Jesse Garcia
Jesse Garcia | |
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Garcia (right) with David W. Ross, fellow star of Quinceañera, at the Sundance Film Festival, January 21, 2006. | |
Born |
c. 1982 (age 33–34) 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 spent most of his childhood in Hanna, Wyoming.[1] He was raised as a Jehovah's Witness, though he no longer practices that faith.[2][3] His father is from the Mexican state of Durango and his mother, a native of Wyoming, is of Spanish and Mexican descent.[2][4]
He appeared in the 2010 revival of The Pee-wee Herman Show.[5] and in the 2010 music video of Wisin & Yandel's "Estoy enamorado".
Filmography
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Sons of Anarchy | Rafi | |
2014- | From Dusk till Dawn: The Series | Freddie Gonzalez | Main Cast |
Films
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Performance Anxiety | Guitar Player | |
2004 | Last Goodbye | Featured Player | |
Delivery Boy Chronicles | Mexican Leaf Blower | ||
Expeditions to the Edge Ep:Hostage Mountain |
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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 |
References
- ↑ The Daydreamers
- 1 2 Although, he stopped practicing that religion a few years ago.Twitch - QUINCEAÑERA—Interview With Emily Rios and Jesse Garcia
- ↑ Jesse gets big: playing a gay cholo in Quinceanera, the summer's hottest gay movie, Jesse Garcia is on the path to stardom. - Free Online Library
- ↑ Latina.com - Entertainment - Movies - Meet Quinceañera´s Breakout Star, Jesse Garcia
- ↑ BWW News Desk, "Limited Engagement of THE PEE-WEE HERMAN SHOW Begins January 12 at Club Nokia @ L.A. LIVE", Broadway World, retrieved 2010-01-21
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