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Jacob Vargas
Highest Rated: 93% Traffic (2000)
Lowest Rated: 7% Dragonfly (2002)
Birthday: Aug 18, 1971
Birthplace: Michoacan, Mexico
Actor Jacob Vargas grew up in Pacoima, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles. Being so close to Hollywood, it's little wonder Vargas was discovered while breakdancing in a schoolyard. Fittingly, at the age of 12, he made his television debut as a breakdancer on the popular family sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes." This sparked in Vargas a desire to perform, and he began compiling a series of appearances in TV and film. In 1993, he earned a supporting role in acclaimed director Allison Anders' girl gang drama, "Mi vida loca." This role drew notice that led to a small part in the big budget Hollywood comedy "Get Shorty," which paralleled Hollywood deals and mob hits. Vargas went on to snag noteworthy roles in popular comedies like the daffy "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion," in which he played the oversexed Ramon, and the urban-set "Friday" sequel,"Next Friday," where he played Joker, a Mexican thug. Fearless of new terrain, Vargas continues to explore new genres, taking on dramas like "Bobby," an ensemble piece centered on the repercussions of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination, action flicks like the high-octane Jason Statham thriller "Death Race" in 2008, or horror flicks like "Devil" in 2010.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90% | 52% | Satanic Hispanics | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
| 92% | 60% | Kimi | Glasses Thug (Character) | - | 2022 |
| 88% | 93% | Princess of the Row | Donald (Character) | - | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Peel | Chuck (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 66% | 78% | The Public | Ernesto (Character) | $571.2K | 2018 |
| 67% | 38% | Beyond Skyline | Garcia (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Crossing Point | Jesus (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | The Tell-Tale Heart | Adams (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 48% | 59% | The 33 | Edison 'Elvis' Peña (Character) | $12.0M | 2015 |
| 51% | 66% | Heaven Is for Real | Michael (Character) | $91.4M | 2014 |
| 39% | 60% | Cesar Chavez | Richard Chavez (Character) | $5.6M | 2014 |
| 50% | 43% | Devil | Ramirez (Character) | $33.6M | 2010 |
| 73% | 50% | Sleep Dealer | Judy (Character) | $75.7K | 2008 |
| 41% | 60% | Death Race | Gunner (Character) | $36.1M | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | Love Lies Bleeding | Det. Billy Jones (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 12% | 40% | The Hills Have Eyes 2 | Crank (Character) | $20.8M | 2007 |
| 47% | 72% | Bobby | Miguel (Character) | $11.2M | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | The Virgin of Juarez | Detective Lauro (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 40% | 40% | The Wendell Baker Story | Reyes (Character) | $127.1K | 2005 |
| 60% | 68% | Jarhead | Juan Cortez (Character) | $62.6M | 2005 |
| 31% | 40% | Flight of the Phoenix | Sammi (Character) | $21.0M | 2004 |
| 7% | 62% | Dragonfly | Victor (Character) | $30.1M | 2002 |
| 42% | 26% | Dr. Dolittle 2 | Pepito (Voice) | $113.0M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Max Steel | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Come and Take It Day | Miguel (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Road Dogz |
Danny Pacheco (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2000 |
| 93% | 85% | Traffic | Manolo Sanchez (Character) | $124.1M | 2000 |
| 21% | 76% | Next Friday | Joker (Character) | $57.2M | 2000 |
| 54% | 48% | The Hi-Lo Country | Delfino Mondragon (Character) | $163.8K | 1998 |
| 66% | 78% | Selena | Abie Quintanilla (Character) | $35.4M | 1997 |
| 75% | 65% | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | Ramon (Character) | $29.2M | 1997 |
| 79% | 88% | My Family/Mi Familia | Young Jose (Character) | $11.1M | 1995 |
| 74% | 87% | Mi Vida Loca | Ernesto (Character) | $3.0M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Steel Justice | Arturo Gomez (Character) | - | 1992 |
| 44% | 51% | The Principal | Arturo Diego (Character) | $18.8M | 1987 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60% | 63% | Lopez vs Lopez | Javier (Guest Star) | 2023 |
| 38% | 49% | National Treasure: Edge of History | Unknown (Character) | 2022-2023 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | Mr. Iglesias | Tony Ochoa (Character) | 2019-2020 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Tarantula | Paja (Voice) | 2017 |
| 72% | 75% | Electric Dreams | Mario (Character) | 2017 |
| 92% | 79% | Colony | Carlos (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| 87% | 91% | Sons of Anarchy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013-2014 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | The Mentalist | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | Medium | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Good Guys | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 88% | 95% | Burn Notice | Omar Hernandez (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 22% | 80% | Moonlight | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007-2008 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | Numb3ers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: New York | Luis Torres (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| 41% | No Score Yet | Greetings From Tucson | Unknown (Character) | 2002-2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Max Steel | Unknown (Voice) | 2000-2002 |
| 81% | 96% | Six Feet Under | Manuel 'Paco' Bolin (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Clueless | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | The Pretender | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| 22% | No Score Yet | Malibu Shores | Benny (Character) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Diablo (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | Full House | Enrique (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tracey Ullman Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Emilio Morales (Guest Star) | 1986 |