Arlen Escarpeta

Arlen Escarpeta

Birthday: 1981-04-09

Place of birth: Belize, Central America

Also known as: Arlen Alexander Escarpeta

imdb_id: nm0260224

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

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

Score: 7.9

Star Trek Into Darkness

Score: 7.3

We Are Marshall

Score: 6.9

High Crimes

Score: 6.4

Final Destination 5

Score: 6.1

Into the Storm

Score: 6.1

Brotherhood

Score: 5.9

Midnight Son

Score: 5.8

Friday the 13th

Score: 5.7

Whitney

Score: 5.7

Lennon or McCartney

Score: 5.3

Wolves at the Door

Score: 4.9

The Ten

Score: 4.8

Dough Boys

Score: 4.1

Privileged

Score: 0.0

The Playaz Court

Score: 0.0

Discovering Ella

Score: 0.0

The Substance of Things Hoped For

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

House

Score: 8.6

Grimm

Score: 8.3

The Shield

Score: 8.1

S.W.A.T.

Score: 8.1

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Score: 7.9

ER

Score: 7.8

Cold Case

Score: 7.8

Boston Public

Score: 7.6

The Magicians

Score: 7.6

NCIS: Los Angeles

Score: 7.5

Judging Amy

Score: 7.5

Judging Amy

Score: 7.5

The Secret Circle

Score: 7.3

Without a Trace

Score: 7.3

Found

Score: 6.7

David Makes Man

Score: 6.7

The Client List

Score: 6.7

Boomtown

Score: 6.5

7th Heaven

Score: 6.4

Extant

Score: 6.3

The Oath

Score: 6.2

Mental

Score: 5.8

American Dreams

Score: 5.1

Players

Score: 0.0