Biography
Jacob Scipio is a British actor and writer. Born Jacob Muntaz Scipio on 10 January 1993 in Islington, London, he began acting as a child with roles in the Channel 4 series White Teeth (2002) and the stage production of The King and I at the London Palladium (2001). He later appeared in the Disney series As the Bell Rings.
Scipio gained prominence for playing Armando Aretas in Bad Boys for Life (2020) and its sequel Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024). His other film credits include The Outpost (2020), Without Remorse (2021), The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022), Expend4bles (2023) and Last Looks (2022). In 2016 he co-founded the production company CPO Productions and has written and starred in short films that premiered at Cannes.
