Jacob Vargas

Jacob Vargas is a Mexican actor, producer, and dancer.

Early life Vargas was born in Michoacán, Mexico, and raised in Pacoima, Los Angeles. He was raised in a devout Roman Catholic family. He attended high school at San Fernando High School in San Fernando, California, and also Van Nuys Performing Arts High School.

Career Vargas has been a working actor for over forty years.

In 1992, Vargas appeared in American Me. 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. In 1997, Vargas appeared in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. In 1999, Vargas became the voice of Max Steel.

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. In 2002, Vargas would play Caesar Chavez in FX Network's film RFK. In 2004, Vargas played Sammy the chef in John Moore's Flight of the Phoenix.

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. In 2006, Vargas played a politically charged busboy in Emilio Estevez's historical drama Bobby. In 2010, Vargas played Ramirez, a building security officer, in Devil. 2011, Vargas played the father of Water Enrique Murciano and Power Nicholas Gonzalez in this true story.

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

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

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.

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. 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.

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

Personal life He is married to Sylvia Arzate. They have two daughters.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1986 The Children of Times Square Alberto TV movie Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story Enrique Mendoza TV movie Last Resort Carlos 1987 Ernest Goes to Camp Butch "Too Cool" Vargas The Principal Arturo Diego 1988 Little Nikita Miguel 1989 Crack House Danny 1990 The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake Miguel TV movie 1991 Never Forget Student TV movie Seeds of Tragedy Cholo #2 TV movie 1992 Gas Food Lodging Javier American Me Paulito Santana - Age 15 Steel Justice Arturo Gomez TV movie Judgment Hispanic Boy 1993 Mi Vida Loca Ernesto "Bullet" Airborne "Snake" Silent Rain Dave Alvers Short Fatal Instinct Flower Delivery Man 1994 Huck and the King of Hearts Pedro 1995 My Family Young Jose Sánchez Crimson Tide Sonarman #2 Hotel Oasis Young Book Salesman Short Get Shorty Yayo Portillo 1997 Selena A.B. Quintanilla Romy and Michele's High School Reunion Ramón Santa Fe Jesus 1998 The Hi-Lo Country Delfino Mondragon 2000 Next Friday "Joker" Traffic Manolo Sanchez 2001 Come and Take It Day Miguel Dr. Dolittle 2 Pepito (voice) She-Bat Zer Short 2002 Road Dogz Danny Pacheco Final Breakdown Gonzalez Dragonfly Victor RFK Cesar Chavez TV movie 2004 Memoirs of an Evil Stepmother Vincent Enano Short Flight of the Phoenix Sammi 2005 The Wendell Baker Story Reyes Morales Jarhead Private First Class Juan Cortez 2006 The Virgin of Juarez Detective Lauro Bobby Miguel National Lampoon's TV: The Movie Tijuana Cop #2 2007 The Hills Have Eyes 2 Private First Class Carlos "Crank" Medina Are We Done Yet? Mike, The Plumber The Death and Life of Bobby Z Jorge Escobar 2008 Love Lies Bleeding Detective Billy Jones Video Sleep Dealer Rudy Ramirez Death Race Gunner 2009 Tom Cool - 2010 Devil Ramirez 2011 Reunion Male Lead Short Machine Gun Justice J.J. Magnum Short 2012 Filmmaker Intervention - Short Gotten Pimp Short El cocodrilo Eduardo Short 2013 Go for Sisters Navajas Water & Power Asuncion Garcia 2014 The Tell-Tale Heart Adams Cesar Chavez Richard Chavez Red Sky Jorge "P-Dawg" Vasquez The Valley in the Struggle The Narrator Video Heaven Is for Real Michael 2015 The 33 Edison Peña In Between the Gutter and the Stars Daniel Short 2016 Crossing Point Jesus Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life Animation Voices (voice) King of LA Ignacio Short 2017 Beyond Skyline Officer Garcia 2018 The Public Ernesto Endgame Alberto Short 2019 Peel Chuck Princess of the Row Donald 2021 Plan B Pastor Pedro 2022 KIMI Glasses Thug Satanic Hispanics El Jefe

Television Year Title Role Notes 1986 Hunter Emilio Morales Episode: "Fagin 1986" Disneyland Student #2 Episode: "The B.R.A.T. Patrol" 1987 The New Gidget Enrique Episode: "Oddballs" The Tracey Ullman Show Taco Place Manager Episode: "Episode #2.3" 1989 Hard Time on Planet Earth Billy Episode: "The Hot Dog Man" 1991 The New Adam-12 Collins Episode: "D.A.R.E." Nurses Luis Episode: "Begone with the Wind" 1992 Full House Enrique Episode: "Educating Jesse" 1995 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Prince Luis (voice) Episode: "Sleeping Beauty" JAG Corporal Cortez Episode: "War Cries" ER "Diablo" Episode: "A Miracle Happens Here" 1996 Malibu Shores Benny Main Cast The Pretender Javi Padillo Episode: "Every Picture Tells a Story" 1997 Clueless Ricardo Episode: "Salsa, Chlorine & Tears" 2000–01 Max Steel Dr. Roberto Martinez (voice) Recurring Cast 2001 Six Feet Under Manuel "Paco" Bolin Episode: "Familia" 2002 The Brothers García "Chuey" Episode: "West Side Stories" Watching Ellie Miguel Episode: "Gift" The Proud Family Big Alto (voice) Episode: "The Altos" 2002–03 Greetings from Tucson Ernesto Tiant Main Cast 2003 Kingpin Ernesto "El Huevudo" Romo Episode: "Pilot" 2004 CSI: NY Luis Torres Episode: "Outside Man" 2006 Numbers Victor Borrego Episode: "Mind Games" 2007–08 Moonlight Guillermo Gasol Recurring Cast 2009 Cold Case Angelo Rivera Episode: "Dead Heat" 2010 Burn Notice Omar Hernandez Episode: "Friendly Fire" The Good Guys Tico Episode: "Little Things" Psych Juan Lava Episode: "The Polarizing Express" 2011 Medium Eduardo Garcia Episode: "Me Without You" CSI: Miami Felix Medina Episode: "Last Stand" 2012 Christine Roy Episode: "Roy" 2013 Kroll Show Himself Episode: "Soaked in Success" The Mentalist Chief Rick Anaya Episode: "The Red Barn" 2013–14 Blue Roy Recurring Cast: Season 2, Guest: Season 3 Sons of Anarchy Allesandro "Domingo" Montez Recurring Cast: Season 6-7 2015 Complications Ramon Episode: "Infection" 2015–2017 Hand of God Julio Farkas Recurring Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2 2016 Colony Carlos Recurring Cast: Season 1 Luke Cage Domingo Colon Recurring Cast: Season 1 2017 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Mario Episode: "Real Life" Tarantula Paja (voice) Main Cast 2018 Mosaic Horacio Main Cast 2019 Young Justice: Outsiders Cisco Ramon (voice) Episode: "Exceptional Human Beings" 2019–20 Mr. Iglesias Tony Ochoa Main Cast 2020 Solar Opposites - (voice) Episode: "The Quantum Ring" Game On: A Comedy Crossover Event Tony Ochoa Episode: "Mr. Iglesias: Olympic Effort" 2019–21 Mayans M.C. Allesandro "Domingo" Montez Recurring Cast: Season 2–3 2022 Surfside Girls Bob Recurring Cast 2023 National Treasure: Edge of History Rafael Recurring Cast Lopez vs Lopez Javier Episode: "Lopez vs Primos"

Audio books Year Title Role 2015 Rain of the Ghosts Sebastian Bohique