Jacob Vargas

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

Life and career
Vargas was born in Michoacán, Mexico, and raised in Pacoima, Los Angeles, California since 1971.

Vargas' break into acting came when he was cast as a street dancer on Diff'rent Strokes, and his career has continued successfully including films such as Traffic and Jarhead. He was also in the horror movie The Hills Have Eyes 2. But he is most known for his role as Joker from the Joker Brothers in the 2000 film Next Friday and as Abraham Quintanilla, the brother of the late Tejano singer Selena in the biopic film of the same name.

He is married to Sylvia Arzate. They have a daughter named Rose, born September 11, 2004.

Filmography

 * Last Resort (1986)
 * Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)
 * The Principal (1987)
 * Gas, Food Lodging (1992)
 * American Me (1992)
 * Mi Vida Loca (1993)
 * Airborne (1993)
 * Fatal Instinct (1993)
 * My Family (1995)
 * Crimson Tide (1995)
 * Get Shorty (1995)
 * Malibu Shores (1996) (TV series)
 * Selena (1997)
 * Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
 * Next Friday (2000)
 * Traffic (2000)
 * Max Steel (2000) (TV series) (Voice)
 * Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) (voice)
 * RFK (TV) (2002)
 * Dragonfly (2002)
 * Kingpin (2003) (miniseries)
 * Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
 * The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
 * Jarhead (2005)
 * Latinologues (2005)
 * The Virgin of Juarez (2006)
 * Bobby (2006)
 * Are We Done Yet? (2007)
 * The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007)
 * Moonlight (2007)
 * Death Race  (2008)
 * Sleep Dealer (2009)
 * Kerosene Cowboys (2009)
 * The Night Chronicles: Devil (2010)