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Date of Birth:
Jacob Vargas
18 August 1971
Jacob Vargas played in 17 movies in the Family, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Adventure, Sport, Music, Crime, Thriller, Biography, Music, Action, Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery genres.
Jacob Vargas got succeed with average imdb rating 5.7.
Jacob Vargas 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 disclose _"Diff'rent Strokes" (1978)_ (qv). In 1995 he won the very essential ALMA Award (inasmuch as Emerging Artist of the Year) on his work in both 'Allison Anders' (qv)' _Mi vida loca (1993)_ (qv) and 'Gregory Nava' (qv)'s _My Division (1995)_ (qv). He later starred in films such as _Selena (1997)_ (qv), _Enjoy Shor... ty (1995)_ (qv), _American Me (1992)_ (qv), _Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)_ (qv) and the cult favorite _Next Friday (2000)_ (qv) as 'Ice Cube' (qv)'s nemesis, Joker. He later shined as Tijuana cop Manolo, 'Benicio del Toro''s partner in 'Steven Soderbergh' (qv)'s Academy Prize- engaging film _Traffic (2000)_ (qv), which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award and another ALMA Endowment. He then made us deny as Sammy the chef in 'John Moore (V)' (qv)'s _Shove off of the Phoenix (2004)_ (qv) and brought depth to Marine sniper Cortez in Academy Award-endearing kingpin 'Sam Mendes (I)' (qv)' combat drama _Jarhead (2005)_ (qv). In 2006 he starred as a straight-arrow DEA agent contradictory 'Laurence Fishburne' (qv) and 'Paul Walker (I)' (qv) in the activity drama _Cessation and Life of Bobby Z, The (2006)_ and joined an all-personage cast as a politically charged busboy in 'Emilio Estevez' (qv)'s factual drama _Bobby (2006)_ (qv) and played a psychologically tortured drone pilot in 'Alex Rivera (II)' (qv)'s sci-fi governmental love facts _Sleep Trade, The (2006)_. Not satisfied with just being labeled as an actor, he has also been focusing his talents on writing and producing during his moving picture coterie, Third Son Productions. In 2001 he administrator produced and starred in the independent movie _Road Dogz (2000)_ (qv). He also co-produced and starred in the stage impose on behave "Latinologues", which ran on Broadway in 2005 and is available on DVD. Middle of Third Son Productions, he is currently developing certain feature overlay and tube projects.Read more Less
