Jacob Vargas

Jacob Vargas born August 18 1971 is a MexicanAmerican 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 Diffrent 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 Navas My Family 1995 He next starred in films including Crimson Tide 1995 Get Shorty 1995 Selena 1997 Romy and Micheles High School Reunion 1997 and the cult favorite Next Friday 2000 as Ice Cubes nemesis Joker His next role was Tijuana cop Manolo Benicio del Toros partner in Steven Soderberghs 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 coproduced 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 Moores Flight of the Phoenix 2004 Marine sniper Juan Cortez in Academy Awardwinning director Sam Mendes war drama Jarhead 2005 a straightarrow DEA agent in the action drama The Death and Life of Bobby Z 2006 a politically charged busboy Miguel in Emilio Estevezs historical drama Bobby 2006 and a psychologically tortured drone pilot Rudy Ramirez in Alex Riveras scifi 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 TellTale 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 Marvels Luke Cage Allesandro Montez on Sons of Anarchy and later on Mayans MC 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