Arlen Escarpeta

Known for ActingBorn 1981-04-09 (age 45)Belize, Central America

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.Read more

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House

Grimm

The Shield

S.W.A.T.

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Cold Case

ER

The Magicians

NCIS

NCIS: Los Angeles

Boston Public

Judging Amy

Star Trek Into Darkness

The Secret Circle

Without a Trace

The Playaz Court

We Are Marshall

David Makes Man

The Client List

Found

The Oath

Extant

Boomtown

7th Heaven

High Crimes

Final Destination 5

Into the Storm

Brotherhood

Mental

Friday the 13th

Whitney

Midnight Son

American Gun

Lennon or McCartney

American Dreams

Wolves at the Door

The Ten

Dough Boys

The Newlyweds: Blood at the Altar

Discovering Ella

Question 50

Privileged

The Substance of Things Hoped For

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