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Birthday: Apr 09, 1981
Place of Birth: Belize, Central America

Arlen Escarpeta

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Dough Boys Corey 2009
Friday the 13th Lawrence 2009
Midnight Son Russell 2011
Brotherhood Mike 2010
Star Trek Into Darkness Additional Voices (voice) 2013
Into the Storm Daryl 2014
The Substance of Things Hoped For Patrolman Powers 2006
Whitney Bobby Brown 2015
The Ten Todd Jaffe 2007
Final Destination 5 Nathan Sears 2011
Lennon or McCartney Self 2014
Discovering Ella Chick Webb 2023
High Crimes Guard #2 2002
Wolves at the Door Officer 2016
We Are Marshall Reggie Oliver 2006
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th Self - 'Lawrence' 2013
The Playaz Court Reggie 2000
Series Cast Year
The Shield Sonny 2002
Boomtown Cantrel LaFontaine 2002
Judging Amy Driver 1999
Cold Case Clyde Taylor 2003
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Ezra Odami 1999
American Dreams Sam Walker 2002
Without a Trace Peter Taha 2002
7th Heaven Detention Student #2 1996
ER Adrian 1994
Mental 2009
Players 2002
David Makes Man Adult JG 2019
The Secret Circle 2011
Extant Tim Dawkins 2014
Judging Amy Anhel 1999
The Client List Bobby Burnett 2012
The Magicians Prince Ess 2015
Grimm Clay Pittman 2011
House Brant 2004
Found Zeke Wallace 2023
The Oath Damon Byrd 2018
S.W.A.T. Devlin 2017
Boston Public Scott 2000
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