Arlen Escarpeta
- Recitazione
- 9 aprile 1981 · Belize, Central America
Biografia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Arlen Alexander Escarpeta (born April 9, 1981) is a Belizean actor. In 2004, Escarpeta earned critical acclaim for his breakout film role as an honor student caught with a handgun at school in the independent drama American Gun. The film, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, also starred Forrest Whitaker, Marcia Gay Harden and Donald Sutherland. The following year, he co-starred with Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox in McG's true-life drama We Are Marshall, about the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed Marshall University's football team. Escarpeta was more recently seen in David Wain's comedy, The Ten, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. He had earlier appeared in Carls Franklin's coutroom thriller High Crimes, starring Morgan Freeman and Ashely Judd. Escarpeta first gained attention on the small screen when he starred in the NBC series American Dreams. He played Sam Walker, a young black man dealing with the changing times of the turbulent '60s. His television work also includes guest roles in on such series as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Without A Trace, Cold Case, Judging Amy, ER, The Shield, Boomtown, 7th Heaven and Boston Public. In 2009 he played Lawrence, in the horror slasher Friday the 13th. Arlen follows Friday the 13th with leading roles in several features. He next stars in the drama Roslyn, followed by Preston Whitmore's Dough Boys. He also stars as a young LAPD officer on patrol during the racial gang war in the drama 818, on which Escarpeta also serves co-producer. Escarpeta has also been cast in Final Destination 5, the fifth film in the hit horror franchise.
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Filmografia
- The Newlyweds: Blood at the Altar · Akil Peoples, Coproduzione
- Found · Zeke Wallace
- Discovering Ella · Chick Webb
- David Makes Man · Adult JG
- The Oath · Damon Byrd
- Question 50 · Produzione
- S.W.A.T. · Devlin
- 10050 Cielo Drive · Officer
- The Magicians · Prince Ess
- Whitney · Bobby Brown
- Lennon or McCartney · In persona
- Into the Storm · Daryl
- Extant · Tim Dawkins
- Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th · In persona
- Into Darkness - Star Trek · Additional Voices (Voce)
- The Client List · Bobby Burnett
- Final Destination 5: Circle of Death · In persona
- Grimm · Clay Pittman
- The Secret Circle · Holden Glaser
- Final Destination 5 · Nathan
- Midnight Son · Russell
- Brotherhood · Mike
- Privileged · Deshaun
- NCIS: Los Angeles · Chester Wilkins
- Mental
- Venerdì 13 · Lawrence
- Dough Boys · Corey
- The ten - I dieci comandamenti come non li avete mai visti · Todd Jaffe
- We Are Marshall · Reggie Oliver
- The Substance of Things Hoped For · Patrolman Powers
- American Gun · Jay
- Dr. House - Medical Division · Brant
- Cold Case - Delitti irrisolti · Clyde Taylor
- NCIS - Unità anticrimine · Randall White
- Boomtown · Cantrel LaFontaine
- American Dreams · Sam Walker
- Senza traccia · Peter Taha
- Players
- High Crimes - Crimini di stato · Guard #2
- The Shield · Sonny
- Boston Public · Scott
- The Playaz Court · Reggie
- Law & Order - Unità vittime speciali · Ezra Odami
- Giudice Amy · Driver, Anhel
- Settimo cielo · Detention Student #2
- E.R. - Medici in prima linea · Adrian