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  • BIRTH 09/04/1981
  • Country Belize
  • SHOWS 19
  • MOVIES 9

Arlen Escarpeta

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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.

Arlen Escarpeta

Shows (19)

House
House
Brant
S.W.A.T. (2017)
S.W.A.T. (2017)
Devlin
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Ezra Odami
Grimm
Grimm
Clay Pittman
ER
ER
Adrian
The Magicians
The Magicians
Prince Ess
NCIS: Los Angeles
NCIS: Los Angeles
Chester Wilkins
Found (2023)
Found (2023)
Zeke Wallace
The Shield
The Shield
Sonny
Cold Case
Cold Case
Clyde Taylor
Without a Trace
Without a Trace
Peter Taha
7th Heaven
7th Heaven
Detention Student #2
The Client List
The Client List
Bobby Burnett
Extant
Extant
Tim Dawkins
Boomtown
Boomtown
Cantrel LaFontaine
American Dreams
American Dreams
Sam Walker
Judging Amy
Judging Amy
Anhel / Driver
The Oath
The Oath
Damon Byrd
David Makes Man
David Makes Man
Adult JG

Movies (9)

Final Destination 5
Final Destination 5
Nathan Sears
Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th
Lawrence
Into the Storm
Into the Storm
Daryl
Wolves at the Door
Wolves at the Door
Officer
We Are Marshall
We Are Marshall
Reggie Oliver
Whitney
Whitney
Bobby Brown
The Playaz Court
The Playaz Court
Reggie
Midnight Son
Midnight Son
Russell
Brotherhood
Brotherhood
Mike