Red Sky (2014)
Go for Sisters (2013)
Blue (2012)
Young Justice (2010)
Devil (2010)
The Odds (2010)
Sleep Dealer (2008)
The Mentalist (2008)
Sons of Anarchy (2008)
Death Race (2008)
Love Lies Bleeding (2008)
Moonlight (2007)
Burn Notice (2007)
Are We Done Yet? (2007)
The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007)
Bobby (2006)
National Lampoon's TV: The Movie (2006)
Psych (2006)
Jarhead (2005)
The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
Numb3rs (2005)
Medium (2005)
Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
CSI: NY (2004)
Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother (2004)
Cold Case (2003)
Kingpin (2003)
EDNY (2003)
Greetings From Tucson (2002)
Road Dogz (2002)
Dragonfly (2002)
Truth Be Told (2002)
The Proud Family (2001)
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
Six Feet Under (2001)
Traffic (2000)
Max Steel (2000)
Next Friday (2000)
The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
Santa Fe (1997)
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
Selena (1997)
Clueless (1996)
The Pretender (1996)
Malibu Shores (1996)
Get Shorty (1995)
JAG (1995)
Crimson Tide (1995)
My Family (1995)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
ER (1994)
Mi Vida Loca (1994)
Airborne (1993)
Gas Food Lodging (1992)
American Me (1992)
Seeds of Tragedy (1991)
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)
Little Nikita (1988)
Full House (1987)
The Principal (1987)
Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story (1986)
Last Resort (1986)
Hunter (1984)
Endgame
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GenderMale
Birthday1971-08-18 (52 years old)
Birth PlaceMichoacán, Mexico
CitizenshipsMexico
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