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Jacob Vargas
1.0 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.8
Rafael
National Treasure: Edge of History
2022
5.9
El Jefe
Satanic Hispanics
2022
5.8
Bob
Surfside Girls
2022
6.2
Glasses Thug
Kimi
2022
6.2
Pastor Pedro
Plan B
2021
0.0
Bartesian
Billy D and the Hall of Feathered Serpents featuring Money Shot by Puscifer
2021
5.9
Donald
Princess of the Row
2020
6.9
Tony Ochoa
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
2020
7.8
Solar Opposites
2020
7.5
Tony Medina
Mr. Iglesias
2019
Credits
National Treasure: Edge of History
as Rafael
2022
6.8
Satanic Hispanics
as El Jefe
2022
5.9
Surfside Girls
as Bob
2022
5.8
Kimi
as Glasses Thug
2022
6.2
Plan B
as Pastor Pedro
2021
6.2
Billy D and the Hall of Feathered Serpents featuring Money Shot by Puscifer
as Bartesian
2021
0.0
Princess of the Row
as Donald
2020
5.9
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
as Tony Ochoa
2020
6.9
Solar Opposites
2020
7.8
Mr. Iglesias
as Tony Medina
2019
7.5
The Public
as Ernesto Ramirez
2019
6.5
Peel
as Chuck
2019
6.4
Mayans M.C.
as Allesandro Montez
2018
8.0
Mosaic
as Horacio
2018
6.5
Beyond Skyline
as Garcia
2017
5.3
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
as Mario
2017
7.0
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
as Animation Voice (voice)
2016
7.0
Marvel's Luke Cage
as Domingo Colon
2016
6.9
Crossing Point
as Jesus
2016
5.1
The Tell-Tale Heart
as Adams
2016
5.2
Colony
as Carlos
2016
6.9
The 33
as Edison 'Elvis' Peña
2015
6.4
Complications
as Ramon
2015
6.3
Hand of God
as Julio Farkas (uncredited)
2014
6.7
The Journey of a Female Comic
2014
6.2
Water & Power
as Asuncion Garcia
2014
6.5
Heaven Is for Real
as Michael
2014
6.8
Cesar Chavez
as Richard Chavez
2014
6.2
Red Sky
as Jorge 'P-Dawg' Vasquez
2014
4.4
Go for Sisters
as Navajas
2013
6.0
Blue
as Roy
2012
7.1
Young Justice
as Sebastian Cardona / Cisco Ramon (voice)
2010
8.4
Devil
as Ramirez
2010
6.1
The Good Guys
as Tico
2010
7.3
The Odds
as Sergio Vargas
2010
0.0
Sleep Dealer
as Rudy Ramirez
2008
5.9
The Mentalist
as Chief Rick Anaya
2008
8.4
Sons of Anarchy
as Allesandro Montez
2008
8.4
Death Race
as Gunner
2008
6.3
Love Lies Bleeding
as Detective Billy Jones
2008
6.1
Moonlight
as Guillermo
2007
7.3
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
as Jorge Escobar
2007
6.1
Burn Notice
as Omar Hernandez
2007
7.5
Are We Done Yet?
as Mike the Plumber
2007
5.8
The Hills Have Eyes 2
as Crank
2007
5.6
Bobby
as Miguel
2006
6.4
National Lampoon's TV: The Movie
as Tijuana Cop 2 / Announcer / Charlotte
2006
4.2
Psych
as Juan Lava
2006
7.9
The Virgin of Juarez
as Detective Lauro
2006
6.3
Jarhead
as Juan Cortez
2005
6.7
The Wendell Baker Story
as Reyes Morales
2005
5.0
Numb3rs
as Victor Borrego
2005
7.0
Medium
as Eduardo Garcia
2005
7.5
Flight of the Phoenix
as Sammi
2004
6.0
CSI: NY
as Luis Torres
2004
7.4
Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother
as Vincent Enano
2004
1.0
Cold Case
as Angelo Rivera (2009)
2003
7.8
Kingpin
2003
6.1
🎬
E.D.N.Y.
2003
0.0
CSI: Miami
as Felix Medina
2002
7.7
🎬
Greetings from Tucson
as Ernesto Tiant
2002
0.0
Road Dogz
as Danny Pacheco
2002
6.7
Dragonfly
as Victor
2002
6.5
Truth Be Told
as Gonzalez
2002
7.5
The Proud Family
as Punch Alto (voice)
2001
7.7
Dr. Dolittle 2
as Pepito (voice)
2001
5.3
Six Feet Under
as Manuel 'Paco' Bolin
2001
8.1
Come and Take It Day
as Miguel
2001
0.0
Traffic
as Manolo Sanchez
2000
7.1
Max Steel
as Dr. Roberto Martinez (voice)
2000
8.2
Next Friday
as Joker
2000
6.5
The Hi-Lo Country
as Delfino Mondragon
1998
6.1
Santa Fe
as Jesus
1997
3.4
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
as Ramon
1997
6.2
Selena
as A. B. Quintanilla
1997
7.7
Clueless
1996
6.1
The Pretender
as Javi Padillo
1996
7.3
Malibu Shores
1996
7.3
Get Shorty
as Yayo Portillo
1995
6.5
JAG
as Corporal Cortez
1995
7.3
Crimson Tide
as Sonarman #2
1995
7.2
My Family
as Young Jose
1995
7.4
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Prince Luis (voice)
1995
6.0
ER
as Diablo
1994
7.8
Mi Vida Loca
as Ernesto
1994
6.6
Huck and the King of Hearts
as Pedro
1994
5.5
Airborne
as Snake
1993
5.9
Gas Food Lodging
as Javier
1992
6.3
American Me
as Paulito - Age 15
1992
7.4
Seeds of Tragedy
as Cholo #2
1991
6.7
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
as Miguel
1990
6.7
Little Nikita
as Miguel
1988
6.1
Full House
1987
7.6
The Principal
as Arturo Diego
1987
6.5
Ernest Goes to Camp
as Bubba Vargas
1987
5.3
Last Resort
as Carlos
1986
3.3
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
as Enrique Mendoza
1986
1.0
Hunter
as Emilio Morales
1984
7.1