Biography
Jacob Vargas is a Mexican actor. Born on 18 August 1971 in Michoacán, Mexico, he was raised in Pacoima, Los Angeles, and began acting after being discovered breakdancing at the age of 12. His early television work included a role on Diff'rent Strokes.
Vargas appeared in films including American Me (1992), Mi Vida Loca (1993) and My Family (1995). In 1995 he received the first ALMA Award for Emerging Artist of the Year. He played Manolo Sanchez in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic (2000), for which the cast received a Screen Actors Guild Award.
His other credits include Jarhead (2005), Death Race (2008), Sons of Anarchy and the film Kimi (2022).
