Jacob Vargas

Jacob Vargas is a Mexican-American actor whose screen career began in childhood and grew into a long run of film and television character work. TMDb lists him as born on August 18, 1971, in Michoacan, Mexico, and summarizes his early start as a performer discovered while breakdancing, followed by an appearance on Diff'rent Strokes and early film work in The Children of Times Square. Through the 1990s and 2000s he built a profile in American studio and independent films, including roles in Selena, Next Friday, Traffic, Flight of the Phoenix, The Hills Have Eyes 2, Death Race, Devil, Heaven Is for Real, The 33, The Public, Kimi, and Beyond Skyline.

Vargas is often credited in supporting parts that connect genre movies, biographical dramas, comedies, and ensemble thrillers. His FilmPeopleRatings credits include A. B. Quintanilla in Selena, Manolo Sanchez in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic, Joker in Next Friday, Gunner in Death Race, Ramirez in Devil, Richard Chavez in Cesar Chavez, and Edison "Elvis" Peña in The 33. TMDb also lists production and creative credits for him, including executive producer on Road Dogz and writer/director credits on E.D.N.Y. Public biographies note recognition from ALMA Awards and the Screen Actors Guild ensemble recognition associated with Traffic, but his continuing value on screen is equally visible in the range of credited roles across crime drama, comedy, horror, faith-based drama, and action films.

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