Jacob Vargas
Acting
Born: August 18, 1971 (age 55) · Michoacan, Mexico
Highest Rated
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
The Mentalist
2008
Death Race
2008
Sons of Anarchy
2008
Jarhead
2005
Devil
2010
Traffic
2000
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016
Crimson Tide
1995
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001
CSI: Miami
2002
The Hills Have Eyes 2
2007
Selena
1997
Photos (5)
Movies (60)
Death Race
Gunner
Jarhead
Juan Cortez
Crimson Tide
Sonarman #2
Traffic
Manolo Sanchez
Devil
Ramirez
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Crank
Get Shorty
Yayo Portillo
Dr. Dolittle 2
Pepito (voice)
Flight of the Phoenix
Sammi
Kimi
Glasses Thug
Are We Done Yet?
Mike the Plumber
Heaven Is for Real
Michael
Dragonfly
Victor
Next Friday
Joker
The 33
Edison 'Elvis' Peña
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Animation Voice (voice)
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Jorge Escobar
The Principal
Arturo Diego
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Ramon
American Me
Paulito - Age 15
Princess of the Row
Donald
The Public
Ernesto Ramirez
Selena
A. B. Quintanilla
Ernest Goes to Camp
Bubba Vargas
Fatal Instinct
Flower Delivery Man
Little Nikita
Miguel
Bobby
Miguel
Airborne
Snake
My Family
Young Jose
Beyond Skyline
Garcia
Crossing Point
Jesus
The Hi-Lo Country
Delfino Mondragon
Cesar Chavez
Richard Chavez
Love Lies Bleeding
Detective Billy Jones
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Miguel
Red Sky
Jorge 'P-Dawg' Vasquez
The Wendell Baker Story
Reyes Morales
Mi Vida Loca
Ernesto
Peel
Chuck
Gas Food Lodging
Javier
The Odds
Sergio Vargas
Satanic Hispanics
El Jefe
Plan B
Pastor Pedro
Road Dogz
Danny Pacheco
Santa Fe
Jesus
Water & Power
Asuncion Garcia
Last Resort
Carlos
The Virgin of Juarez
Detective Lauro
Sleep Dealer
Rudy Ramirez
Go for Sisters
Navajas
National Lampoon's TV: The Movie
Tijuana Cop 2 / Announcer / Charlotte
The Tell-Tale Heart
Adams
Seeds of Tragedy
Cholo #2
Truth Be Told
Gonzalez
Huck and the King of Hearts
Pedro
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
Enrique Mendoza
Billy D and the Hall of Feathered Serpents featuring Money Shot by Puscifer
Bartesian
The Journey of a Female Comic
2014
Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother
Vincent Enano
Come and Take It Day
Miguel
TV Shows (39)
The Mentalist
Chief Rick Anaya · 1 eps
CSI: Miami
Felix Medina · 1 eps
JAG
Corporal Cortez · 1 eps
Sons of Anarchy
Allesandro Montez · 15 eps
Psych
Juan Lava · 1 eps
Cold Case
Angelo Rivera (2009) · 1 eps
Young Justice
Sebastian Cardona / Cisco Ramon (voice) · 1 eps
Full House
1 eps
CSI: NY
Luis Torres · 1 eps
ER
Diablo · 1 eps
Medium
Eduardo Garcia · 1 eps
Numb3rs
Victor Borrego · 1 eps
Six Feet Under
Manuel 'Paco' Bolin · 1 eps
Burn Notice
Omar Hernandez · 1 eps
Hunter
Emilio Morales · 1 eps
Solar Opposites
1 eps
The Pretender
Javi Padillo · 1 eps
Mayans M.C.
Allesandro Montez · 3 eps
Colony
Carlos · 3 eps
The Good Guys
Tico · 1 eps
Marvel's Luke Cage
Domingo Colon · 6 eps
The Proud Family
Punch Alto (voice) · 1 eps
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Prince Luis (voice) · 1 eps
Clueless
1 eps
Moonlight
Guillermo · 5 eps
National Treasure: Edge of History
Rafael · 4 eps
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Mario · 1 eps
Hand of God
Julio Farkas (uncredited) · 1 eps
Blue
Roy · 4 eps
Mr. Iglesias
Tony Medina · 21 eps
Surfside Girls
Bob · 7 eps
Max Steel
Dr. Roberto Martinez (voice) · 22 eps
Mosaic
Horacio · 6 eps
Kingpin
1 eps
Watching Ellie
Miguel · 1 eps
Malibu Shores
10 eps
Complications
Ramon · 1 eps
Greetings from Tucson
Ernesto Tiant · 22 eps
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
Tony Ochoa · 1 eps
