Jesse Garcia

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Jesse Garcia

Garcia (right) with David W. Ross, fellow star of Quinceañera, at the Sundance Film Festival, January 21, 2006.
Born c. 1982
Rawlins, Wyoming, U.S.A
Occupation Actor
Years active 2003 - Present

Jesse Garcia (born c. 1982) is an American actor.

Garcia starred in the award-winning film Quinceañera, written and directed by Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer with executive producer Todd Haynes, which won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival in the Dramatic Independent Feature Competition. Quinceañera was also selected to play at the Berlin Film Festival. Garcia won Best Actor at the 2007 ALMA Awards for his role as Carlos, a troubled gay teenager, in Quinceañera. He appeared in the thriller Locker 13 in 2009. He recently made a cameo appearance on Marvel's The Avengers in 2012.

Garcia was born in Rawlins, Wyoming, and was reared as a Jehovah's Witness, though he no longer practices that faith.[1][2] His father is from the Mexican state of Durango and his mother, a native of Wyoming, is of Spanish and Mexican descent.[1][3]

He appeared in the 2010 revival of The Pee-wee Herman Show.[4] and in the 2010 music video of Wisin & Yandel's "Estoy enamorado".

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Performance Anxiety Guitar Player
2004 Last Goodbye Featured Player
Delivery Boy Chronicles Mexican Leaf Blower
Expeditions to the Edge
Ep:Hostage Mountain
2005 Picnic Man Reading Book
Unfabulous
Ep: The Charity Chase
Fashion Designer
Unseen Video
2006 Marrying God Jesus
Quinceañera Carlos
The Other Side Search and Rescue Guy
The Shield
Ep: Extraction
Ep: Jailbait
Mariano
Walkout Armando Lopez TV movie
The Closer
Ep: Borderline
Carlos
Father Figure Jesse
Justice
Ep: Shotgun
Frankie Duarte
2007 American Identity Bobby Freeman
Put It in a Book Tiny
La misma luna David
ER
Ep: In a Different Light
Carlos Vega
The Comebacks Jorge Juanson
CSI: Miami
Ep: Permanent Vacation
Vasco Torres
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Ep: Senseless
Felix Aguilar
2008 Down & Out Video
Good Dick Jose
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Ep: Gnothi Seauton
Ep: The Turk
Ep: What He Beheld
Carlos
Emilio Hot Dog Vendor
A Beautiful Life David
Days of Wrath Mario
2009 NCIS
Ep: Deliverance
Marine Private First Class Tomas Tamayo
Saint John of Las Vegas Park Ranger
Locker 13 Ray Completed
Bedrooms Sal Post-Production
Periphery Smitty
Spit Brown Buck Santa In production
2010 House Arrest Guillermo Post-Production
Three Veils Carlos
Hollywood Untitled Jose
Re-Kill Hernandez
Mission Park Jason Pre-Production

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