Jacob Vargas
Actor
Born August 18, 1971 in Michoacan, Mexico
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).
Filmography
National Treasure: Edge of History
Rafael
Satanic Hispanics
El Jefe
Surfside Girls
Bob
Kimi
Glasses Thug
Plan B
Pastor Pedro
Billy D and the Hall of Feathered Serpents featuring Money Shot by Puscifer
Bartesian
Princess of the Row
Donald
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
Tony Ochoa
Solar Opposites
Mr. Iglesias
Tony Medina
The Public
Ernesto Ramirez
Peel
Chuck
Mayans M.C.
Allesandro Montez
Mosaic
Horacio
Beyond Skyline
Garcia
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Mario
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Animation Voice (voice)
Marvel's Luke Cage
Domingo Colon
Crossing Point
Jesus
The Tell-Tale Heart
Adams
Colony
Carlos
The 33
Edison 'Elvis' Peña
Complications
Ramon
Hand of God
Julio Farkas (uncredited)
The Journey of a Female Comic
Water & Power
Asuncion Garcia
Heaven Is for Real
Michael
Cesar Chavez
Richard Chavez
Red Sky
Jorge 'P-Dawg' Vasquez
Go for Sisters
Navajas
Blue
Roy
Young Justice
Sebastian Cardona / Cisco Ramon (voice)
Devil
Ramirez
The Good Guys
Tico
The Odds
Sergio Vargas
Sleep Dealer
Rudy Ramirez
The Mentalist
Chief Rick Anaya
Sons of Anarchy
Allesandro Montez
Death Race
Gunner
Love Lies Bleeding
Detective Billy Jones
Moonlight
Guillermo
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Jorge Escobar
Burn Notice
Omar Hernandez
Are We Done Yet?
Mike the Plumber
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Crank
Bobby
Miguel
National Lampoon's TV: The Movie
Tijuana Cop 2 / Announcer / Charlotte
Psych
Juan Lava
The Virgin of Juarez
Detective Lauro
"Jarhead" Diaries
Self
Jarhead
Juan Cortez
The Wendell Baker Story
Reyes Morales
Numb3rs
Victor Borrego
Medium
Eduardo Garcia
Flight of the Phoenix
Sammi
CSI: NY
Luis Torres
Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother
Vincent Enano
Cold Case
Angelo Rivera (2009)
Kingpin
CSI: Miami
Felix Medina
Greetings from Tucson
Ernesto Tiant
Road Dogz
Danny Pacheco
Watching Ellie
Miguel
Dragonfly
Victor
Truth Be Told
Gonzalez
The Proud Family
Punch Alto (voice)
Dr. Dolittle 2
Pepito (voice)
Six Feet Under
Manuel 'Paco' Bolin
Come and Take It Day
Miguel
Traffic
Manolo Sanchez
Max Steel
Dr. Roberto Martinez (voice)
Next Friday
Joker
The Hi-Lo Country
Delfino Mondragon
Santa Fe
Jesus
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Ramon
Selena
A. B. Quintanilla
Clueless
The Pretender
Javi Padillo
Malibu Shores
Get Shorty
Yayo Portillo
JAG
Corporal Cortez
Crimson Tide
Sonarman #2
My Family
Young Jose
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Prince Luis (voice)
ER
Diablo
Mi Vida Loca
Ernesto
Huck and the King of Hearts
Pedro
Fatal Instinct
Flower Delivery Man
Airborne
Snake
Gas Food Lodging
Javier
American Me
Paulito - Age 15
Seeds of Tragedy
Cholo #2
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Miguel
Little Nikita
Miguel
Full House
The Principal
Arturo Diego
Ernest Goes to Camp
Bubba Vargas
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
Enrique Mendoza
Last Resort
Carlos
Hunter
Emilio Morales