Jacob Vargas

Actor

Birthday August 18, 1971

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Michoacán, Mexico

Age 52 years old

Nationality Mexico

Height 171 cm

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1971

Jacob Vargas (born August 18, 1971) is a Mexican-American actor, producer, and dancer.

Vargas was born in Michoacán, Mexico, and raised in Pacoima, Los Angeles, California.

He was raised in a devout Roman Catholic family.

He attended high school at San Fernando High School in San Fernando, California.

Vargas has been a working actor for over thirty years.

1992

In 1992, Vargas appeared in American Me.

1995

In 1995, Vargas won the very first ALMA Award (for Emerging Artist of the Year) for his work in both Allison Anders' Mi Vida Loca, and Gregory Nava's My Family.

In 1995, Vargas would appear in Get Shorty.

1997

In 1997, Vargas appeared in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.

1999

In 1999, Vargas became the voice of Max Steel.

2000

In 2000, Vargas played Benicio del Toro's partner Manolo in director Steven Soderbergh's drug trafficking pic Traffic, which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award and another ALMA Award.

The same year he also played the Joker from the Joker Brothers in the Next Friday.

He played A.B. Quintanilla, the brother of the late Tejano singer Selena in the biopic film of the same name.

2002

In 2002, Vargas would play Caesar Chavez in FX Network's film RFK.

2004

In 2004, Vargas played Sammy the chef in John Moore's Flight of the Phoenix.

They have two daughters, Rosa, born in 2004 and Victoria, born in 2011.

Vargas has four brothers and one sister.

2005

In 2005, Vargas co-starred with Paul Walker and Laurence Fishburne in The Death and Life of Bobby Z..

and also played Marine sniper Cortez in Sam Mendes' war drama Jarhead.

2006

In 2006, Vargas played a politically charged busboy in Emilio Estevez's historical drama Bobby.

2011

In 2011, Vargas played the father of Water Enrique Murciano and Power Nicholas Gonzalez in this true story.

2013

From 2013 to 2014, Vargas played Montez on two seasons of Sons of Anarchy and six episodes of Mayans M.C.

2014

In 2014, Vargas played Richard Chavez opposite Michael Peña in the biopic Cesar Chavez directed by Diego Luna.

2015

In 2015, Vargas played Edison "Elvis" Peña in the film The 33, It is the true story of the 33 Chilean miners that were trapped for 69 days.

2016

In 2016, Vargas reoccurred as Domingo Colon in the Netflix series Luke Cage.

In 2016, Vargas also reoccurred in Colony, Amazon Studio's Hand of God and he co-stars in Hulu's Crushed.

2019

In 2019, Vargas co-starred in Max Carlson's Princess of the Row opposite Martin Sheen and Ana Ortiz.

He also co-starred in Peel.

From 2019 to 2020, Vargas was a regular on the Netflix series Mr. Iglesias.

2020

In 2020, Jacob Vargas and Justina Machado were Masters of Ceremonies at the National Hispanic Media Coalition Impact Awards.

He is married to Sylvia Arzate.