Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/18/1971
Place of Birth
Michoacan, Mexico
Jacob Vargas
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...
Known For
Next Friday
as Joker
Death Race
as Gunner
Get Shorty
as Yayo Portillo
Sleep Dealer
as Rudy Ramirez
American Me
as Paulito - Age 15
Jarhead
as Juan Cortez
Bobby
as Miguel
The Principal
as Arturo Diego
Peel
as Chuck
Dragonfly
as Victor
Devil
as Ramirez
Cesar Chavez
as Richard Chavez
The Hills Have Eyes 2
as Crank
Crossing Point
as Jesus
Little Nikita
as Miguel
Flight of the Phoenix
as Sammi
Heaven Is for Real
as Michael
My Family
as Young Jose
Airborne
as Snake
Santa Fe
as Jesus